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Alabama Child Protection Act of 2024, AI-Generated Child Sexual Abuse Material
Ala. Code §§ 13A-12-190 to 13A-12-197 (as amended by Act 2024-98, HB 168, 2024 Regular Session)
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In force since 1 October 2024.
An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 8 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not knowingly disseminate or publicly display child sexual abuse material, including a virtually indistinguishable depiction created, altered, or produced by digital or computer-generated means; this is a Class B felony.
- Do not knowingly advertise, promote, present, distribute, or solicit by any means material that reflects, or is intended to cause the belief, that it depicts an actual minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct; this is also a Class B felony.
- Do not knowingly possess child sexual abuse material with intent to disseminate it (a Class B felony) or possess it at all (a Class C felony).
- If you are a parent or guardian, do not knowingly permit or allow a child, ward, or dependent under 18 to be used in producing child sexual abuse material; this and producing the material yourself are each a Class A felony.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Private right of actionYes
Criminal exposure note
Dissemination or public display of child sexual abuse material, and advertising, promoting, presenting, distributing, or soliciting material believed to depict a minor, are each a Class B felony (Ala. Code § 13A-12-191); possession with intent to disseminate is a Class B felony and simple possession a Class C felony (§ 13A-12-192); a parent or guardian knowingly permitting production, and producing the material, are each a Class A felony (§§ 13A-12-196, 13A-12-197).
What it reaches
Obligation class
Prohibition
What this law does
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The Alabama Child Protection Act of 2024 amended Alabama Code sections 13A-12-190, 13A-12-191, 13A-12-192, 13A-12-193, 13A-12-194, 13A-12-196, 13A-12-197, and 13A-12-198, and repealed section 13A-12-195, so that the definition of child sexual abuse material expressly includes a virtually indistinguishable depiction created, altered, or produced by digital, computer generated, or other means.
A person who knowingly disseminates or publicly displays child sexual abuse material is guilty of a Class B felony, as is a person who knowingly advertises, promotes, presents, distributes, or solicits by any means material that reflects, or is intended to cause another to believe, depicts an actual individual under 18 engaged in sexually explicit conduct.
A person who knowingly possesses child sexual abuse material with intent to disseminate it is guilty of a Class B felony, and simple possession is a Class C felony. A parent or guardian who knowingly permits or allows a child, ward, or dependent under 18 to be used in producing child sexual abuse material is guilty of a Class A felony, as is a person who knowingly produces the material.
An individual who commits any of these offenses, or the related private-image offense at section 13A-6-240, is civilly liable to the individual depicted, with actual damages, costs and attorney fees, and punitive damages available on clear and convincing evidence of wantonness or malice.
No civil action may be brought for actions taken to prevent, detect, protect against, report, or respond to the production, generation, incorporation, or synthesization of child sexual abuse material through artificial intelligence. The amendments took effect October 1, 2024.
When LexLint raises it
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Read the law
official text, enrolled Act 2024-98 (HB 168, 2024 Regular Session), Alabama Legislature