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PA HB2252

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/26/2026

Primary Sponsor

Emily Kinkead

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Origin

House of Representatives

2025-2026 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Removes the requirement to prove "intent to harass, annoy or alarm" for prosecution of non-consensual intimate image dissemination, making the act itself sufficient for criminal charges

  • Expands coverage to include AI-generated deepfakes and digitally manipulated intimate images, with updated definitions for "artificially generated intimate image" and "generative artificial intelligence"

  • Establishes graduated penalties: second-degree misdemeanor for adult victims, first-degree misdemeanor when victim is a minor or when dissemination involves intent to harm, harass, profit, or sexually gratify

  • Creates a 5-year statute of limitations from commission of the offense, or 3 years from when the victim discovers or reasonably should have discovered the offense, whichever is later

  • Clarifies that multiple images of the same victim disseminated as part of a common act constitute a single offense, and consent of the depicted person remains an affirmative defense

Legislative Description

In sexual offenses, further providing for the offense of unlawful dissemination of intimate image.

Last Action

Referred to Judiciary

2/26/2026

Committee Referrals

Judiciary2/26/2026

Full Bill Text

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