Georgia SB 9 ("Ensuring Accountability for Illegal AI Activities Act")

• Authority: Georgia
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Proposed
• Most recent activity date: 2026-01-28

Risk subdomain coverage

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

• False or misleading information
• Pollution of information ecosystem
• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

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

• Governance failure

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document primarily addresses risks related to malicious actors (4.1, 4.3) and misinformation (3.1, 3.2), with good coverage of disinformation and election interference. It also touches on AI system safety through disclosure requirements (7.4) and governance mechanisms (6.5). The focus is concentrated on preventing election-related harms from deceptive AI-generated media.

Sector coverage

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

• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

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

• Information
• Arts, Entertainment & Recreation

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs the Public Administration sector (excluding National Security) by regulating election administration and campaign activities. It also has significant implications for the Information sector through regulation of broadcasting, streaming, and online platforms that distribute campaign content.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding state statute enacted by the Georgia General Assembly that establishes criminal offenses with specific penalties, enforcement mechanisms through the Attorney General and State Election Board, and mandatory disclosure requirements for AI-generated campaign content.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The document is a state legislative act enacted by the Georgia General Assembly, which is the state legislature with authority to create binding laws.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Developer, AI_Deployer, AI_User
• Summary: The law explicitly defines 'Person' as employees, staff, or affiliated individuals of political entities who create, publish, or use AI-generated media in campaign contexts. It excludes broadcasters and platforms that merely sell advertising.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The Attorney General has concurrent jurisdiction to prosecute violations upon recommendation from the State Election Board. District attorneys also have enforcement authority for election law violations. The commission (Georgia Government Transparency and Campaign Finance Commission) enforces disclosure requirements.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Summary: The State Election Board investigates violations and makes prosecution recommendations, with authority to release investigation findings publicly. The commission monitors compliance with disclosure requirements. The Secretary of State may conduct investigations when authorized by the Board.

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 primarily addresses the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle, focusing on the use and distribution of AI-generated media in campaign contexts. It does not substantively cover earlier stages like planning, data collection, or model development.

Technical Scope

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

• AI Systems
• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly defines and regulates 'artificial intelligence systems' and 'AI generated media' but does not distinguish between different types of AI (frontier, general purpose, task-specific, etc.). It focuses on AI systems capable of generating deceptive audio, video, and image content. No compute thresholds or model architecture specifications are mentioned.