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Committee passes bill criminalizing non‑consensual explicit deepfakes for adults, but defense lawyers warn about 'creation' language
Summary
House Bill 15‑29 would make it a crime to create or distribute sexually explicit deepfake imagery of an identifiable person without consent. The attorney general's office supported the draft; criminal defense groups warned the bill's 'creation' language could be unconstitutionally overbroad under First Amendment precedents.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved House Bill 15‑29 after testimony from the bill sponsor and both supporters and opponents.
Representative Steven Meeks, District 42, said the bill responds to emerging technologies that can place real people’s likenesses into explicit images or videos without consent. He said the measure criminalizes taking a picture of an identifiable person, placing it into sexually explicit material and distributing it without consent; penalties would range from a Class A misdemeanor…
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