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NH HB1432: Relative to prohibiting certain uses of deepfakes and creating a private claim of action

Effective Jan 1, 2025 New Hampshire · 2024 session

Last verified Oct 12, 2026 · official bill text

HB1432 · where it stands

All steps complete
  1. Introduced Complete
  2. Passed first chamber Complete
  3. Passed both chambers Complete
  4. Enacted Complete
  5. Effective Since Jan 1, 2025
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In one paragraph

New Hampshire's HB 1432 (Chapter 243 of 2024) makes fraudulent use of deepfakes a class B felony. A deepfake is video, audio or other media in which a person's face, body or voice has been digitally altered so they appear to be someone else or to say or do something they never did. Knowingly creating, distributing or presenting a deepfake of an identifiable person to embarrass, harass, entrap, defame, extort or cause financial or reputational harm is a crime, and a deepfake that leads to the person's arrest is a separate felony carrying liability for their defense costs. Victims may also sue for damages. News, satire and parody are excepted. Effective January 1, 2025.

Plain-English summary, written with AI assistance. The official text controls.

What it means for business

Making or spreading deepfakes of real people to defame, harass or extort them is a felony in New Hampshire and exposes the creator to civil damages.

Key provisions

  1. RSA 638:26-a II: knowingly creating, distributing or presenting a deepfake of an identifiable individual to embarrass, harass, entrap, defame, extort or cause financial or reputational harm is a class B felony
  2. RSA 638:26-a III: if the deepfake results in the person's arrest, it is a separate class B felony and the offender is liable for the person's legal and defense costs
  3. RSA 507:8-j: civil action for damages against anyone who knowingly uses a person's likeness to create a deepfake for those purposes
  4. Defines artificial intelligence and 'deepfake' (media digitally altered so a person appears to be someone else or to say or do what they never did)
  5. Exceptions for interactive computer services, bona fide news reporting that flags authenticity questions, paid election communications that keep the sponsor's disclaimer, and satire or parody
  6. Effective January 1, 2025

Latest legislative action

Jul 19, 2024. Signed by Governor Sununu 07/19/2024; Chapter 243

Sponsors

NameRoleDistrict
R Sponsor HD-06-GRA

Topics and industries

Related topics

AI Deepfakes

Affected industries

TechnologyMedia

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