HB 102 WY Became Law
Protecting kids from deepfakes and exploitative images.
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Summary
AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; specifying that using artificial intelligence to commit a criminal offense shall not be a defense to the offense; establishing criminal offenses concerning the use of synthetic sexual material or artificial intelligence against children; establishing criminal offenses concerning the use of artificial intelligence to promote self-harm or to censor political speech; providing immunity for developers of artificial intelligence systems as specified; specifying penalties; providing and amending definitions; providing causes of action; and providing for an effective date.
Sponsor (1)
- Lien Republican · primary
22 coauthors / cosponsors
- Pearson Republican · cosponsor
- Allemand Republican · cosponsor
- Brady Republican · cosponsor
- Brown, G Republican · cosponsor
- Campbell, K Republican · cosponsor
- Filer Republican · cosponsor
- Geringer Republican · cosponsor
- Guggenmos Republican · cosponsor
- Heiner Republican · cosponsor
- Hoeft Republican · cosponsor
- Johnson Republican · cosponsor
- Pendergraft Republican · cosponsor
- Posey Democratic · cosponsor
- Rodriguez-Williams Republican · cosponsor
- Schmid Republican · cosponsor
- Smith Republican · cosponsor
- Webb Republican · cosponsor
- Webber Republican · cosponsor
- Wharff Republican · cosponsor
- Kolb Republican · cosponsor
- Nethercott Republican · cosponsor
- Olsen Republican · cosponsor
Action history (22)
- Mar 8, 2026 Assigned Chapter Number 91 · executive
- Mar 8, 2026 Governor Signed HEA No. 0032 · legislature
- Mar 6, 2026 S President Signed HEA No. 0032 · upper
- Mar 6, 2026 H Speaker Signed HEA No. 0032 · lower
- Mar 6, 2026 Assigned Number HEA No. 0032 · executive
- Mar 6, 2026 H Concur:Passed 58-1-3-0-0 · lower
- Mar 6, 2026 H Received for Concurrence · lower
- Mar 5, 2026 S 3rd Reading:Passed 31-0-0-0-0 · upper
- Mar 4, 2026 S 2nd Reading:Passed · upper
- Mar 3, 2026 S COW:Passed · upper
- Feb 27, 2026 S Placed on General File · upper
- Feb 27, 2026 S01 - Judiciary:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0 · upper
- Feb 23, 2026 S Introduced and Referred to S01 - Judiciary · upper
- Feb 23, 2026 S Received for Introduction · upper
- Feb 22, 2026 H 3rd Reading:Passed 61-0-1-0-0 · lower
- Feb 20, 2026 H 2nd Reading:Passed · lower
- Feb 19, 2026 H COW:Passed · lower
- Feb 14, 2026 H Placed on General File · lower
- Feb 14, 2026 H04 - Education:Recommend Amend and Do Pass 7-0-2-0-0 · lower
- Feb 10, 2026 H Introduced and Referred to H04 - Education 62-0-0-0-0 · lower
- Feb 6, 2026 H Received for Introduction · lower
- Feb 6, 2026 Bill Number Assigned · executive
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