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Adjourned sine die. The bill was pending when the session ended, so it did not pass.

Last action · February 4, 2025

To Small Business & Information Technology (H)

Introduced January 7, 2025

House

Adjourned Sine Die

2025 Regular Session

HB21

AN ACT relating to privacy protection.

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define terms and establish limitations on "deep fakes"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a statute of limitations for an action filed for the unlawful dissemination of a deep fake; create a new section of KRS Chapter 519 to establish a criminal penalty for illegally disseminating a deep fake.

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This bill would create new legal protections against "deep fakes," which are realistic but fabricated audio or video content generated by artificial intelligence that makes it appear someone said or did something they did not. It would set rules defining what counts as an illegal deep fake, establish a time limit for filing a civil lawsuit over one, and create criminal penalties for unlawfully sharing them. Who it may affect: any Kentuckian who could be depicted without their consent in AI-generated media, as well as those accused of creating or sharing such content.

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