Pro-Human AI Legislation

California AB 1836 (2024) requires explicit consent to use a deceased person's digital likeness to create AI-generated performances, photos, or voice recordings. Studios and tech companies that create AI representations of deceased performers without consent from the estate face civil liability. The law was inspired by…

California AB 2602 (2024) prohibits studios and employers from using AI to replicate a performer's digital likeness in ways that would have required the performer to be physically present, without a specific negotiated agreement covering the specific use. The law protects actors, singers, and other performers from havi…

Minnesota HF 4432 (2024) requires political communications using AI-generated content depicting real people to prominently disclose the use of AI. The law also prohibits AI-generated deepfakes that falsely depict candidates saying things they did not say within 90 days of an election, creating both civil and criminal p…

Georgia SB 392 (2024) extends Georgia's existing right of publicity statute to cover AI-generated replicas of voice and likeness, prohibiting use for commercial purposes without consent. The Georgia law is notable for applying to deceased individuals for 50 years after death, protecting the estates of musicians and ent…

Tennessee's Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security (ELVIS) Act, signed into law in 2024, extends the state's existing personal rights law to explicitly protect musicians and artists from AI-generated imitations of their voice. The law makes it illegal to use AI to create a replica of a person's voice for commercial…

The No AI FRAUD Act (No Artificial Intelligence Fake Replicas And Unauthorized Duplications Act, proposed 2024) would establish a federal right for individuals to control the use of their voice and likeness in AI-generated content. The bill creates civil liability for AI companies that generate unauthorized replicas of…

California AB 459 (signed 2023) requires that any AI-generated synthetic media of a candidate for public office used in a political advertisement be clearly labeled as AI-generated. The law applies to deepfakes and AI-altered images and video distributed within 120 days of an election, and creates liability for campaig…

The AI Transparency Act (proposed 2023, S. 3108) would require any AI system that interacts with consumers, produces content, or makes decisions affecting individuals to disclose its AI nature and provide a point of contact for disputes. The bill targets AI-generated news articles, customer service bots, and automated …

New York SB S7780A (proposed 2023) would create a digital replica right giving performers and public figures control over AI-generated replicas of their voice and likeness. The bill would prohibit the production, distribution, or transmission of any AI-generated digital replica of a living or deceased person without wr…

Nevada AB 101 (2023) strengthened Nevada's right of publicity statute to cover AI-generated digital replicas of voice and likeness, making it a civil violation to use AI to generate a commercial replica of any person without written consent. The law specifically addresses AI music and entertainment deepfakes and applie…

Texas HB 4337 (2023) amended the Texas Penal Code to make it a criminal offense to create or distribute a deepfake sexual video of a person without their consent, with enhanced penalties when the victim is a minor or when the material is distributed with intent to harass. This was among the first criminal statutes in t…

The HUMAN Act (Highlighted Under Machine Act, proposed 2023) would require AI-generated audio and audiovisual works distributed online or broadcast to be labeled with a disclosure that the content was created or significantly altered by AI. The bill was introduced by Representative Yvette Clarke in response to the spre…