Bill > A4736

Introduced Session

This bill extends the public school law on harassment, intimidation, and bullying to apply to certain acts of fraudulent impersonation or false depiction by means of artificial intelligence or deepfake technology. The bill also extends the law to apply to acts of harassment, intimidation, or bullying against teachers and staff members. Current law requires each school district to adopt a policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying. The definition of "harassment, intimidation, or bullying" includes gestures and written, verbal or physical acts, and electronic communications. This bill clarifies that any act or communication, including electronic communication that uses deceptive audio or visual media may not be used to harass, intimidate, or bully a student, teacher, or staff member. Under the bill, "deceptive audio or visual media" means any video recording, motion picture film, sound recording, electronic image, photograph, any technological representation of speech or conduct substantially derivative thereof, or any forgery or facsimile of a document or writing, that appears to a reasonable person to realistically depict any speech, conduct, or writing of a person who did not in fact engage in the speech, conduct, or writing, and the production of which was substantially dependent upon technical means, rather than the ability of another person to physically or verbally impersonate the person.

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Rosaura Bagolie (D)*,  Andrea Katz (D)*,  Luanne Peterpaul (D)*,  Garnet Hall (D), 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Education Committee (on 09/12/2024)

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