H.C.R. 3 Enrolled

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RESOLUTION URGING CONGRESS TO STOP
2 INTERNET PORNOGRAPHY TO CHILDREN
3 AND EMPLOYEES
4 2007 GENERAL SESSION
5 STATE OF UTAH
6 Chief Sponsor: Bradley M. Daw
7 Senate Sponsor: Curtis S. Bramble
8 Cosponsors:
9 Douglas C. Aagard
10 Sheryl L. Allen
11 Sylvia S. Andersen
12 Roger E. Barrus
13 Ralph Becker
14 Ron Bigelow
15 Jim Bird
16 DeMar Bud Bowman
17 Melvin R. Brown
18 D. Gregg Buxton
19 David Clark
20 Stephen D. Clark
21 Tim M. Cosgrove
22 Greg J. Curtis
23 Brad L. Dee
24 Glenn A. Donnelson
25 John Dougall
26 Jack R. Draxler
27 Carl W. Duckworth
28 Janice M. Fisher
29 Julie Fisher
30 Lorie D. Fowlke
31 Craig A. FrankGage Froerer
Kevin S. Garn
Kerry W. Gibson
James R. Gowans
Keith Grover
Neil A. Hansen
Wayne A. Harper
Lynn N. Hemingway
Neal B. Hendrickson
Christopher N. Herrod
Kory M. Holdaway
Gregory H. Hughes
Fred R. Hunsaker
Eric K. Hutchings
Christine A. Johnson
Brad King
Todd E. Kiser
Bradley G. Last
David Litvack
Rebecca D. Lockhart
Steven R. Mascaro
John G. Mathis
Rosalind J. McGee
Kay L. McIffRonda Rudd Menlove
Karen W. Morgan
Michael T. Morley
Carol Spackman Moss
Paul A. Neuenschwander
Merlynn T. Newbold
Michael E. Noel
Curtis Oda
Patrick Painter
Paul Ray
Phil Riesen
Stephen E. Sandstrom
Jennifer M. Seelig
LaWanna Lou Shurtliff
Gordon E. Snow
Kenneth W. Sumsion
Aaron Tilton
Stephen H. Urquhart
Mark W. Walker
Mark A. Wheatley
Richard W. Wheeler
Larry B. Wiley
Carl Wimmer
Scott L Wyatt 32
33 LONG TITLE
34 General Description:
35 This concurrent resolution of the Legislature and the Governor urges the United States
36 Congress to take action to help stop children and employees from accessing Internet

37 pornography.
38 Highlighted Provisions:
39 This resolution:
40 . urges the United States Congress to take action to help stop children and employees
41 from accessing Internet pornography; and
42 . urges the United States Congress to enact legislation to facilitate a technology-based
43 solution allowing parents and employers to obtain Internet access services that
44 exclude adult content.
45 Special Clauses:
46 None
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48 Be it resolved by the Legislature of the state of Utah, the Governor concurring therein:
49 WHEREAS, the Internet has become an extremely important and popular means of
50 exchanging information, and is relied upon in Utah for business, education, recreation, and
51 other uses;
52 WHEREAS, many Internet sites contain material that is pornographic, either obscene or
53 inappropriate for children, and a majority of these sites originate within the United States but
54 outside of the state of Utah;
55 WHEREAS, the availability of Internet pornography on the job costs Utah employers
56 significant numbers of work hours, strains employers' computer equipment, reduces
57 productivity, and leads to potentially hostile work environments for men and women;
58 WHEREAS, while the custody, care, and nurturing of children resides primarily with
59 parents, the widespread availability of Internet pornography and the ability of children to
60 circumvent existing filtering technology defeat the best attempts at parental supervision or
61 control;
62 WHEREAS, Internet pornographers use evolving techniques to lure Utah children and
63 others into viewing and purchasing pornographic material, defying existing technology
64 designed to block adult content;

65 WHEREAS, current methods for protecting computers and computer networks from
66 unwanted Internet content are expensive, block more than the intended content, and are easily
67 circumvented;
68 WHEREAS, because children, employees, and others may seek out pornography,
69 warnings and other labels meant to help avoid inadvertent hits on pornographic sites may
70 simply increase the likelihood that these sites will be visited;
71 WHEREAS, credit card verification systems burden credit card companies, are
72 expensive and time consuming to establish and maintain, and inhibit legal speech;
73 WHEREAS, other forms of age verification have not been practicable;
74 WHEREAS, prior Congressional attempts to address children's access to Internet
75 pornography have been held unconstitutional or otherwise have not passed constitutional
76 scrutiny;
77 WHEREAS, prior Congressional attempts to address children's access to Internet
78 pornography have not been based on technology that allows individual Internet users to select
79 what kind of Internet content enters their homes and work spaces;
80 WHEREAS, protecting the physical and psychological well-being of Utah's children by
81 shielding them from inappropriate materials is a compelling interest of the Legislature of the
82 State of Utah;
83 WHEREAS, protecting the right of Utah's citizens to control what materials enter their
84 homes and other private property is a compelling interest of the Legislature of the State of
85 Utah;
86 WHEREAS, although the State of Utah has taken rigorous action in an attempt to shield
87 Utah's children from obscenity and other inappropriate adult content, it cannot effectively curb
88 the problems with Internet pornography within its borders without the support of the United
89 States government;
90 WHEREAS, the United States remains in control of the Internet through the
91 Department of Commerce, and the National Telecommunication and Information Association;
92 and

93 WHEREAS, the United States has the ability to create appropriate policies and
94 enforcement tools to effectively deal with these issues:
95 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of the state of Utah, the
96 Governor concurring therein, strongly urges the United States Congress to take action to help
97 stop children and employees from accessing Internet pornography.
98 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Legislature and the Governor strongly urge the
99 United States Congress to seriously consider enacting legislation to facilitate a
100 technology-based solution that allows parents and employers to subscribe to Internet access
101 services that exclude adult content.
102 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution be sent to the Majority
103 Leader of the United States Senate, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives,
104 the President of the United States, and the members of Utah's congressional delegation.