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Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations

MD · Legislation · 2026 · SB8

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Introduced

Record updated Mar 26, 2026

Summary

Prohibiting a person from utilizing certain personal identifying information or engaging in certain conduct in order to cause physical injury, serious emotional distress, or economic damages; prohibiting a person from using certain artificial intelligence or certain deepfake representations for certain purposes; providing penalties of 5 years of imprisonment and a fine of up $10,000 or both where one victim is involved, and for two or more victims the term of imprisonment is up to 10 years and the fine is up to $15,000 or both; etc.

Timeline

2026-03-26

H

Hearing 3/31 at 1:00 p.m.

2026-03-20

H

Referred Judiciary

2026-03-19

S

Third Reading Passed (45-0)

2026-03-18

S

Favorable with Amendments {493123/1 Adopted

2026-03-18

S

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

2026-03-16

S

Favorable with Amendments Report by Judicial Proceedings

2026-01-14

S

First Reading Judicial Proceedings

2026-01-13

S

Hearing 1/22 at 1:00 p.m.

Bill Text

Pending

Bill Text is not available yet for this record.

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