# Arkansas HB1071: TO AMEND THE FRANK BROYLES PUBLICITY RIGHTS PROTECTION ACT OF 2016; AND TO PROVIDE PROTECTIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE PHOTOGRAPH, VOICE, OR LIKENESS IS REPRODUCED THROUGH MEANS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND USED COMMERCIALLY.

Arkansas HB1071, TO AMEND THE FRANK BROYLES PUBLICITY RIGHTS PROTECTION ACT OF 2016; AND TO PROVIDE PROTECTIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE PHOTOGRAPH, VOICE, OR LIKENESS IS REPRODUCED THROUGH MEANS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND USED COMMERCIALLY., is a 2025 Regular Session House bill sponsored by Joshua Bryant (Republican), R. Scott Richardson (Republican); status enacted, last action 2025-02-26 (Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1) (as of 2026-10-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: Arkansas HB1071
- State: Arkansas
- Session: 2025 Regular Session
- Title: TO AMEND THE FRANK BROYLES PUBLICITY RIGHTS PROTECTION ACT OF 2016; AND TO PROVIDE PROTECTIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE PHOTOGRAPH, VOICE, OR LIKENESS IS REPRODUCED THROUGH MEANS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND USED COMMERCIALLY.
- Status: enacted
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2024-12-19
- Last action: 2025-02-26, Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1
- Sponsors: Joshua Bryant (Republican), R. Scott Richardson (Republican)
- Cosponsors: 0
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 3 (220 yes, 1 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Your image and voice gain AI protections: benefit, medium. Arkansas law extends protections for commercial use of your image or voice to versions made with artificial intelligence. Covered images include identifiable photos, videos, three-dimensional images, and other reproductions of your likeness. Covered voices include your actual voice and simulations,…
- Service providers get limits on liability: benefit, low. A service provider's liability exemption requires that it lack actual knowledge of a violation on its system or network. This covers photographs, voices, and likenesses that violate Arkansas's publicity-rights law. The law also removes the instruction to interpret the act broadly. It deletes langua…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Sponsor: Joshua Bryant (Republican), Senate
- Sponsor: R. Scott Richardson (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-02-19 | House | House Vote - Wednesday, February 19, 2025 1:40:28 PM | pass | 92 | 0 |   |
| 2025-02-13 | Senate | Senate Vote - Thursday, February 13, 2025 11:12:11 AM | pass | 33 | 0 |   |
| 2025-01-27 | House | House Vote - Monday, January 27, 2025 1:41:53 PM | pass | 95 | 1 | 1 |

## Actions (21)

- 2025-02-26: Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 (House)
- 2025-02-25: Notification that HB1071 is now Act 159 (House)
- 2025-02-20: Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office. (House)
- 2025-02-19: TO BE ENROLLED (House)
- 2025-02-19: Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in. (House)
- 2025-02-18: Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1 (House)
- 2025-02-13: Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE (House)
- 2025-02-13: Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1 (House)
- 2025-02-13: Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 . (Senate)
- 2025-02-13: Read the third time and passed. (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Amendment # 1 read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and adopted, ordered engrossed. (Senate)
- 2025-02-11: Withdrawn from Committee and placed on 2nd reading for purpose of amendment # 1 (Senate)
- 2025-01-27: Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE (Senate)
- 2025-01-27: Received from the House. (Senate)
- 2025-01-27: Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate. (House)
- 2025-01-23: Returned by the Committee Do Pass (House)
- 2025-01-13: Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE (House)
- 2024-12-19: Filed (House)

## Bill text

- HB1071 - Introduced, 2024-12-19: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1071.pdf)
- Act Version: [PDF](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=159.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)

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## Sources
- [HB1071 - Introduced (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Home/FTPDocument?path=%2FBills%2F2025R%2FPublic%2FHB1071.pdf)
- [Act Version (PDF)](https://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=159.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R)

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- [HB1686: TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING LICENSES TO CARRY CONCEALED HANDGUNS.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1686-2025)
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- [HB1695: TO CLARIFY THE FORECLOSURE PROCESS FOR PROPERTY SUBJECT TO A MUNICIPAL LIEN; TO…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1695-2025)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/AR-HB1071-2025 (as of 2026-10-19).