As age-verification laws continue to dismantle the adult industry—and determine the future of free speech on the internet—a Utah lawmaker proposed a bill this week that would enforce a tax on porn sites that operate within the state.
Introduced by state senator Calvin Musselman, a Republican, data-offer-url=”https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0073.pdf” class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0073.pdf"}” href=”https://le.utah.gov/Session/2026/bills/introduced/SB0073.pdf” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>the bill would impose a 7 percent tax on total receipts “from sales, distributions, memberships, subscriptions, performances, and content amounting to material harmful to minors that is produced, sold, filmed,…
