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Artificial Intelligence Offenses (2026 Wyoming House Bill 102, Enrolled Act No. 32)

Wyo. Stat. Ann. §§ 6-4-307 6-4-308, 6-4-701, 6-1-206; see also §§ 1-1-143, 6-4-303(b)(v)-(vi) (2026 Wyo. Sess. Laws, House Enrolled Act No. 32)

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In force 77 days, effective 1 July 2026.

An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.

As of 6 September 2026.

What it requires

  • Do not distribute, transmit, promote, or threaten to distribute AI-created or digitally altered synthetic sexual material that realistically depicts an identifiable person's intimate parts without that person's knowledge or consent, where the depicted person had a reasonable expectation of privacy and the distribution causes or is intended to cause harm.
  • Do not knowingly develop or distribute an artificial intelligence system specifically designed to create, distribute, or promote child pornography or synthetic sexual material, with the intent or knowledge that the system will be used for that purpose; this reaches the tool itself, separately from generating or possessing the resulting content.
  • Do not use an artificial intelligence system to generate or create child pornography, and do not possess child pornography known to have been generated by an artificial intelligence system; both are felonies under Wyoming's sexual exploitation of a child statute on the same terms as an authentic photograph.
  • Do not knowingly develop or distribute an artificial intelligence system specifically designed, with the intent or knowledge that it will be so used, to promote self-harm.
  • Using an artificial intelligence system to commit a criminal offense is not a defense to that offense in Wyoming.
  • A developer of an artificial intelligence system is not liable for damages arising from another person's illegal or harmful use of the system, unless the developer built the system with the knowledge or intent that its primary purpose would be illegal or illicit activity.

If you get it wrong

Criminal exposureYes

Criminal exposure note

Unlawful distribution of nonconsensual synthetic sexual material (§ 6-4-307(c)) is a felony punishable by imprisonment of not more than ten years and a fine of not more than $10,000, rising to twelve years' imprisonment (same $10,000 fine cap) for a second or subsequent conviction. Unlawful development or distribution of an AI system for child pornography (§ 6-4-308(d)) and unlawful development or distribution of an AI system to promote self-harm (§ 6-4-701(d)) are each felonies punishable by imprisonment of not more than ten years and a fine of not more than $10,000. Using an AI system to generate or create child pornography (§ 6-4-303(c), reaching paragraph (b)(v)) is a felony punishable by imprisonment of not less than five nor more than twelve years and a fine of not more than $10,000; possessing AI-generated child pornography (§ 6-4-303(d), reaching paragraph (b)(vi)) is a felony punishable by imprisonment of not more than ten years and a fine of not more than $10,000, rising to seven to twelve years for a second or subsequent conviction (§ 6-4-303(e)).

Penalty structure

Every offense in this bundle caps its fine at $10,000; the offenses differ only in the imprisonment term, tracked in criminal_exposure_note (three years to twelve years depending on the specific offense and whether it is a repeat conviction).

Rule
Fixed only
As of
6 September 2026
Currency
USD
Fixed cap
10,000

What it reaches

Obligation class

Prohibition

What this law does

Drafted with AI from the cited sources under the direction of UnGovr staff. UnGovr holds editorial responsibility for this page.

Section 6-4-307 makes it a felony to knowingly distribute, transmit, or otherwise make available synthetic sexual material, defined as material created, altered, or manipulated through an AI system or another digital method to realistically depict the intimate parts of a specific person, that realistically depicts an identifiable person without that person's knowledge or consent under circumstances of a reasonable expectation of privacy, where the distribution causes or is intended to cause harm; the same section reaches promoting such material online and threatening to distribute it for a benefit.

Section 6-4-308 separately criminalizes knowingly developing or distributing an artificial intelligence system specifically designed to create, distribute, or promote child pornography or synthetic sexual material, where the developer intends or knows the system will be used for that purpose; a parallel new section 6-1-206 states that Wyoming's criminal code is not limited from applying to conduct facilitated by an AI system and that using an AI system to commit a crime is not a defense.

Section 6-4-303(b)(v) and (vi) add using an AI system to generate or create child pornography, or possessing child pornography known to have been generated by an AI system, as their own bases for the existing sexual-exploitation-of-a-child offense.

Article 7, section 6-4-701, criminalizes knowingly developing or distributing an artificial intelligence system specifically designed to promote self-harm, again gated on the developer's intent or knowledge that the system will be used for that purpose; each of these three system-level offenses exempts a system that produces the prohibited content solely from user prompts without the developer's intent to encourage it, and exempts interactive computer services, information services, and telecommunications services as defined by 47 U.S.C. §§ 230 and 153 for content provided by another person.

A new section 1-1-143 gives an AI system's developer civil immunity from damages arising from another person's illegal or harmful use of the system, unless the developer built the system knowing or intending that its primary purpose would be illegal or illicit activity.

When LexLint raises it

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Read the law

official text, Wyoming Statutes Title 6, Wyoming Legislature (wyoleg.gov compressed statutes)

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