CONCERNING CRIMINAL OFFENSES RELATED TO POSSESSION OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MATERIAL THAT DEPICTS A CHILD; AND TO INCLUDE A COMPUTER GENERATED IMAGE THAT IS INDISTINGUISHABLE FROM THE IMAGE OF A CHILD.
HB 1877 expands criminal offenses related to sexually explicit material depicting a child to include computer-generated images that are indistinguishable from a child. The bill defines "artificial intelligence" and "adversarial testing," which involves evaluating AI systems in a controlled environment. It creates exemptions for law enforcement investigations and for interactive computer services conducting good-faith adversarial testing to prevent AI systems from generating such content. However, these exemptions do not apply if the testing is for personal or exploitative purposes. Additionally, the bill renames the offense of "Possession or use of child sexual abuse material" to "Electronic facilitation of child sexual abuse."
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
Apr 2025
Introduced Mar 20, 2025
Signed Apr 22, 2025
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The bill text has been renumbered and formatted for the 95th General Assembly Regular Session of 2025, replacing the previous Act 977 designation. This appears to be a procedural update to reflect the current legislative session rather than substantive policy changes.
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Bill number updated from Act 977 to House Bill 1877 for the 95th General Assembly Regular Session of 2025.
Added session dates (H4/7/25 S4/9/25) and formatting headers to reflect current legislative session status.
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
23
Key actions
9
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Apr 22, 2025
Signed into law
Notification that HB1877 is now Act 977
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
lower
Apr 15, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Committee
Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
lower
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
upper
Apr 10, 2025
Upper · Passed
Read the third time and passed.
upper
Apr 9, 2025
Upper · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it Do Pass as amended, Amendment # 1
upper
Apr 8, 2025
Lower · Passed
Read the third time and passed and ordered transmitted to the Senate.
lower
Apr 7, 2025
Introduced
Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass as amended 1
lower
Mar 20, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
2 primary · 36 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Josh Bryant
RRepublican
P
Stephen Meeks
RRepublican
Co
Brandon Achor
RRepublican
Co
Brit McKenzie
RRepublican
Co
Cindy Crawford
RRepublican
Co
DeAnn Vaught
RRepublican
Co
Glenn Barnes
DDemocratic
Co
Harlan Breaux
RRepublican
Co
Howard Beaty
RRepublican
Co
Jack Ladyman
RRepublican
Co
Jason Nazarenko
RRepublican
Co
Jeremiah Moore
RRepublican
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