Law / United States / Arkansas
Act 159 of 2025 (HB 1071), AI-Generated Replicas Amendment to Publicity Rights Act
Ark. Code Ann. §§ 4-75-1103, 4-75-1110, 4-75-1112
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In force.
An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not reproduce, generate, or use an individual's photograph, likeness, or voice, including an artificial-intelligence-generated reproduction or simulation, without authorization under the Frank Broyles Publicity Rights Protection Act of 2016.
- If you operate a system or network that hosts content from others, your exemption ends once you have actual knowledge that a photograph, voice, or likeness on your system violates the Act.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureNo
What it reaches
Obligation class
Prohibition
What this law does
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Act 159 amends the Frank Broyles Publicity Rights Protection Act of 2016 so that the Act's existing definitions of "likeness" and "photograph" expressly include a reproduction generated through artificial intelligence, and adds a new definition of "voice" that reaches a simulation of an individual's voice, including an AI-generated simulation, whether or not it contains the person's actual voice.
It also narrows a safe harbor for a system or network provider, so that a provider loses that protection once it has actual knowledge that a photograph, voice, or likeness on its system violates the Act. Approved February 25, 2025.
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