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SB 8 / Chapter 445, approved on 12 May 2026, takes effect on 1 October and amends Criminal Law §8-301. It brings specified AI and deepfake conduct within identity-fraud rules. The relevant prohibition requires knowing, wilful conduct and fraudulent intent, addressing harmful impersonation and specified false-record practices rather than generally banning AI art or stylistic imitation.
Read the enacted chapter’s title, definitions, prohibition and remedy passages, and final effective-date provision. Page 3 of the revised official fiscal and policy note cross-checks the ambiguous amended wording. Visual verification of PDF strike-through remains pending; this summary does not quote deleted wording. 12 May is approval; 1 October is effectiveness and catalogue entry. AI-assisted translation; independent human review pending.
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Maryland AI and deepfake identity-fraud amendments take effect
SB 8 / Chapter 445, approved on 12 May 2026, takes effect on 1 October and amends Criminal Law §8-301. It brings specified AI and deepfake conduct within identity-fraud rules. The relevant prohibition requires knowing, wilful conduct and fraudulent intent, addressing harmful impersonation and specified false-record practices rather than generally banning AI art or stylistic imitation.
Research question
Editorial interpretation: the entry provides governance context for research on voice, likeness and identity control, distinguishing identity fraud from performers’ contractual permissions and broader publicity-right claims. The conditions of the offence and remedy should not be replaced by a claim that every unauthorised synthetic likeness is unlawful.
Related documents
DOC-U261001-04Maryland Chapter 445 (SB 8): Criminal Law – Identity Fraud – Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake RepresentationsSources
Maryland General Assembly · EN · 2026-05-12
Maryland General Assembly · EN · Date unknown
Maryland General Assembly · EN · 2026-03-23
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