Idaho House Bill 575

• Authority: Idaho
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2024-07-01

Risk subdomain coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the risk subdomain are explicitly described.

• Exposure to toxic content
• Compromise of privacy
• False or misleading information
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• AI possessing dangerous capabilities

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has good coverage of approximately 5-6 subdomains, with strong focus on malicious actors (4.1, 4.3), privacy compromise (2.1), toxic content exposure (1.2), and misinformation (3.1). Coverage is concentrated in malicious use, privacy violations, and content-related harms from synthetic media.

Sector coverage

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the sector are described.

• Information
• Scientific Research & Development Services
• Educational Services
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This legislation does not target specific economic sectors but rather regulates individual conduct involving explicit synthetic media across all sectors. The exemptions for interactive computer services, information services, and telecommunication services indicate some governance of the Information sector, though primarily to exclude liability rather than impose obligations.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding state statute enacted by the Idaho Legislature with criminal penalties, enforcement mechanisms, and mandatory legal obligations.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Idaho State Legislature
• Summary: The document is enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho, as stated in the enactment clause.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_User, Affected_Stakeholder
• Summary: The law targets any person who knowingly discloses explicit synthetic media, which could include AI developers who create such content, users who deploy or share it, and the identifiable individuals portrayed who are affected stakeholders. The law also exempts certain service providers unless they intentionally aid disclosure.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: As a criminal statute, enforcement is conducted by Idaho's criminal justice system including prosecutors, law enforcement, and courts who have authority to investigate, prosecute, and adjudicate violations.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: Monitoring is implicit through the criminal justice system's ongoing enforcement activities, including law enforcement investigations and prosecutorial oversight of violations.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not explicitly address specific AI lifecycle stages but focuses on the deployment and use of AI-generated synthetic media. It primarily regulates the disclosure and possession of explicit synthetic media created using AI, which relates most closely to the Deploy and Operate stages.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions AI as a technical means for creating synthetic media. It does not distinguish between different types of AI (frontier, general purpose, task-specific, etc.) or mention compute thresholds, foundation models, or open-weight models. The focus is on generative AI capabilities that create realistic synthetic media.