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Georgia
Ensuring Accountability for Illegal AI Activities Act (SB 9), died at Sine Die
Ga. SB 9 (2025-2026 session); amends O.C.G.A. §§ 16-12-80, 17-10-22; died at Sine Die, 2026-04-02
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Withdrawn: no longer proceeding.
An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 12 September 2026.
What it requires
- This measure did not pass and binds nobody; what follows is what it would have required.
- As introduced, it would have made it a felony, punishable by one to fifteen years' imprisonment, to create obscene material depicting what appears to be a child engaging in sexually explicit conduct where an artificial intelligence system was used to create it, whether or not an actual child is depicted.
- It would also have provided a sentencing notice and enhanced sentencing where a court found that a defendant used an artificial intelligence system in committing certain other crimes.
If you get it wrong
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Criminal exposure note
As introduced, distribution of computer-generated obscene material depicting a child would have been a felony punishable by imprisonment of not less than one year nor more than fifteen years; no separate monetary fine is stated in the sections read. The bill died at Sine Die on April 2, 2026 and is not currently in force.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Prohibition
What this law does
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This measure did not pass and binds nobody; what follows is what it would have required.
As passed by the Senate and House in different forms during the 2025 session, SB 9 would have repealed and replaced O.C.G.A. § 16-12-80 to make it a felony, punishable by one to fifteen years' imprisonment, to create obscene material depicting what appears to be a child engaging in sexually explicit conduct where an artificial intelligence system was used to create it, whether or not an actual child is depicted, and would have amended Title 17's sentencing-procedure article to provide notice and enhanced sentencing where a defendant used an artificial intelligence system in committing certain other crimes.
The Senate disagreed to the House's committee substitute on January 28, 2026, no further action followed, and the 2025-2026 biennium ended at Sine Die on April 2, 2026.
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Read the law
introduced bill text, Georgia General Assembly (legis.ga.gov)
status confirmed dead against the bill's own Status History page