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Unlawful disclosure extended to AI-generated 'realistic pictorial representation' intimate images (SB 1462)

A.R.S. § 13-1425; 2025 Ariz. Sess. Laws ch. 106 (SB 1462, 57th Leg., 1st Reg. Sess.)

In force since .

An AI prohibited practices rule binding public and private bodies.

Obligation class
Prohibition
Audit expectation
none
Setting the rule reaches
General

What it requires

  • Do not intentionally disclose an image, including an AI-generated 'realistic pictorial representation,' of an identifiable person depicted in a state of nudity or engaged in specific sexual activities, where the depicted person has a reasonable expectation of privacy and you intend to harm, harass, intimidate, threaten, or coerce them.
  • Disclosing a realistic pictorial representation of this kind is a class 1 misdemeanor; disclosing a genuine (non-synthetic) image of this kind is a class 5 felony, or a class 4 felony if disclosed by electronic means.
  • An interactive computer service is not liable under this section for content wholly provided by another party, and a disclosure made with the depicted person's consent is not unlawful.

These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text.

In the frameworks

NIST AI RMF
  • MAP 3.3Targeted application scope is specified and documented based on the system’s capability, established context, and AI system categorization.
NIST AI 600-1
MIT mitigations Draft
  • 1.5Safety Decision Frameworks
  • 3.3Access Management
NIST Privacy Framework
  • CT.PO-P1Policies, processes, and procedures for authorizing data processing (e.g., organizational decisions, individual consent), revoking authorizations, and maintaining authorizations are established and in place.
FINOS AIGF
ETSI EN 304 223
  • 5.1.2-1Business need and security risks written down and assessed before deciding to build an AI system.
  • 5.1.4-5End-users told which uses of the system are prohibited.

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If you get it wrong

Criminal exposureYes

Criminal exposure note

Unlawful disclosure of an image depicting nudity or specific sexual activities is a class 5 felony, elevated to a class 4 felony if disclosed by electronic means; where the disclosed image is a realistic pictorial representation, the offense is instead a class 1 misdemeanor, the same class that applies to a mere threat to disclose.

What it makes you log

Logging duty

Section 13-1425 criminalizes intentionally disclosing an identifiable person's intimate image, including an AI-generated realistic pictorial representation, and grades the offense by whether the depicted image is genuine or synthetic; it creates no duty to log, record, or document an image's creation, alteration, or disclosure.

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As of

What this law does

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Research summary

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Arizona's unlawful-disclosure-of-intimate-images statute defines a 'realistic pictorial representation' as an image created or modified to reasonably appear to be an actual image of an identifiable person depicted in a state of nudity or engaged in specific sexual activities that did not actually occur.

Intentionally disclosing an identifiable person's realistic pictorial representation, where the person has a reasonable expectation of privacy and the disclosure is made with intent to harm, harass, intimidate, threaten, or coerce them, is a class 1 misdemeanor. That is a lower tier than the class 5 felony, or class 4 felony if disclosed by electronic means, that applies to disclosure of a genuine, non-synthetic image.

This measure was enacted as Senate Bill 1462 and approved by the Governor on , as 2025 Arizona Session Laws chapter 106, which carries no effective-date section or emergency clause of its own. The Arizona Legislature's own General Effective Dates page states the 2025 First Regular Session's general effective date as .

When LexLint raises it

When your app profile says your app generates images with AI, generates video with AI or publishes adult content.

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