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CT HB7287: An Act Concerning the State Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2027, and Making Appropriations Therefor, and Provisions Related to Revenue and O…

Effective Oct 1, 2025 Connecticut · 2025 session

Last verified Oct 12, 2026 · official bill text

HB7287 · where it stands

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  5. Effective Since Oct 1, 2025
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An Act Concerning the State Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2027, and Making Appropriations Therefor, and Provisions Related to Revenue and Other Items Implementing the State Budget

In one paragraph

Section 261 of Connecticut's 2025 budget act (Public Act 25-168) creates the crime of unlawful dissemination of an intimate synthetically created image. A synthetically created image is a photo, video or other image not wholly recorded by a camera or partly or wholly computer-generated that is virtually indistinguishable from a real depiction of an identifiable person. It is a crime to intentionally share such an intimate image without consent, knowing it is synthetic, intending viewers to believe it is real, when the person is harmed, or after creating or obtaining it to harm them. Penalties reach a class D felony. Section 261 is effective October 1, 2025.

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What it means for business

Creating and spreading AI-generated nude images of real people in Connecticut can be a felony when posted online to cause harm.

Key provisions

  1. Sec. 261(b)(3): a synthetically created image is not wholly recorded by a camera or is partially or wholly computer-generated, and is virtually indistinguishable from an actual depiction of an identifiable person
  2. Sec. 261(a): intentionally disseminating an intimate synthetically created image without consent, knowing it is synthetic and intending viewers to be deceived, where the person suffers harm, or where the image was acquired or created with intent to harm
  3. Sharing with one person is a class D misdemeanor (class A if made with intent to harm); sharing with more than one person through an interactive computer, information or telecommunications service is a class C misdemeanor (class D felony if made with intent to harm)
  4. Exceptions for voluntary exposure in public or commercial settings and for persons who are not clearly identifiable
  5. Service providers are not liable for content provided by another person
  6. Section 261 effective October 1, 2025

Latest legislative action

Jun 30, 2025. Signed by the Governor (Public Act 25-168)

Topics and industries

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Affected industries

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