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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.
Material description
The revised official fiscal and policy note explains harmful impersonation, false depiction or claimed representation, and creation or distribution of false records for specified purposes. Victims of the relevant prohibited conduct may seek an injunction or other appropriate relief. Listed forms such as drawings, cartoons, sculptures and paintings are excluded from the deepfake definition; this is not a blanket artistic exemption from every AI-related offence. 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 General Assembly · EN · 2026-05-12
Maryland General Assembly · EN · Date unknown
Maryland General Assembly · EN · 2026-03-23
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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.
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