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Florida's CS/CS/SB 1680 (Chapter 2024-118) creates the Government Technology Modernization Council (s. 282.802, F.S.), chaired by the Lieutenant Governor, to study AI in government: a state code of ethics for AI systems, AI safety and security standards, how automated decision systems affect legal rights, how bad actors exploit AI, and provenance disclosure for AI-generated images and audio. It reports each December 31 from 2024. New s. 827.072 makes knowingly possessing or intentionally viewing, or intentionally creating, generated child pornography (computer-created or altered images of a fictitious minor) a third-degree felony. Effective July 1, 2024.
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What it means for business
No direct duties on businesses from the council; image-generation services and platforms face felony exposure for creating or holding computer-generated child sexual abuse imagery.
Key provisions
- s. 282.802: creates the Government Technology Modernization Council in the Department of Management Services, chaired by the Lieutenant Governor, with agency heads, five appointed experts (including in AI) and two legislators
- Council duties include recommending a state code of ethics for AI systems in state government, evaluating AI safety and security standards, assessing automated decision systems' effect on legal rights, and studying how bad actors exploit AI
- Council evaluates whether disclosure of the digital provenance of AI-generated images and audio would be beneficial
- Annual legislative recommendations due each December 31, starting December 31, 2024
- s. 827.072: knowingly possessing, controlling or intentionally viewing generated child pornography is a third-degree felony, each item a separate offense
- s. 827.072: intentionally creating generated child pornography is a third-degree felony; law enforcement investigations are excepted
- s. 92.561: generated child pornography stays in the custody of law enforcement, the state attorney or the court and may not be copied for the defense if made available for inspection
Latest legislative action
Apr 26, 2024. Approved by Governor April 26, 2024; Chapter No. 2024-118
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