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WashingtonSB 58862025-2026 Regular SessionSenateWALLET

Concerning forged digital likenesses.

Sponsored By: Matt Boehnke (Republican)

Became Law

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

3 provisions identified: 3 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Stronger penalties for likeness and deepfakes

The law sets a $3,000 civil penalty for each infringement. You can also recover your actual damages and the infringer’s profits. If a forged digital likeness (a realistic, deceptive AI image or audio of a real person) is used, you can get noneconomic damages even if no profit was made. Courts can stop the use, impound and destroy infringing materials, and award your attorneys’ fees and costs. To claim profits, you show gross revenue tied to the use; the user can show expenses to deduct.

No commercial use without consent

The law bans using a living or dead person’s name, voice, photo, forged digital likeness, or likeness to sell goods in Washington or in ads or fundraising published in Washington without the owner’s consent. Consent can be written or oral, express or implied. It is infringement even if the user makes no money from it.

Your name and likeness are property

The law treats your name, voice, signature, photo, forged digital likeness, and likeness as your property. You can license, sell, or assign these rights, and they do not end when you die. It applies even if you never used them for money and no matter where you lived. If you do not transfer the right, ownership follows intestate succession. It covers people who died before, on, or after June 11, 1998.

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Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsor

  • Matt Boehnke

    Republican • Senate

Cosponsors

  • Javier Valdez

    Democratic • Senate

  • Jeff Wilson

    Republican • Senate

  • Perry Dozier

    Republican • Senate

  • T'wina Nobles

    Democratic • Senate

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 132 • No: 9

House vote • 3/4/2026

3rd Reading & Final Passage

Yes: 85 • No: 9 • Other: 4

Senate vote • 2/5/2026

3rd Reading & Final Passage

Yes: 47 • No: 0 • Other: 2

Actions Timeline

  1. Effective date 6/11/2026.

    3/16/2026Senate

  2. Chapter 69, 2026 Laws.

    3/16/2026Senate

  3. Governor signed.

    3/16/2026legislature

  4. Delivered to Governor.

    3/9/2026legislature

  5. Speaker signed.

    3/5/2026legislature

  6. President signed.

    3/5/2026legislature

  7. Third reading, passed; yeas, 85; nays, 9; absent, 0; excused, 4.

    3/4/2026Senate

  8. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    3/4/2026Senate

  9. Rules Committee relieved of further consideration. Placed on second reading.

    3/2/2026Senate

  10. CRJ - Executive action taken by committee.

    2/25/2026Senate

  11. Referred to Rules 2 Review.

    2/25/2026Senate

  12. CRJ - Majority; do pass.

    2/25/2026Senate

  13. First reading, referred to Civil Rights & Judiciary.

    2/9/2026Senate

  14. Third reading, passed; yeas, 47; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 2.

    2/5/2026Senate

  15. Rules suspended. Placed on Third Reading.

    2/5/2026Senate

  16. 1st substitute bill substituted.

    2/5/2026Senate

  17. Placed on second reading consent calendar.

    2/4/2026Senate

  18. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.

    1/30/2026Senate

  19. LAW - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.

    1/29/2026Senate

  20. First reading, referred to Law & Justice.

    1/12/2026Senate

  21. Prefiled for introduction.

    12/15/2025Senate

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