California · Legislation

California AB621

California AB621 has been enacted.

This bill updates California's law on deepfake pornography, which prohibits creating or sharing sexually explicit fake images of real people without their consent. It strengthens civil legal protections for victims of non-consensual AI-generated intimate imagery.

Recorded sponsors: Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, Marc Berman, Juan Alanis, Isaac Bryan.

Official title

Deepfake pornography.

Bill details

Stage
Enacted
Policy area
Deepfakes
Party origin
Bipartisan
Sponsors
Rebecca Bauer-Kahan, Marc Berman, Juan Alanis, Isaac Bryan
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Focus areas

Topics this bill touches, used to group it with related legislation.

  • Deepfake Regulation
  • Child Safety
  • Data Privacy

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What would California AB621 do, and who would it affect?

Records current as of . The bill text and legislative history are linked below.