Legislationsby Glyph
FloridaFloridaHB 757
Sexual Images
Makes it a crime to generate, solicit, or maliciously promote an altered sexual depiction of an identifiable person without consent and expands offenses for lewd images of minors.
Deepfakes
203 on file · 142 became law · 23 still moving · 3 moved in 30 days
FloridaTexasTexasSB 442
Penalties for sexually explicit deepfake media
Would have increased criminal penalties for unlawful production or distribution of certain sexually explicit deepfake media.
TexasTexasSB 747
School policies on student deepfake intimate images
Would have required public school policies and programs on the production or distribution of intimate visual material, including deepfakes, by students.
South CarolinaSouth CarolinaS 28
AI-generated child sexual abuse material (Act 57 of 2025)
Creates offenses for creating, possessing or distributing AI-generated or computer-generated sexual abuse material depicting minors.
South CarolinaSouth CarolinaS 29
Morphed images of identifiable children (Act 58 of 2025)
Makes it a crime to create or distribute a morphed image that sexually depicts an identifiable minor.
TexasTexasSB 1960
Digital replication rights in voice and likeness
Would have created property rights in a person's digital replica of voice and visual likeness, with private causes of action for unauthorized use.
United States (federal)United States (federal)S. 146
TAKE IT DOWN Act
Criminalizes publishing nonconsensual intimate images, including AI generated deepfakes, and requires covered platforms to remove them within 48 hours of a valid request.
TennesseeTennesseeHB 1299 / SB 1346
Preventing Deepfake Images Act
Creates civil and criminal actions for people whose intimate digital depictions, including AI deepfakes, are intentionally disclosed without consent.
MontanaMontanaSB 413
Crime of disclosing explicit synthetic media
Creates the crime of knowingly disclosing explicit AI-generated synthetic media of an identifiable person without consent.
ArizonaArizonaHB 2678
Indistinguishable Visual Depiction; Definition (AI child sexual abuse material)
Treats a visual depiction indistinguishable from a real minor, including AI-generated imagery, as a dangerous crime against children.
South CarolinaSouth CarolinaH 3058
Unauthorized disclosure of intimate images (Act 37 of 2025)
Creates the crime of unauthorized disclosure of intimate images, with graduated penalties.
OklahomaOklahomaHB 1364
AI-generated child sexual abuse material
Updates Oklahoma's obscenity and child sexual abuse material law to make AI-generated and computer-altered sexual depictions of minors unlawful.
ArkansasArkansasHB 1041
Deceptive and Fraudulent Deepfakes in Election Communications
Would have prohibited deceptive and fraudulent deepfakes in election communications.
ArizonaArizonaSB 1462
Computer-Generated Pictorial Representations; Unlawful Disclosure
Makes it unlawful to disclose computer-generated sexual images of an identifiable person without consent.
TexasTexasHB 366
Disclosure of altered media in political advertising
Would have required a disclosure on political advertising that contains AI-altered or synthetic media and made failure to disclose a criminal offense.
TexasTexasHB 421
Private cause of action for explicit deepfakes
Would have created a private cause of action against people who create certain explicit deepfake material.
AlaskaAlaskaSB 2
AI, Deepfakes, Cybersecurity, Data Transfers
Would have required disclosure of election-related deepfakes, regulated state agency use of artificial intelligence, and governed data transfers between agencies.
MissouriMissouriHB 362
Disclosure of intimate digital depictions
Would have created a criminal offense and civil penalties for disclosing intimate digital depictions of a person without consent.
ArkansasArkansasHB 1877
Computer-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material
Extends child sexual abuse material possession offenses to computer-generated images indistinguishable from a real child.
North DakotaNorth DakotaHB 1386
Possession of computer-generated sexual images of minors
Makes knowingly possessing certain computer-generated sexual images depicting minors a class C felony.
ArkansasArkansasHB 1529
Unlawful Creation or Distribution of Deepfake Visual Material
Creates a crime and a civil cause of action for creating or distributing sexual deepfake visual material without consent.
WashingtonWashingtonHB 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.
North DakotaNorth DakotaHB 1167
Artificial intelligence disclosure statements in political content
Requires political communications and advertising created with artificial intelligence to include a disclosure statement.
South CarolinaSouth CarolinaH 3045
Obscene visual representations of child sexual abuse (House bill)
Would have created offenses for obscene visual representations of child sexual abuse; it did not advance past Senate committee.
United States (federal)United States (federal)S. 1367
NO FAKES Act of 2025
Would create a federal right protecting individuals' voice and visual likeness from unauthorized AI generated digital replicas.
MarylandMarylandSB 361
Voter influence by fraud including synthetic media
Would have prohibited using fraud, including synthetic media such as deepfakes, to influence a voter's decision; cross-filed with HB 525.
New JerseyNew JerseyA3540
Criminal penalties for deceptive deepfake media
Establishes criminal penalties for producing or disseminating deceptive AI-generated audio or visual media, commonly called deepfakes.
South DakotaSouth DakotaSB 164
Deepfakes to influence an election
Makes it a misdemeanor to distribute a deepfake of a candidate with intent to injure the candidate within a set period before an election unless it carries a disclosure.
OhioOhioHB 185
Persona usage rights and deepfake prohibitions
Would regulate use of an individual's persona and prohibit certain deepfakes.
KentuckyKentuckySB 4
State government AI governance and election synthetic media
Requires the Commonwealth Office of Technology to set AI policy standards and creates an Artificial Intelligence Governance Committee for state agency AI use, and creates a cause of action over undisclosed synthetic media in electioneering communications.
United States (federal)United States (federal)H.R. 1941
Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act
A House bill in Congress, now in committee. Latest step: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
United States (federal)United States (federal)H.R. 1734
Preventing Deep Fake Scams Act
A House bill in Congress, now in committee. Latest step: Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
ArkansasArkansasHB 1071
Frank Broyles Publicity Rights Protection Act Amendment (AI likeness)
Extends Arkansas publicity rights to protect a person's photograph, voice, or likeness reproduced through artificial intelligence and used commercially.
West VirginiaWest VirginiaSB 484
Synthetic media and AI in political advertising
Would have required disclosures and set penalties for synthetic media and AI used in political programming and campaign advertising.
AlaskaAlaskaSB 33
Synthetic Media: Liability; Elections
Would have created defamation liability for synthetic media and regulated its use in elections.
New HampshireNew HampshireHB 1432
Prohibiting certain uses of deepfakes
Prohibits certain uses of deepfakes and creates a private right of action for people harmed by them.
United States (federal)United States (federal)S. 4569
TAKE IT DOWN Act
Would criminalize publishing nonconsensual intimate images, including AI generated deepfakes, and require platforms to remove them within 48 hours of a valid request.
North CarolinaNorth CarolinaHB 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.
PennsylvaniaPennsylvaniaSB 1213
AI-generated child sexual abuse material and deepfake intimate images (Act 125 of 2024)
Makes AI-generated and digitally altered sexual images of children child sexual abuse material and extends the unlawful dissemination of intimate images offense to deepfakes.
South KoreaSouth KoreaAct No. 20459
Sexual Violence Punishment Act Amendment on Deepfakes
Amends the Act on Special Cases Concerning the Punishment of Sexual Crimes to criminalize possessing, buying, storing or viewing sexually explicit deepfakes and to raise the maximum penalty for creating or distributing them to seven years in prison.
DelawareDelawareHS 1 for HB 316
Use of Deep Fake Technology to Influence an Election
Makes it a crime to distribute a deceptive deepfake of a candidate or party within 90 days of an election unless it carries a disclosure.
DelawareDelawareHB 353
Deep Fakes: Civil and Criminal Remedies
Extends Delaware's civil and criminal remedies for unauthorized intimate images to deepfakes depicting people nude or in sexual conduct.
CaliforniaCaliforniaAB 2655
Defending Democracy from Deepfake Deception Act of 2024
Requires large online platforms to block or label materially deceptive AI-generated or altered content about candidates and election officials during set periods around elections.
CaliforniaCaliforniaAB 1831
Crimes: AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material
Expands state child sexual abuse material crimes to cover matter that is digitally altered or generated by artificial intelligence.
CaliforniaCaliforniaSB 926
Crimes: Distribution of AI-Generated Intimate Images
Makes it a crime to intentionally create and distribute realistic computer-generated or digitally altered intimate images of an identifiable person that cause serious emotional distress.
CaliforniaCaliforniaSB 981
Sexually Explicit Digital Images: Platform Reporting
Requires social media platforms to give California users a way to report sexually explicit digital identity theft and to temporarily block reported content while it is reviewed.
CaliforniaCaliforniaAB 2602
Digital Replicas in Personal Services Contracts
Makes contract terms allowing a digital replica of a performer's voice or likeness in new performances unenforceable when specified protections, such as a reasonably specific description of uses and representation, are missing.
CaliforniaCaliforniaAB 1836
Digital Replicas of Deceased Personalities
Makes a person who produces or distributes a digital replica of a deceased personality's voice or likeness in audiovisual works or sound recordings without prior consent liable for at least $10,000 or actual damages.
CaliforniaCaliforniaAB 2355
Political Advertisements: Artificial Intelligence Disclosure
Requires committees that run political ads with AI-generated or substantially altered content to disclose that the ad was generated or altered using artificial intelligence.
SingaporeSingaporeunverified
Elections (Integrity of Online Advertising) (Amendment) Act 2024
Amends Singapore's parliamentary and presidential election laws to prohibit publishing digitally generated or manipulated online election advertising that realistically depicts a candidate saying or doing something they did not.