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Committee hears bill to criminalize nonconsensual AI-generated explicit images and add civil remedies
Summary
Senate Bill 360 would expand Marylandlaw to cover computer-generated explicit imagery that depicts an identifiable person without consent. Supporters said the measure closes a prosecution gap; the public defender warned the language could be vague and risk due-process problems.
At a March 26 House Judiciary Committee hearing supporters urged passage of Senate Bill 360, which would criminalize distribution of sexually explicit visual representations of an identifiable person created or altered without consent and create a private civil remedy for victims.
Sponsor testimony and advocacy groups
Senator Hester framed the bill as a response to growing use of websites and apps that produce explicit "deepfake" images. The bill would amend Marylandcriminal and civil law to make it a misdemeanor to distribute such material when the distributor…
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