TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF CREATING, DISTRIBUTING, POSSESSING, OR VIEWING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-GENERATED MATTER DEPICTING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT INVOLVING A CHILD.

Impact Assessment for HB1518 Sponsored by Representative Meeks Subtitle TO CREATE THE OFFENSE OF CREATING, DISTRIBUTING, POSSESSING, OR VIEWING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE-GENERATED MATTER DEPICTING SEXUALLY EXPLICIT CONDUCT INVOLVING A CHILD Impact Summary1 Cannot be determined. The proposed bill creates a new felony criminal offense for which the likely number of occurrences is unknown. Change from Current Law2 Amends Title 5 of Arkansas Code Annotated (A.C.A.) § 5-27-601, Definitions, by adding subdivision (16) and a definition for “indistinguishable”. Additionally, a new section is created at A.C.A. § 5-27-611, Creating, distributing, possessing, or viewing artificial intelligence-generated matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child. Under the proposed bill, a violation of A.C.A. § 5-67-611 is a Class C felony for a first offense and a Class B felony for any subsequent offense and has a creation element that makes it unlawful to create artificial intelligence-generated matter depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child that is indistinguishable from a child actually engaging in sexually explicit conduct. The criminal elements of the proposed new offense