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Does New Hampshire Have an Age Verification Law? (2026)

Independently fact-checkedBy Recording Law Editorial Team5 min read
Does New Hampshire Have an Age Verification Law? (2026)

New Hampshire does not have an enacted law requiring adult websites to verify a visitor's age. SB 648 came closer than any bill in most neighboring no-law states, passing the full Senate before the House killed it in May 2026.

SB 648: The Closest New Hampshire Has Come

SB 648 was introduced November 25, 2025. The Senate Judiciary Committee initially voted 3-1 for interim study on March 18, 2026, but the full Senate instead passed an amended version of the bill on March 26, 2026, and sent it to the House. The House held a public hearing April 7, 2026, with subcommittee work sessions running through April 16, before the House Commerce Committee voted 15-0 for Inexpedient to Legislate on April 29, 2026, per legislative tracking (New Hampshire's own bill-status site could not be reached to independently confirm this date). The full House adopted that recommendation by voice vote on May 14, 2026, which functions as a kill vote in New Hampshire's legislative vocabulary. SB 648 is the only bill in this group of eight states that passed a full chamber before dying in the other, making New Hampshire arguably the closest of them to enacting a law.

A Separate Bill: HB 1658 (App Store Accountability Act Style)

HB 1658 was a different bill addressing age-category verification and parental consent for mobile app stores rather than adult content specifically, following the pattern of App Store Accountability Acts enacted in states like Utah, Texas, and Louisiana. It was introduced December 12, 2025, and was killed by an Inexpedient to Legislate voice vote on March 11, 2026, after opposition from NetChoice on First Amendment grounds.

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What New Hampshire Did Enact: HB 1460 (Child Data-Sale Ban)

New Hampshire signed HB 1460 into law on June 19, 2026, effective January 1, 2027. It amends the state's existing comprehensive privacy law to prohibit selling a child's personal data, using the federal COPPA under-13 standard, regardless of consent. This is a general data-privacy amendment, not an age-verification law, and it does not target adult or pornographic content specifically; it applies broadly to any data controller processing New Hampshire residents' data.

The Federal and Multistate Backdrop

No federal law requires age verification for adult content; Congress has considered child-online-safety bills like the Kids Online Safety Act, but none has been signed into law. As of August 2026, more than two dozen states have enacted their own adult-content age-verification statutes, following the Supreme Court's 2025 decision in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton settling intermediate scrutiny as the applicable First Amendment standard. See the age verification laws hub for the full state comparison and the App Store Accountability Act states page for how HB 1658's model works where it has already been enacted.

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What This Means for New Hampshire Residents

Because New Hampshire has no adult-content age-verification statute, adult websites have no state-law reason to block New Hampshire visitors or require an age check before granting access. This research did not find New Hampshire on any published list of states that Aylo, Pornhub's parent company, currently geo-blocks; that finding rests on secondary aggregator reporting rather than a directly confirmed primary source.

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This page reflects New Hampshire's status as of August 13, 2026, based on the state's own legislative history for SB 648 and HB 1658, and a law-firm summary of HB 1460's enactment.

Last updated: 2026-08-13.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is there an age verification law in New Hampshire?

No. As of August 2026, New Hampshire has not enacted a law requiring adult websites to verify a visitor's age.

Did SB 648 pass?

It passed the full Senate on March 26, 2026, but died in the House when the full House voted Inexpedient to Legislate on May 14, 2026.

Is HB 1460 an age-verification law?

No. HB 1460 is a general privacy-law amendment prohibiting the sale of a child's personal data. It does not require age verification and does not reach adult or pornographic content.

Is porn banned in New Hampshire?

No, and there is no age-verification requirement either. Adult content remains accessible in New Hampshire the same way it is in any other state without an enacted age-verification statute.

Updates

Independently fact-checked against the cited primary sources

Sources and References

  1. SB 648 (2026), New Hampshire Legislature, Bill Tracker and Legislative History(citizenscount.org)
  2. HB 1658 (2026), New Hampshire Legislature, Bill Status(billtrack50.com)
  3. New Hampshire Amends the NHDPA to Prohibit the Sale of Children's Personal Data (HB 1460)(hunton.com)
  4. Free Speech Coalition, Inc. v. Paxton, 606 U.S. 461 (2025), Opinion of the Court(supremecourt.gov).gov
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