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Committee favors HB 289 to expand CSAM law to address AI-generated images, with defense group urging proportionality for purely synthetic material
Summary
The committee adopted amendments and recommended HB 289 (child sexual-abuse material amendments) favorably after testimony from prosecutors supporting prosecutorial tools and defense attorneys urging lower degrees for purely AI-generated imagery; online commenters raised intent and due-process concerns.
The House Law Enforcement & Criminal Justice Committee voted to recommend HB 289, a bill that updates state law on child sexual-abuse material (CSAM) to address AI-manipulated and synthetic content.
Representative DeFay introduced the bill and said technology has outpaced law; the bill creates definitions and categories to allow prosecution of those producing or distributing CSAM, including some…
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