Legislationsby GlyphSB 6231
Data center tax exemption changes
Removes the sales and use tax exemption for replacement equipment in data centers.
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SB 6002
Driver privacy protections (license plate readers)
Regulates automated license plate reader systems and limits how agencies may use and share the data they capture.
SB 5105
Sexually explicit depictions of minors, including fabricated depictions
Updates child sexual abuse material offenses to cover fabricated and AI-generated sexually explicit depictions of minors.
HB 2225
AI companion chatbot regulation
Regulates AI companion chatbots, including disclosure that users are talking to AI and protections for minors and users at risk of self-harm.
HB 1170
AI content provenance disclosure
Requires providers of generative AI systems to include provenance disclosures in AI-created or AI-modified image, video and audio content and to offer tools to detect them.
SB 5886
Personality rights and forged digital likenesses
Updates Washington's personality rights law to cover forged digital likenesses, including AI-generated voice and image replicas.
HB 1671
Protecting personal data privacy
Would create a comprehensive consumer data privacy law for Washington with consumer rights and data minimization duties.
SB 5708
Protecting Washington children online
Would restrict addictive feeds and certain notifications for minors on social media platforms and set default privacy settings for minors.
HB 1168
Increasing transparency in artificial intelligence (training data)
Would require developers of generative AI systems to publish documentation about the data used to train them.
HB 1205
Forged digital likeness crime
Makes it a crime to knowingly distribute a forged digital likeness of a real person with intent to defraud, harass, threaten or intimidate.
EO 25-05
Data Center Workgroup
Creates a workgroup to study data center energy use, grid impacts, tax incentives and economic benefits and to recommend state policy.
SB 5838
Artificial intelligence task force
Creates an AI task force convened by the Attorney General to assess AI uses and risks and recommend guiding principles and legislation.
HB 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.
EO 24-01
Artificial Intelligence
Directs state agencies to develop guidance, procurement rules and risk assessments for the responsible use of generative AI in state government.
SB 5152
Synthetic media in campaigns
Lets candidates sue over undisclosed synthetic media in electioneering communications that depict them, unless the media carries a disclosure that it was manipulated.
HB 1155
My Health My Data Act
Requires consent before collecting or sharing consumer health data, bans selling it without signed authorization, restricts geofencing around health facilities and gives consumers a private right of action.