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RI H5046: Relating to Criminal Offenses -- Electronic Imaging Devices

Effective Jul 2, 2025 Rhode Island · 2025 session

Last verified Oct 12, 2026 · official bill text

H5046 · 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 Jul 2, 2025
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In one paragraph

Rhode Island's 2025 amendment to R.I. Gen. Laws 11-64-3 makes the crime of unauthorized dissemination of indecent material cover sexually explicit or intimate images of an identifiable adult, including any image created by a digital device or altered by digitization, when shared without consent and with knowledge or reckless disregard of harm or intent to harass. A first offense is a misdemeanor and later offenses are felonies; threatening disclosure to obtain a benefit or demanding payment for removal is a felony up to 5 years. Platforms and telecom services are not liable for third-party content. Effective on passage.

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

What it means for business

Sharing deepfake intimate images of Rhode Island adults without consent is a crime; platforms keep a safe harbor for user content.

Key provisions

  1. R.I. Gen. Laws 11-64-3: covers intimate images of an identifiable adult, including images created by a digital device or altered by digitization
  2. First offense misdemeanor (up to 1 year and/or $1,000); later offenses felonies (up to 3 years and/or $3,000)
  3. Threatening disclosure for a benefit or demanding payment for removal: felony up to 5 years and/or $5,000
  4. Exemptions for voluntary exposure, legal proceedings, law enforcement and newsworthy matters
  5. Section 230 platforms and telecom services not liable for third-party content; no sex-offender registration

Latest legislative action

Jul 2, 2025. Signed by Governor; Public Laws 2025, chapter 430

Topics and industries

Related topics

AI Intimate Images

Affected industries

TechnologyMedia

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Same topic in other states

Tennessee SB1346 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 28 and Title 39, Chapter 17, rel Wyoming HB85 Unlawful dissemination of an intimate image. Oklahoma HB1364 Crimes and punishments; sexual obscenity; making certain acts unlawful; effectiv New Hampshire HB1319 Relative to prohibiting the nonconsensual dissemination of synthetic sexual imag Connecticut HB7287 An Act Concerning the State Budget for the Biennium Ending June 30, 2027, and Ma Montana HB514 Criminalize use of real and digitally fabricated sexually explicit images