Illinois Senate Bill 382

Amends the Act to include liability exceptions for good faith dissemination of digitally altered sexual images. Specifies exceptions don't apply if dissemination serves sexual arousal or commercial gain. Clarifies images with political messages aren't public concern solely due to public figures.

  • Authority: Illinois
  • Parent authority: State governments
  • Jurisdiction: United States
  • Collections: U.S. state and local documents
  • Most recent activity: Enacted
  • Most recent activity date: 2023-12-08

Risk subdomain coverage

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

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

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document has minimal coverage of AI risk domains, with primary focus on malicious actors (4.3) and misinformation (3.1). The bill addresses digitally altered sexual images (deepfakes) used for fraud, manipulation, and creating false information, but does not comprehensively address AI-specific governance measures or technical safeguards.

Sector coverage

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

  • Information
  • Health Care & Social Assistance
  • 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 applies broadly to any person (individual, business, nonprofit, government entity) who disseminates digitally altered sexual images. It is a cross-sectoral civil liability statute.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding state statute enacted by the Illinois General Assembly that amends existing civil law with enforceable legal obligations and civil remedies for violations.

Actors

Proposer

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Entities: Illinois General Assembly
  • Summary: The document is a state legislative act proposed and enacted by the Illinois General Assembly, as indicated in the opening clause.

Target

  • Entity Types: Affected_Stakeholder
  • Summary: The Act targets any person (individual, business, nonprofit, government entity) who disseminates or threatens to disseminate private sexual images or digitally altered sexual images. The primary targets are those who create, distribute, or threaten to distribute such content.

Enforcer

  • Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
  • Summary: The Act is enforced through civil court proceedings where plaintiffs can bring actions against violators. Law enforcement is also mentioned as having good faith exceptions, suggesting their role in enforcement.

Monitor

  • Summary: The document does not specify any monitoring body or oversight mechanism. This is a civil liability statute that relies on individual plaintiffs to bring actions rather than proactive monitoring.

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 focuses on the dissemination and use of digitally altered sexual images (outputs) rather than the development, training, or deployment of AI systems themselves.

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 images as outputs without discussing the underlying AI technology used to create them.

https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=103-0571
https://agora.eto.tech/instrument/1505
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