Law / United States / Nevada
SB 213 (2025), AI-generated and digitally altered intimate images
Nev. Rev. Stat. 200.770, 200.780
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In force 11 months, effective 1 October 2025.
An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not knowingly distribute or cause to be distributed a photorealistic, digital, computer, or AI-generated image that would lead a reasonable person to believe it is an actual depiction of an identifiable person's intimate body parts or sexual conduct, without that person's prior consent.
- A violation is a category D felony, carrying one to four years' imprisonment and a fine of up to $5,000, but does not trigger sex offender registration.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
Category D felony under NRS 200.780(2), punished under NRS 193.130: imprisonment of one to four years and a fine of up to $5,000; the person is not subject to sex-offender registration.
Penalty structure
NRS 200.780(2) sets the offense as a category D felony, punished as provided in NRS 193.130, which caps the accompanying fine at $5,000 (with a term of imprisonment of one to four years).
- Rule
- Fixed only
- As of
- 6 September 2026
- Currency
- USD
- Fixed cap
- 5,000
What it reaches
Obligation class
Prohibition
What this law does
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Nevada's existing unlawful-dissemination-of-intimate-image crime, NRS 200.780, already reached a photograph, film, videotape or other recorded image; a 2025 amendment to the definition of "intimate image" at NRS 200.770 added a photorealistic, digital, computer, or computer-generated image that a reasonable person would believe depicts an identifiable person's genitals, anus, or fully exposed female nipple, or an identifiable person engaged in sexual conduct.
A person who knowingly distributes such an AI-generated or digitally altered image of an identifiable person, created in a way that would lead a reasonable person to believe it is an actual depiction of that person, without the person's prior consent, is guilty of a category D felony; a person convicted is not required to register as a sex offender.
The enrolled act contains no specifically prescribed effective date, so Nevada's default rule (effective the October 1 following passage where none is prescribed) fixes the commencement at October 1, 2025, correcting an earlier tracker's claim of January 1, 2026.
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