MontanaMontanaLawHB 514

Criminalize real and digitally fabricated sexually explicit images

Makes it a crime to create or distribute real or digitally fabricated sexually explicit images of a person without consent.

Body

Montana Legislature

Session

2025

Introduced

Feb 14, 2025

In effect since

Oct 1, 20251y1 year ago

Sponsors

D (Democrat)Democrat

Topics

DeepfakesKids

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