Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1071: TO AMEND THE FRANK BROYLES PUBLICITY RIGHTS PROTECTION ACT OF 2016; AND TO PROVIDE PROTECTIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE PHOTOGRAPH, VOICE, OR LIKENESS IS REPRODUCED THROUGH MEANS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND USED COMMERCIALLY.

Enacted Last action February 26, 2025: Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1

Plain-language summary

HB 1071 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on December 19, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: TO AMEND THE FRANK BROYLES PUBLICITY RIGHTS PROTECTION ACT OF 2016; AND TO PROVIDE PROTECTIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL WHOSE PHOTOGRAPH, VOICE, OR LIKENESS IS REPRODUCED THROUGH MEANS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND USED COMMERCIALLY. Primary sponsor: Josh Bryant (Republican), Scott Richardson (Republican). Most recent recorded action (February 26, 2025): Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1.

Sponsors

Primary sponsors: Josh Bryant (Republican); Scott Richardson (Republican).