Senate Bill 2437

AN ACT TO ENACT THE "PROHIBITION OF EXPLOITATION BY DEEPFAKES ACT"; TO DEFINE TERMS; TO PROHIBIT THE USE OF INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICES TO KNOWINGLY PUBLISH INTIMATE VISUAL DEPICTIONS OF IDENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUALS IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO DESCRIBE CERTAIN EXCEPTIONS; TO PROHIBIT USE OF AN INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SERVICE TO PUBLISH A MORPHED IMAGE OF AN IDENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUAL IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO PROVIDE PENALTIES FOR VIOLATIONS OF THIS ACT; TO STIPULATE THAT CONSENT FOR THE CREATION OF AN INTIMATE VISUAL DEPICTION DOES NOT ESTABLISH CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION OF SUCH IMAGE; TO STIPULATE THAT DISCLOSURE OF AN INTIMATE VISUAL DEPICTION DOES NOT ESTABLISH CONSENT FOR PUBLICATION OF SUCH IMAGE; TO ESTABLISH THAT AN INTENTIONAL THREAT TO VIOLATE THIS ACT FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTIMIDATION, COERCION, EXTORTION, OR MENTAL DISTRESS IS PUNISHABLE; TO STIPULATE THAT FORFEITURE OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH VIOLATES THIS ACT SHALL BE INCLUDED IN ANY OTHER PENALTIES IMPOSED UPON A CONVICTION; TO REQUIRE COVERED PLATFORMS TO ESTABLISH A PROCESS FOR NOTIFICATION OF CERTAIN INTIMATE VISUAL DEPICTIONS PUBLISHED ON THE PLATFORM; TO LIST CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NOTIFICATION; TO REQUIRE COVERED PLATFORMS TO PROVIDE A CLEAR AND CONSPICUOUS NOTICE OF THE NOTIFICATION AND REMOVAL PROCESS; TO REQUIRE THE COVERED PLATFORM TO REMOVE VIOLATIVE MATERIAL UPON NOTIFICATION FROM AN IDENTIFIABLE INDIVIDUAL; TO LIMIT A COVERED PLATFORM'S LIABILITY IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES; TO GRANT THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AUTHORITY TO ENFORCE CERTAIN SECTIONS; TO PROVIDE THAT A VIOLATION OF THIS ACT IS AN UNFAIR AND DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE THAT IS ENFORCEABLE BY THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

In the Senate

• Angela Burks Hill

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In the Senate Jan 20 – Feb 4

1. Jan 20Referred to the Senate committee on Judiciary, Division B
2. Feb 4Died in committee in the Senate