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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 Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

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.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Josh BryantPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate32
Scott RichardsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse13

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1
  2. Notification that HB1071 is now Act 159
  3. Correctly enrolled and ordered transmitted to the Governor's Office.
  4. TO BE ENROLLED
  5. Senate amendment # 1 read and concurred in.
  6. Returned by the Committee with the recommendation that it do pass, concur in Senate Amendment No. 1
  7. Re-referred to the Committee on JUDICIARY COMMITTEE- HOUSE
  8. Returned from Senate as passed, as amended # 1
  9. Returned to the House as passed as amended # 1 .
  10. Read the third time and passed.
  11. Returned by the Committee, with the recommendation that it Do Pass
  12. Re-referred to JUDICIARY COMMITTEE - SENATE

Showing 12 most recent of 21 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source