1. (a) An app store provider shall do both of the following when an individual located in this state creates an account with the app store provider, or before October 1, 2027, for all accounts in existence on January 2, 2027:

   1. (1) Request age category information from the individual.

   2. (2) Verify the individual’s age category using one of the following:

      1. a. Commercially available methods that are reasonably designed to ensure accuracy.
      2. b. An age verification system that complies with rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
2. (b) For the purposes of this section, a method is commercially available if the method includes both: (i) affirmative age attestation by an individual who is reasonably believed to be the parent or legal guardian of the minor; and (ii) other information collected in the ordinary course of account creation or use.

(Act 2026-59, §2.)