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Committee considers bill to criminalize explicit deepfake images; prosecutors urge using revenge‑porn statute and limit registration requirement
Summary
The Judiciary Committee heard testimony on House Bill 13‑51, a proposal to criminalize explicit deepfake images and videos, with prosecutors and child‑advocacy groups urging the committee to amend the draft to avoid unintended effects on prosecutions and registries.
The Judiciary Committee held extensive testimony on House Bill 13‑51, a proposal to criminalize explicitly sexual deepfake videos and images.
Representative Bernie Satram, sponsor, said the bill is intended to address “deepfake videos” that place a person’s likeness into explicit material without consent. He told the committee AI “can be used for great good or great harm,” and said the bill had several friendly amendments to align it with other statutes and to protect internet service providers from civil exposure.
McLean County State’s Attorney Lad Erickson testified that while he supports addressing deepfake harms, he recommended the committee not create a new lesser included offense that would interfere with prosecutions of existing felony sex crimes. Erickson proposed…
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