Connecticut · House Bill · January Session, 2025
HB—5045
Connecticut Proposed Bill No. 5045 — An Act Concerning Unlawful Dissemination of Intimate Images That Are Digitally Altered or Created Through the Use of Artificial Intelligence
Status ● Failed Effective N/A Passage Likelihood H

How Is This Bill Enforced

Enforcement Authority
Criminal enforcement. The bill proposes amendments to titles 53 and 53a of the Connecticut General Statutes (criminal law titles), indicating enforcement through criminal prosecution by state authorities.
Private Right of Action
No private right of action. Enforcement is exclusive to the designated authority.
Penalties
No specific penalty provisions are included in the concept bill text. The bill directs amendments to criminal law titles 53 and 53a, suggesting criminal penalties would be specified in the full draft.

What This Bill Requires

Verbatim statutory text on the left; plain-language analysis and a per-section checklist on the right. Numbered markers cross-link to the matching checklist row.

Statutory Text
Analysis & Obligations
Section 1
Directive to amend titles 53 and 53a

That titles 53 and 53a of the general statutes be amended to criminalize the unauthorized creation and distribution of digitally manipulated intimate images.

This is a concept bill containing only a single directive sentence instructing that titles 53 and 53a of the Connecticut General Statutes be amended to criminalize the unauthorized creation and distribution of digitally manipulated intimate images. No operative statutory text, definitions, or specific criminal provisions are included. The bill cannot be mapped to compliance obligations at this stage.

Passage Likelihood

Failed
Status Failed
Final action Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

Legislative History

2025-01-08 Referred to Joint Committee on Judiciary

Sources

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Entry Last Reviewed

2026-05-20
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