Illinois House Bill 2123

• Authority: Illinois
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2023-07-28

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• Compromise of privacy
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

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

• Exposure to toxic content
• False or misleading information

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document primarily addresses risks related to malicious actors (4.3 Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation) through provisions against nonconsensual dissemination of private sexual images. It also touches on privacy concerns (2.1) and toxic content exposure (1.2), though these are addressed indirectly through the civil remedy framework rather than preventive measures.

Sector coverage

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

• Health Care & Social Assistance
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This statute does not govern AI use within specific economic sectors. It is a general civil remedy law that applies to any person who disseminates private sexual images without consent, regardless of their industry or sector. The law creates a cause of action available to victims across all sectors of society.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding state statute enacted by the Illinois General Assembly that creates enforceable civil causes of action with specific remedies including statutory damages, punitive damages, and injunctive relief.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Illinois General Assembly
• Summary: The document is a state legislative act enacted by the Illinois General Assembly, which is the state legislative body with authority to create binding state law.

Target

• Entity Types: Affected_Stakeholder
• Summary: The law targets any person over the age of 18 who intentionally disseminates private or digitally altered sexual images without consent. The targets are individuals who engage in this harmful conduct, not AI developers or deployers specifically, though AI tools may be used to create the altered images.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Illinois courts
• Summary: Enforcement is through civil courts where depicted individuals can bring lawsuits. The courts have authority to award damages and issue injunctive relief.

Monitor

• Summary: The statute does not establish any monitoring body or oversight mechanism. It is a civil remedy statute that relies on individual victims to bring lawsuits when harm occurs.

AI Lifecycle Stages

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

No lifecycle stages identified.

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document does not explicitly address AI lifecycle stages. It is a civil remedy statute focused on the harmful use and dissemination of private sexual images, including digitally altered ones. While AI tools may be used to create altered images (Build and Use Model stage), the document governs the dissemination behavior rather than AI development or deployment processes.

Technical Scope

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

No technical scope terms identified.

Technical Scope Summary

The document does not explicitly mention AI models, AI systems, or any specific AI technical categories. It addresses digitally altered sexual images without specifying the technology used to create them. The statute is technology-neutral and focuses on the harm from dissemination rather than the technical means of creation.