PennsylvaniaPennsylvania measure would restrict AI apps that make fake nude images
If enacted, Pennsylvania would bar people from knowingly running nudification apps and require marketplaces to handle reports, with civil penalties for unlawful downloads.
What it does
A person may not knowingly develop or operate an app in Pennsylvania that uses artificial intelligence to make realistic nude or sexual images of an identifiable person.
A marketplace may not knowingly offer or provide a nudification app to Pennsylvania users. General tools not mainly used for nudification, certain limited-purpose tools, and services that counter these images or apps are excluded.
Marketplaces must provide an online reporting portal and remove or block access in Pennsylvania within five days after receiving notice about a nudification app.
The Attorney General or an appropriate district attorney would enforce the rules. A violator could face a civil penalty of up to $100,000 for each unlawful app download.
Argument forPeople could have fewer chances to access apps that make realistic nude or sexual images of identifiable people.
Argument againstA marketplace might block access while it reviews a report, limiting Pennsylvania users’ access to an app that was wrongly reported.
More detail
A person may not knowingly develop or operate a nudification app in Pennsylvania. The rule covers people who develop or operate such apps in Pennsylvania. The app must use artificial intelligence to make realistic images showing an identifiable person nude, undressed, or in a sexual act. The act would take effect 90 days after enactment.
An online marketplace may not knowingly make a nudification app available to a user in Pennsylvania. This covers marketplaces offering, selling, distributing, or otherwise making apps available to users in Pennsylvania. General editing, design, and artificial intelligence tools are excluded if they are not mainly designed, marketed, or used for nudification. Tools used only for specified professional or public-interest purposes are excluded if they are not made generally available to the public for nudification. Services that detect, block, report, or remove intimate images or nudification apps are also excluded. The act would take effect 90 days after enactment.
A marketplace must provide an online portal for reports and remove or disable access in Pennsylvania within five days after receiving notice about a nudification app. These duties apply to online application marketplaces. A notice must include the app or service name, its online location, an explanation of why it qualifies, and the sender’s contact information, to the extent reasonably available. A marketplace is not in violation of the act if it removes or disables access within five days of receiving notice. The five-day period begins when the marketplace receives notice.
The Attorney General or an appropriate district attorney shall enforce the act; a person who violates it is subject to a civil penalty of up to $100,000 for each unlawful app download. The penalty applies to a person who violates the act, and is counted for each unlawful download of the app. The penalty is in addition to any other remedy provided by law. The act would take effect 90 days after enactment.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Sep 29Referred to Communications & TechnologyLatest
- Sep 28Third consideration and final passagePassed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 24Re-reported as committedMinor
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Appropriations): Re-Reported as Committed. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 22Re-referred to AppropriationsMinor
- Jun 22Second considerationMinor
- Jun 10First considerationMinor
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Communications & Technology): Reported as Committed. Result: pass.Upper
- Jun 10Reported as committedMinor
- Jun 5Referred to Communications & TechnologyIntroduced
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