Ohio · Legislation

Ohio HB185

Ohio HB185 has been filed.

This Ohio bill updates existing persona protection laws and creates new prohibitions against making or distributing unauthorized deepfake recordings of real people. It establishes legal consequences for using AI-generated or manipulated media to impersonate individuals without their consent.

Recorded sponsors: Adam Mathews, Ty Mathews.

Official title

Regards an individual's persona usage; prohibit certain deepfakes

Bill details

Stage
Filed
Policy area
Deepfakes
Party origin
Republican
Sponsors
Adam Mathews, Ty Mathews
Last updated

Focus areas

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

  • Deepfake Regulation
  • Data Privacy

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What would Ohio HB185 do, and who would it affect?

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