ID H0727: Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding video voyeurism and to revise a penalty for disclosing explicit synthetic media.

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Idaho's H 727 (2026 Session Laws Chapter 121) amends two sex-crime laws. Video voyeurism (§ 18-6605), a felony, covers disseminating, publishing or selling, or threatening or conspiring to do so, an identifiable person's intimate image to harass or degrade. Disclosing explicit synthetic media (§ 18-6606), meaning images or videos created or altered with AI or other technical means to realistically show a person in sexual conduct or nude, is a misdemeanor but a felony (up to 10 years, $25,000 or both) if the person shown is under 18 or for a repeat offense within five years. Signed March 25, 2026; effective July 1, 2026.

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What it means for business

No compliance duties for businesses. Online platforms, information services and telecom providers are not liable for others' explicit synthetic media or intimate images unless they intentionally aid or abet; individuals face misdemeanor or felony charges.

Key provisions

1. 1§ 18-6605(3), video voyeurism (a felony): with intent to annoy, terrify, threaten, intimidate, harass, offend, humiliate or degrade, intentionally disseminating, publishing or selling, or threatening or conspiring to disseminate, publish or sell, an image of an identifiable person whose intimate areas are exposed or who is engaged in a sexual act, knowing or having reason to know the person understood it should remain private and did not consent
2. 2§ 18-6606(1), disclosing explicit synthetic media: knowingly disclosing it when one knows or reasonably should know the identifiable person did not consent and that disclosure would cause substantial emotional distress; disclosing it with intent to annoy, terrify, threaten, intimidate, harass, offend, humiliate or degrade; or possessing it and threatening disclosure to obtain money or other valuable consideration (including sexually explicit images)
3. 3Synthetic media: any image or video created or altered using technical means, such as artificial intelligence, to realistically misrepresent an identifiable individual as engaging in conduct the individual did not engage in (drawings, cartoons and paintings excluded); explicit synthetic media depicts sexual conduct, intimate parts (or artificially generated intimate parts presented as the person's) or sexual bodily fluids
4. 4§ 18-6606(2)-(3): a misdemeanor, but a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison, a fine of up to $25,000, or both when the identifiable person is under 18 or the offender was found guilty of a violation of this section or a similar statute within the past five years
5. 5The bill's statement of purpose says it adds threats to disclose real intimate images and makes disclosing AI-generated explicit images a felony when the victim is a minor, to address sextortion
6. 6§ 18-6606(1)(a) does not apply to disclosures for lawful criminal investigations or prosecutions, reporting unlawful conduct, matters of public interest (not merely because a public figure is shown), legitimate research or education, or civil proceedings; interactive computer, information and telecommunication services are not liable for others' content unless they intentionally aid or abet
7. 7Passed without amendment (House 68-0, Senate 35-0); signed by the Governor March 25, 2026 (Session Law Chapter 121); emergency clause, in full force and effect on and after July 1, 2026

Latest legislative action

Mar 25, 2026. Reported Signed by Governor on March 25, 2026 Session Law Chapter 121 Effective: 07/01/2026

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