North CarolinaNorth CarolinaLawHB 591

Modernize Sex Crimes

Updates sexual exploitation of minor laws to cover realistic visual depictions created or modified with algorithms or artificial intelligence, and revises related sex crime provisions.

Body

North Carolina General Assembly

Session

2023-2024

Introduced

Apr 10, 2023

In effect since

Dec 1, 20241y1 year ago

Votes

House concurrence 105-1

Sponsors

R (Republican)Republican

Topics

DeepfakesKidsAI

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