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Sen. Ashby proposes civil and criminal liability for nonconsensual AI deepfakes
Summary
SB 1111 would clarify that a digital replica qualifies as a person's voice or likeness and create remedies for nonconsensual deepfakes; lawyers and victims described the emotional harms facing students and gaps in current law.
Sen. Ashby presented SB 1111 as an "Artificial Intelligence Abuse Protection Act" to add specific causes of action for nonconsensual AI‑generated replicas under publicity and false‑impersonation law. "The law has to catch up now," a witness said, recounting how students have been digitally undressed and turned into pornographic imagery.
Amanda Simmons, a school-injury lawyer, said existing statutes do not give victims a clear cause of action; student witness Luizwan Beshad described the circulation of a synthetic sexualized video of himself in middle school and how it caused humiliation and ongoing fear. The author said the bill would preserve remedies and provide criminal violations for false impersonation using digital replicas.
