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Michigan House approves bills penalizing nonconsensual explicit deepfakes; amendment to add verbal-consent defense fails
Summary
The Michigan House passed House Bills 4047 and 4048 on final reading to create civil and criminal penalties for nonconsensual explicit AI-generated images and to amend criminal procedure; an amendment to add an explicit verbal-consent defense was rejected. Both bills were given immediate effect after passage.
The Michigan House of Representatives on final reading approved two bills aimed at barring the creation and distribution of nonconsensual explicit “deepfake” images and videos, passing House Bill 4047 and House Bill 4048 by wide margins and ordering both measures to take immediate effect.
House Bill 4047, introduced on the floor as by Representative Beerline, would impose civil liability and criminal penalties for creating or disseminating explicit images generated without the subject’s consent. House Bill 4048, introduced by Representative Sernigloo, was presented as an amendment to the code of criminal procedure tied to the package.
The bills moved forward after a short floor debate that included an unsuccessful attempt to adopt an amendment to HB4047. Representative Cara argued in support of the amendment, saying the change “would amend section 5…
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