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Committee vets two bills on AI-generated likeness and extortion of private images

House Judiciary · February 21, 2025
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Representative Jill Cohenour told the committee HB 513 would recognize individuals' property rights in name, voice and likeness and HB 514 would make digitally fabricated extortion a criminal/civil offense; witnesses sought clearer carve-outs for law enforcement, news reporting and clarified penalties.

Representative Jill Cohenour presented two related bills addressing artificial‑intelligence uses of name, voice and likeness and the extortionate use of real or digitally fabricated images. On HB 513 she said the bill would "give that same recognition of your personal property right as an individual to every single one of us" and allow individuals to sue for damages if an algorithmic product uses their likeness without consent, extending remedies to descendants in certain cases. The bill includes carve-outs intended to protect…

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