Law / United States / Pennsylvania
Act 125 of 2024, artificially generated child sexual abuse material
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In force since 28 December 2024.
An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- Do not sell, distribute, disseminate, display, or possess for such a purpose, any artificially generated child sexual abuse material.
- Do not intentionally view or knowingly possess or control artificially generated child sexual abuse material.
- An artificial intelligence developer, or its authorized employee or contractor, who reports such material to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children as soon as reasonably possible after obtaining actual knowledge of it is excepted from this offense.
If you get it wrong
Criminal exposureYes
Criminal exposure note
A first offense of dissemination (subsection (c)) or of viewing or possession (subsection (d)) is a felony of the third degree; a second or subsequent offense under either subsection is a felony of the second degree. A first offense is graded one degree higher, as a felony of the second degree, when it involves indecent contact with the child as defined in section 3101, or when the child depicted is under 10 years of age or prepubescent.
What it reaches
Obligation class
Prohibition
What this law does
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Any person who knowingly sells, distributes, disseminates, displays, or possesses for such a purpose, any artificially generated child sexual abuse material commits an offense, as does any person who intentionally views or knowingly possesses or controls it.
Artificially generated child sexual abuse material is defined as material that appears to authentically depict a child under 18 engaging in a prohibited sexual act that did not occur in reality, whose production was substantially dependent on technical means including artificial intelligence.
An artificial intelligence developer, or its authorized employee or contractor, who reports such material to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children as soon as reasonably possible upon obtaining actual knowledge of it, in compliance with 18 U.S.C. §§ 2258A and 2258B, is excepted from the offense. Act 125 of 2024 added this material category to a statute that previously reached only genuine child sexual abuse material, effective 60 days after its October 29, 2024 signature.
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Read the law
official text, Pennsylvania General Assembly consolidated statutes (palegis.us)