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ArkansasHB15292025 Regular SessionHouse

TO CREATE THE CRIMINAL OFFENSE OF UNLAWFUL CREATION OR DISTRIBUTION OF DEEPFAKE VISUAL MATERIAL; AND TO ESTABLISH A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR UNLAWFUL CREATION OF DEEPFAKE VISUAL MATERIAL.

Sponsored By: Clint Penzo (Republican), Stephen Meeks (Republican)

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

2 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 0 mixed.

Deepfake victims gain rights to sue

If Arkansas's deepfake crime harms you, you can sue the image-generation technology provider or developer, or whoever caused its creation. A court may award compensation for harm, punitive damages, an order stopping the conduct, or other appropriate relief. If you win, the court must award reasonable attorney's fees and costs. The Arkansas Attorney General can also sue technology providers or developers when their tools generate material that violates the deepfake crime law. That state lawsuit requires material made mostly or entirely through prompts and a provider or developer lacking reasonable safeguards against deepfakes.

Criminal penalties for sexual deepfake creators

Arkansas makes it a crime to knowingly create or share covered sexual deepfakes without the depicted person's consent. Covered material includes photos, images, videos, and other visual depictions that look real to an ordinary person. Technology must falsely depict the person's appearance, voice, or actions. The person must be recognizable by their face, likeness, or other distinguishing traits. An ordinary viewer must see the person as nude or engaged in sexual contact, intercourse, deviate sexual activity, or sexually explicit conduct. A first offense is a Class A misdemeanor; a second or later offense is a Class D felony. Telecommunications, information, and cable service providers and their affiliates are excluded for content supplied by someone else.

Sponsors & Cosponsors

Sponsors

  • Clint Penzo

    Republican • Senate

  • Stephen Meeks

    Republican • House

Cosponsors

  • Brandon Achor

    Republican • House

  • Brit McKenzie

    Republican • House

  • Glenn Barnes

    Democratic • House

  • Lincoln Barnett

    Democratic • House

  • Howard M. Beaty, Jr.

    Republican • House

  • Rick Beck

    Republican • House

  • Mary Bentley

    Republican • House

  • Harlan Breaux

    Republican • House

  • Keith Brooks

    Republican • House

  • Cindy Crawford

    Republican • House

  • Les D. Eaves

    Republican • House

  • Jon S. Eubanks

    Republican • House

  • Tony Furman

    Republican • House

  • Zack Gramlich

    Republican • House

  • Steve Hollowell

    Republican • House

  • Julie Mayberry

    Republican • House

  • Jeremiah Moore

    Republican • House

  • Karilyn Brown

    Republican • House

  • Jack Ladyman

    Republican • House

  • Robin Lundstrum

    Republican • House

  • Roger D. Lynch

    Republican • House

  • Matt Brown

    Republican • House

  • Matthew J. Shepherd

    Republican • House

  • John Maddox

    Republican • House

  • Mindy McAlindon

    Republican • House

  • Richard McGrew

    Republican • House

  • Jessie McGruder

    Democratic • House

  • Jon Milligan

    Republican • House

  • Jason Nazarenko

    Republican • House

  • Stetson Painter

    Republican • House

  • Shad Pearce

    Republican • House

  • Aaron Pilkington

    Republican • House

  • Rebecca Burkes

    Republican • House

  • Marcus E. Richmond

    Republican • House

  • Ryan A. Rose

    Republican • House

  • Johnny Rye

    Republican • House

  • Kendon Underwood

    Republican • House

  • DeAnn Vaught

    Republican • House

Roll Call Votes

All Roll Calls

Yes: 123 • No: 0

Senate vote • 4/14/2025

Senate Vote - Monday, April 14, 2025 12:17:45 PM

Yes: 35 • No: 0

House vote • 4/8/2025

House Vote - Tuesday, April 8, 2025 2:35:00 PM

Yes: 88 • No: 0 • Other: 2

Actions Timeline

  1. Notification that HB1529 is now Act 827

    4/17/2025House

  2. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.

    4/15/2025House

  3. TO BE ENROLLED

    4/14/2025House

  4. Returned from the Senate as passed.

    4/14/2025House

  5. Returned to the House as passed.

    4/14/2025Senate

  6. Read the third time and passed.

    4/14/2025Senate

  7. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass

    4/9/2025Senate

  8. Read first time, rules suspended, read second time, referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

    4/8/2025Senate

  9. Received from the House.

    4/8/2025Senate

  10. Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.

    4/8/2025House

  11. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

    4/7/2025House

  12. Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

    4/7/2025House

  13. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.

    4/7/2025House

  14. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 2

    4/3/2025House

  15. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED

    3/19/2025House

  16. Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.

    3/19/2025House

  17. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.

    3/19/2025House

  18. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE

    2/19/2025House

  19. Filed

    2/19/2025House

Bill Text

  • HB1529 - Introduced

    2/19/2025

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  • Act Version

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