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SB 1440 Connecticut Senate · 2025 Regular Session

AN ACT CONCERNING UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OF AN INTIMATE SYNTHETICALLY CREATED IMAGE.

SB 1440 makes it illegal to intentionally share AI-generated intimate images (like deepfakes) of another person without their consent, knowing the image is synthetic and meant to deceive viewers into believing it’s real. It specifically targets cases where the victim suffers harm, such as emotional distress, financial loss, or physical injury, and covers images of genitals, pubic areas, breasts (for females), or sexual acts. The law excludes images from public sexual activity or when the person isn’t clearly identifiable. Violations range from a class D misdemeanor (single-person sharing) to a class D felony (intentional harm), but tech platforms are protected from liability for user-shared content.
Issues: ✓ Criminal JusticeSupports Criminal JusticeCreates new criminal offense for non-consensual deepfakes, protecting victims and addressing digital harm within criminal justice framework.85% confidence ✓ TechnologySupports TechnologyRegulates AI-generated deepfakes to protect victims from non-consensual intimate images, strengthening data privacy protections against technological misuse.95% confidence
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 4, 2025 Last action Apr 23, 2025
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Raised Bill → JUD Joint Favorable Substitute · 5 edits
MODERATE
The bill was revised to focus specifically on synthetically created intimate images rather than any digitally altered or AI-generated images. The new version adds requirements that the image must be deceptive and cause harm to the victim, and includes an additional provision for when the creator intended to cause harm. This narrows the scope of the law to target deepfakes specifically while maintaining the same penalty structure.
Scope change
The bill's scope was narrowed from covering all digitally altered or AI-created intimate images to specifically covering synthetically created intimate images that are deceptive and cause harm.
SCOPE

Changed the title and subject matter from 'unauthorized dissemination of intimate images that are digitally altered or created through the use of artificial intelligence' to 'unlawful dissemination of an intimate synthetically created image'

REQUIREMENT

Added two new requirements: the disseminator must know the image is synthetically created and intend to deceive the viewer, and the victim must suffer harm as a result

Added a new provision that makes it a felony if the person who acquired, created, or had created the image did so with the intention to harm the victim

DEFINITION

Replaced the definition of 'artificial intelligence' with a new definition for 'synthetically created image' that specifies images not wholly recorded by a camera or generated by a computer system

ENFORCEMENT

Adjusted penalty classifications based on whether subdivision (5) of the new requirements was violated, with potential felony charges for intentional harm

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Apr 7, 2025
Upper · Passed
Joint Favorable Substitute
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Committee
REF. TO JOINT COMM. ON Judiciary
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