WashingtonWashingtonLawHB 1999

Fabricated intimate or sexually explicit images

Extends child sexual abuse material crimes to digitally fabricated depictions of minors and creates civil remedies for disclosure of fabricated intimate images of adults.

Body

Washington State Legislature

Session

2023-2024

Introduced

Jan 8, 2024

In effect since

Jun 6, 20242y2 years ago

Votes

House 95-0, Senate 49-0

Sponsors

D (Democrat)Democrat

Topics

DeepfakesAI

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