Duty LXD-5894
Generates audio with AI, in Washington
Each law's tag says when it binds: since in force from , in 3 months not yet in force
Synthetic media in electioneering communicationssince 2 lines
RCW 29B.35.010 (formerly RCW 42.62.020) · Read the law's page
- If your synthetic media alters a candidate's appearance, action, or speech in an electioneering communication, include a conspicuous disclosure stating the media has been manipulated, in the form and duration this statute specifies for visual and audio media, or the sponsor is exposed to injunctive relief and a damages action.
- A medium that disseminates such a communication is not itself liable unless it removes the required disclosure or itself changes the content so that it becomes synthetic media.
Fabricated depictions of minors (sexual exploitation of children)since 2 lines
RCW 9.68A.011, 9.68A.040, 9.68A.050, 9.68A.053, 9.68A.070, 9.68A.075 · Read the law's page
- Do not create, deal in, possess, or exploit a fabricated depiction, an image, video, or audio-visual matter created or altered by digitization, including by using artificial intelligence, that depicts a minor engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
- This applies whether or not the depicted minor is identifiable or actually exists, and lacking knowledge that the image was fabricated is not a defense.
Forged digital likeness act (Personality Rights Law amendment)since 2 lines
RCW 63.60, as amended by SSB 5886, ch. 69, Laws of 2026 · Read the law's page
- Do not use or authorize the use of a person's forged digital likeness, a digitally created or altered visual or audio depiction of them indistinguishable from an authentic one, without their written or oral consent, in commerce, advertising, merchandise, or solicitation.
- Infringing this right exposes you to a $3,000 civil penalty, liability for actual damages and attributable profits, and, where a forged digital likeness is involved, noneconomic damages regardless of whether you profited.
AI content provenance and disclosure actfrom , in 3 months4 lines
E2SHB 1170, ch. 167, Laws of 2026 (new chapter, Title 19 RCW) · Read the law's page
- If your generative AI system has over 1,000,000 monthly Washington visitors or users, offer users the option to add a manifest disclosure identifying AI-generated image, video, or audio content as such, that is clear, conspicuous, and difficult to remove.
- Separately, embed a latent, system-readable disclosure in the AI-generated image, video, or audio content itself, conveying your name, the generating system and version, and the content's creation date, and make it detectable by a free, public AI-detection tool you provide.
- If you license your generative AI system to a third party, require by contract that the licensee preserve this disclosure capability.
- A violation is treated as an unfair or deceptive act under the Consumer Protection Act rather than punished under a separate penalty scheme.