Massachusetts · AI compliance plan
What Massachusetts’s AI laws require of you.
Massachusetts has 2 enacted AI laws in our records. We have mapped 1 of them duty by duty: 1 duties in all, each with who it falls on, when it starts and the section of law it comes from.
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Already in effect 1 duty
These duties are in force today.
| Starts | Law | Who | What it requires | How often | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 18, 2024 | Massachusetts digitized intimate images law (H 4744, Chapter 118 of the Acts of 2024) | Person | Do not knowingly distribute nude, partially nude or sexual visual material of an identifiable person, including digitized or computer-generated material, that causes injury or substantial emotional distress.Applies when: The distributor intends to harm, harass, intimidate, threaten or coerce, or recklessly disregards the harm, lack of consent or the person's reasonable expectation of privacy. Consent to creation is not consent to distribution. | Ongoing | G.L. c. 265, § 43A(b)(2), (3) |
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Who each law covers, who enforces it, the penalties, whether people can sue and what the text leaves open. Open a law to see it; every line cites its section.
Massachusetts digitized intimate images law (H 4744, Chapter 118 of the Acts of 2024)
1 duty · checked November 15, 2026
H 4744, 193rd General Court; Chapter 118 of the Acts of 2024; G.L. c. 265, § 43A(b), (c). Official text · Full law page
Who it covers
- Person. Any person who knowingly distributes visual material, including digitized material, depicting an identifiable person nude, partially nude or engaged in sexual conduct. G.L. c. 265, § 43A(b)(2)
Enforcement
- Enforcer: Criminal prosecution; the act does not name a prosecutor. Civil and equitable remedies under other law are preserved. A web search on November 15, 2026 found no lawsuit or court order against this provision.
- Penalty: Up to 2.5 years in a house of correction, a fine up to $10,000, or both, a violation of § 43A(b)(2). G.L. c. 265, § 43A(b)(2)
- Penalty: Up to 2.5 years in a house of correction or up to 10 years in state prison, a fine up to $15,000, or both, a repeat offense, or an offense after a prior conviction under § 43 (stalking). G.L. c. 265, § 43A(c)
- Can people sue? The law does not say G.L. c. 265, § 43A(b)(4) (preserves civil and equitable remedies under other law; creates none)
- Time to fix before enforcement: None
Exemptions
- Voluntary or consensual material made in a commercial setting or without a reasonable expectation of privacy; distribution in the public interest or on matters of public concern; lawful law enforcement, legal and medical uses. G.L. c. 265, § 43A(b)(6)
- Interactive computer services and information or telecommunications services, for content solely provided by another person. G.L. c. 265, § 43A(b)(6)
What the text leaves open
- The enacted text read has no effective-date section or emergency preamble; the September 18, 2024 date comes only from the mass.gov legal update.
- The legal update giving the September 18, 2024 effective date does not name its issuing office.
- The act also restricts court records (§ 43A(b)(5)) and amends the 209A definition of abuse to include threats to publish sexually explicit images; these are not mapped as duties.
- Minors who share such images are routed to diversion under G.L. c. 119, § 54B and c. 272, § 29D; those provisions are not mapped here.
Other enacted laws to check
These 1 enacted AI law is in the states you chose, but it is not yet mapped duty by duty, so it is not in the plan above. Each page has a summary and the official source.
- Massachusetts S2963: An Act relative to justice, equity and accountability in law enforcement in the Commonwealth (effective July 1, 2021)
How the plan is built
Each law in the plan was read from its official text, on the legislature’s or state’s own website. 265 of the 326 have also been read a second time to confirm every date, threshold, penalty and enforcer; the rest have had one full read, and each shows the date it was last checked. Each duty is written in plain English in 30 words or fewer and carries the section it comes from, with a link.
Where a law is silent, the plan says so. It does not borrow a penalty from another statute or guess at a deadline. A law that is repealed or replaced on a known date shows that end date, and its duties leave the plan once the date passes. The date each law was last checked appears with it.
The plan is built fresh from these records every time the page loads, so it changes as soon as a law is added or re-checked. To report an error, use the corrections page. For how we find laws and decide what counts as an AI law, see our methodology. If you are not sure which laws touch your business at all, start with Am I Affected?
Common questions
What does an AI compliance plan cover?
Each duty an enacted state AI law places on a business or other regulated party: who it applies to, what it requires, when it starts, how often it recurs, who enforces it, the penalties and whether people can sue. The builder covers 1,235 duties in 326 enacted laws across 50 states, and every duty links to the section of law it comes from.
Where does the information come from?
From the official text of each law: the enrolled bill, session law or codified statute, opened on the legislature's or state's own website. 265 of the 326 laws have also been read a second time to confirm every date, threshold, penalty and enforcer, and the date each law was last checked is shown with it. Where a law is silent on a point, such as a penalty amount, the plan says the law does not say rather than filling the gap. Law firm summaries and news reports are never used as sources.
Does the plan include every AI law in a state?
Not yet. It includes the enacted laws we have mapped duty by duty. When you choose a state, its other enacted AI laws are listed separately with links, so nothing is left out of view. New laws are added as they are read. When a law is repealed or replaced on a set date, its duties show that end date and leave the plan once it passes.
How do I know which duties apply to my company?
Start with the 'who it covers' entry for each law: many apply only above a size or revenue threshold, only to developers or only to deployers, or only in one industry. The plan quotes those conditions from the text. Whether your company meets them depends on facts only you and your counsel know.
Is this legal advice?
No. It is information drawn from official legal texts, organized so you can see what each law requires. Use it to brief your team and your lawyers, not in place of them.
What does Pro add?
The same plan as a CSV file for spreadsheets and audit files, and as a calendar file (.ics) with every dated duty as an event that links back to the law. Both are built from the states and uses you pick. The plan on this page, and printing it, are open to everyone.