Pennsylvania · AI compliance plan
What Pennsylvania’s AI laws require of you.
Pennsylvania has 5 enacted AI laws in our records. We have mapped 3 of them duty by duty: 14 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 10 duties
These duties are in force today.
| Starts | Law | Who | What it requires | How often | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1, 2023 | Pennsylvania highly automated vehicles and platooning law (HB 2398, Act 130 of 2022) | Certificate holder | Do not operate a highly automated vehicle on a highway unless you are a certificate holder, or a driver approved by one, and the vehicle operates under Title 75.Applies when: Any highly automated vehicle on a Pennsylvania highway, other than work zone vehicles, platoons and interstate-registered vehicles. | Ongoing | 75 Pa.C.S. § 8504(a), (b) |
| July 1, 2023 | Pennsylvania highly automated vehicles and platooning law (HB 2398, Act 130 of 2022) | Certificate holder | Carry at least $1,000,000 per accident in coverage for death, bodily injury and third-party property damage for each highly automated vehicle.Applies when: Whenever the vehicle operates. Transportation network services have added requirements. | Ongoing | 75 Pa.C.S. § 8508(f) |
| July 1, 2023 | Pennsylvania highly automated vehicles and platooning law (HB 2398, Act 130 of 2022) | Certificate holder | When operating without a driver, keep the automated driving system engaged, comply with Title 75 unless exempted, and bring the vehicle to a minimal risk condition if the system fails.Applies when: Driverless operation. With a driver, the vehicle or driver must reach a minimal risk condition after a system failure. | Ongoing | 75 Pa.C.S. § 8508(b), (c)(2) |
| July 1, 2023 | Pennsylvania highly automated vehicles and platooning law (HB 2398, Act 130 of 2022) | Certificate holder | Title each vehicle as a highly automated vehicle, display any federally required certification labels, and use PennDOT's external visual identifier standards.Applies when: Any highly automated vehicle operated under a certificate of compliance. | Ongoing | 75 Pa.C.S. § 8508(d), (h) |
| July 1, 2023 | Pennsylvania highly automated vehicles and platooning law (HB 2398, Act 130 of 2022) | Certificate holder | Do not operate a highly automated vehicle as a school bus or school vehicle, or carry hazardous materials except limited or non-placarded quantities after PennDOT certification.Applies when: Any highly automated vehicle operation. The hazardous materials exception applies only once the certificate holder has PennDOT certification under regulations. | Ongoing | 75 Pa.C.S. § 8509(e) |
| July 1, 2023 | Pennsylvania highly automated vehicles and platooning law (HB 2398, Act 130 of 2022) | Platoon operator | File a general platoon operation plan with PennDOT; limit platoons to three marked vehicles on limited-access or interstate highways, with a driver in each vehicle unless allowed otherwise.Applies when: Operating a platoon. A plan PennDOT does not act on within 30 days is deemed approved. One nonlead vehicle may run with the system engaged, with or without a driver. | Ongoing | 75 Pa.C.S. § 8532(c), (d)(1), (2), (4), (5), (e) |
| December 28, 2024 | Pennsylvania AI-generated intimate images and child sexual abuse material law (SB 1213, Act 125 of 2024) | Person | Do not disseminate an artificially generated sexual depiction of an individual with intent to harass, annoy or alarm another person.Applies when: The depiction appears to authentically show the individual nude or in sexual conduct that did not occur. Consent of the depicted person is a defense. The victim or offender is in Pennsylvania. | Ongoing | 18 Pa.C.S. § 3131(a)(2), (b), (d) |
| December 28, 2024 | Pennsylvania AI-generated intimate images and child sexual abuse material law (SB 1213, Act 125 of 2024) | Person | Do not knowingly sell, distribute, transfer, display or otherwise disseminate artificially generated child sexual abuse material, or possess it for that purpose.Applies when: The material appears to authentically show a child under 18 in a prohibited sexual act, even though it did not occur. | Ongoing | 18 Pa.C.S. § 6312(c), (g) |
| December 28, 2024 | Pennsylvania AI-generated intimate images and child sexual abuse material law (SB 1213, Act 125 of 2024) | Person | Do not intentionally view, or knowingly possess or control, artificially generated child sexual abuse material.Applies when: Intentional viewing means deliberate, purposeful and voluntary viewing; accidental or inadvertent viewing is excluded. | Ongoing | 18 Pa.C.S. § 6312(d), (g) |
| September 5, 2025 | Pennsylvania digital forgery offense (SB 649, Act 35 of 2025) | Person | Do not create and distribute a forged digital likeness as genuine to defraud or injure anyone, or knowingly facilitate that, when you know or should know it is forged.Applies when: The likeness is a computer-generated image, video or audio of a real, identifiable person, made and distributed without that person's consent. | Ongoing | 18 Pa.C.S. § 4101.1(a), (f) |
Triggered by an event 4 duties
These apply when something happens, such as a request, an incident or a decision about a person. Each row says what triggers it.
| Starts | Law | Who | What it requires | How often | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| When triggered | Pennsylvania highly automated vehicles and platooning law (HB 2398, Act 130 of 2022) | Certificate holder | Submit a self-certification form: contact and claims details, vehicle identification and registration, insurance proof, a safety management plan, nonproprietary NHTSA documents, and consent to Pennsylvania court jurisdiction.Applies when: Before operating highly automated vehicles. PennDOT may reject an incomplete or materially inaccurate form within 30 days; otherwise it issues the certificate, with no renewal required. | Once | 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 8506(b)(1)-(7), 8507(a), (b)(1) |
| When triggered | Pennsylvania highly automated vehicles and platooning law (HB 2398, Act 130 of 2022) | Certificate holder | Notify the municipality's governing body in writing at least 10 days before beginning highly automated vehicle operations there.Applies when: Starting operations in a municipality. | Each time it happens | 75 Pa.C.S. § 8508(i) |
| When triggered | Pennsylvania highly automated vehicles and platooning law (HB 2398, Act 130 of 2022) | Certificate holder | If PennDOT requires it, self-report crashes in Pennsylvania involving injury, serious bodily injury, death or property damage within the time PennDOT sets, at least six hours.Applies when: A crash involving a highly automated vehicle, where PennDOT has used its power to require self-reporting. | Each time it happens | 75 Pa.C.S. § 8505(b)(2) |
| When triggered | Pennsylvania highly automated vehicles and platooning law (HB 2398, Act 130 of 2022) | Certificate holder | Keep giving PennDOT the information or records it requires, and produce them on the Secretary's order when there is a specific safety concern.Applies when: PennDOT requests information or the Secretary issues an order. | Each time it happens | 75 Pa.C.S. § 8507(c) |
Law by law
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.
Pennsylvania AI-generated intimate images and child sexual abuse material law (SB 1213, Act 125 of 2024)
3 duties · checked November 15, 2026
Act 125 of 2024 (SB 1213, Printer's No. 1946), P.L. 1095, approved October 29, 2024; 18 Pa.C.S. §§ 3131, 6312 and 6321. Official text · Full law page
Who it covers
- Person. Any person who disseminates an artificially generated sexual depiction of an individual, or who disseminates, views or possesses artificially generated child sexual abuse material. 18 Pa.C.S. § 3131(a)(2); § 6312(c), (d)
Enforcement
- Enforcer: Prosecuted as crimes. District attorneys may prosecute § 6312 offenses, and the Attorney General may also do so for violations involving more than one county or another state; the Attorney General has concurrent authority over § 3131 offenses. No lawsuit or court order against the 2024 amendments was found in web searches on November 15, 2026.
- Penalty: Misdemeanor of the first degree (depicted person is a minor): up to 5 years in prison; fine up to $10,000, disseminating an artificially generated sexual depiction under § 3131(a)(2) when the person depicted is a minor. 18 Pa.C.S. § 3131(c)(2); § 1104(1); § 1101(4)
- Penalty: Misdemeanor of the second degree: up to 2 years in prison; fine up to $5,000, disseminating an artificially generated sexual depiction of an adult under § 3131(a)(2). 18 Pa.C.S. § 3131(c)(2); § 1104(2); § 1101(5)
- Penalty: Felony of the third degree: up to 7 years in prison; fine up to $15,000, a first offense of disseminating, or of viewing or possessing, child sexual abuse material, including artificially generated material. 18 Pa.C.S. § 6312(d.1)(2)(i); § 1103(3); § 1101(3)
- Penalty: Felony of the second degree: up to 10 years in prison; fine up to $25,000, a second or subsequent dissemination, viewing or possession offense. A first offense is graded one degree higher if the material shows indecent contact, or a child under 10 or prepubescent. 18 Pa.C.S. § 6312(d.1)(2)(ii), (3); § 1103(2); § 1101(2)
- Can people sue? The law does not say 18 Pa.C.S. §§ 3131, 6312 (criminal offenses only)
- Time to fix before enforcement: The law does not say
Exemptions
- An artificial intelligence developer, or its authorized employee or contractor, that gains actual knowledge of artificially generated child sexual abuse material and reports it as soon as reasonably possible to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children under 18 U.S.C. §§ 2258A and 2258B. 18 Pa.C.S. § 6312(f)(4)
- Material handled for bona fide educational, scientific, governmental or judicial purposes; a person under 18 who views, creates or possesses a depiction of only themselves in nudity. 18 Pa.C.S. § 6312(f)(1), (3)
- Law enforcement officers performing official duties (intimate image offense); conduct covered by §§ 5903, 6312 or 6321 is charged under those sections instead of § 3131. 18 Pa.C.S. § 3131(a), (e)
What the text leaves open
- The Printer's No. 1946 text of § 6312(f)(4) mentions a report to a law enforcement agency next to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, with unclear punctuation; the codified section read lists only the National Center. The file follows the codified section.
- Act 125 rewrote the internet service provider removal duty in 18 Pa.C.S. § 7622 in terms of child sexual abuse material as described in § 6312(d). Whether that duty reaches artificially generated material was not determined, and § 7628 (the Attorney General's notice) was not opened.
- 42 Pa.C.S. § 8316.1, cross-referenced from § 3131, was not read; whether it gives a civil remedy for artificially generated depictions is not determined here.
Pennsylvania digital forgery offense (SB 649, Act 35 of 2025)
1 duty · checked November 15, 2026
Act 35 of 2025 (SB 649), P.L. 120, enacted July 7, 2025; 18 Pa.C.S. § 4101.1. Official text · Full law page
Who it covers
- Person. Any person who generates or creates and distributes a forged digital likeness as genuine, with intent to defraud or injure, or knowing they are facilitating fraud or injury. 18 Pa.C.S. § 4101.1(a)
Enforcement
- Enforcer: Prosecuted as a crime; § 4101.1 does not name a particular enforcing agency. No lawsuit or court order against § 4101.1 was found in web searches on November 15, 2026.
- Penalty: Misdemeanor of the first degree: up to 5 years in prison; fine up to $10,000, digital forgery, in general. 18 Pa.C.S. § 4101.1(b)(1); § 1104(1); § 1101(4)
- Penalty: Felony of the third degree: up to 7 years in prison; fine up to $15,000, digital forgery committed as part of a scheme to defraud, coerce, or steal money or property. 18 Pa.C.S. § 4101.1(b)(2); § 1103(3); § 1101(3)
- Can people sue? The law does not say 18 Pa.C.S. § 4101.1 (criminal offense only)
- Time to fix before enforcement: The law does not say
Exemptions
- Satire, parody, commentary, criticism, works on matters of public interest or with political or newsworthy value, and other constitutionally protected activity. 18 Pa.C.S. § 4101.1(c)(1)
- Law enforcement officers performing official duties. 18 Pa.C.S. § 4101.1(c)(2)
- Providers or developers of technology used to create a visual representation or audio recording, and information service, system or access software providers that give multi-user access to a server, including internet access. 18 Pa.C.S. § 4101.1(c)(3), (4)
- Lawful work to detect, prevent or respond to security incidents, identity theft, fraud, harassment or illegal activity, to keep systems secure, or to investigate, report or prosecute those responsible. 18 Pa.C.S. § 4101.1(e)
What the text leaves open
- The codified § 4101.1(c)(1) was summarized by the page reader as constitutionally protected activity; the bill text read also lists satire, parody, commentary, criticism and newsworthy works. The exemption follows the bill text.
- Pennsylvania sentencing guidelines, which affect actual sentences below the statutory maximums, were not read.
Pennsylvania highly automated vehicles and platooning law (HB 2398, Act 130 of 2022)
10 duties · checked November 15, 2026
Act 130 of 2022 (HB 2398), P.L. 1946, approved November 3, 2022; 75 Pa.C.S. Chapter 85, Subchapters A, B and D. Official text · Full law page
Who it covers
- Certificate holder. A person who holds a PennDOT certificate of compliance authorizing operation of highly automated vehicles on Pennsylvania highways, with or without a driver on board. The term is used but not separately defined. 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 8501, 8504(a), 8507
- Motor carrier or transportation network company. Commercial operators running highly automated vehicles under motor carrier, Public Utility Code or transportation network rules. 75 Pa.C.S. § 8509(a)-(c)
- Platoon operator. A person operating a platoon: a group of buses, military vehicles or motor carrier vehicles traveling at electronically coordinated speeds. 75 Pa.C.S. §§ 8501, 8532
Enforcement
- Enforcer: PennDOT (the lead agency with sole regulatory authority) and police; police charge the certificate holder for violations. PennDOT may suspend, limit or revoke a certificate on the stated grounds after notice and hearing. No lawsuit or court order against Chapter 85 was found in web searches on November 15, 2026.
- Penalty: Summary offense, fine of $25 to $1,000, a certificate holder violating Subchapter B (highly automated vehicles). 75 Pa.C.S. § 8510.1(c)(1)
- Penalty: Summary offense, fine of at least $500, any person operating in violation of § 8504 (no certificate of compliance). 75 Pa.C.S. § 8510.1(c)(2)
- Penalty: Summary offense, fine of at least $1,000, knowingly operating under § 8504 while the certificate is suspended or revoked. 75 Pa.C.S. § 8510.1(c)(3)
- Penalty: Suspension, limitation or revocation of the certificate of compliance, suspension or limitation if the vehicle or system does not meet Subchapter B, or for materially false self-certification; revocation for knowingly violating a suspension or limitation, or a § 3732 or § 3732.1 conviction while operating driverless. 75 Pa.C.S. § 8510.1(b)
- Can people sue? The law does not say 75 Pa.C.S. Chapter 85, Subchapters B and D
- Time to fix before enforcement: The law does not say
Exemptions
- Highly automated work zone vehicles, platoons, and vehicles registered in another state under an interstate agreement do not need a certificate of compliance. 75 Pa.C.S. § 8504(b)
- Trade secrets, confidential proprietary information and data that could affect safe operation are shielded from Right-to-Know Law disclosure. 75 Pa.C.S. § 8510.3(a)
What the text leaves open
- Status of PennDOT's regulations under § 8510.2: a PennDOT newsroom page titled as adopting automated vehicle guidelines for driverless operation, dated October 2024, was found, but its body could not be read.
- The crash self-reporting duty depends on the time PennDOT sets under § 8505(b)(2); that time was not confirmed.
- Neither certificate holder nor highly automated vehicle is defined in § 8501 as read; highly automated vehicle may be defined in 75 Pa.C.S. § 102, which was not opened.
- The enrolled text of Act 130 was not opened; the file relies on the codified chapter and its history notes.
Other enacted laws to check
These 2 enacted AI laws are in the states you chose, but they are not yet mapped duty by duty, so they are not in the plan above. Each page has a summary and the official source.
- Pennsylvania HB1505: Public School Code of 1949 - omnibus amendments (Act 20 of 2026), including the policy relating to bullying… (effective July 12, 2026)
- Pennsylvania HB416: Fiscal Code - omnibus amendments (Act 45 of 2025), including section 1755-E on stenography services and… (effective November 12, 2025)
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.