Bill > HB1887

This bill establishes new offenses and civil penalties related to the disclosure of intimate digital depictions and the misuse of artificial intelligence (AI). It creates a civil cause of action for individuals whose intimate digital depictions, which are realistic visual depictions of a person created or altered using digital manipulation that show nudity, sexual fluids, or sexually explicit conduct, are disclosed without their consent, particularly when the depicted individual is a minor or the disclosure is made with reckless disregard for the harm it could cause. The bill also introduces criminal penalties for disclosing such depictions, with increased penalties for repeat offenses or when the disclosure could facilitate violence or affect legal proceedings. Furthermore, it prohibits the use of AI to replicate or alter an individual's image or voice to create explicit sexual material without their written consent, and allows individuals injured by such misuse to sue for damages and attorney's fees. The bill also addresses the use of AI in mental health, prohibiting entities from advertising AI as capable of acting as a mental health professional or providing therapy services, with violations treated as unlawful practices under merchandising laws and enforced by the attorney general with potential civil penalties. Additionally, it enacts the "Megan Meier Act," which imposes requirements on social media platforms regarding account creation for minors, including age verification, parental consent for minors aged 16 and older, and limitations on manipulative design features and adult messaging to minors, with platforms required to terminate accounts of those under 16 and comply with parental requests for account deletion. Finally, the bill updates definitions within existing statutes, such as those related to child pornography, to include "artificially generated visual depictions."