Concerning offenses involving fabricated depictions of minors.

 H-0363.1

HOUSE BILL 1169

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Representatives Leavitt, Ryu, Berry, Bronoske, Pollet, Ormsby, and Hill

Prefiled 01/06/25. Read first time 01/13/25. Referred to Committee on Community Safety.

AN ACT Relating to offenses involving fabricated depictions of minors; amending RCW 9.68A.050 , 9.68A.053 , 9.68A.060 , 9.68A.070 , 9.68A.075 , and 9.68A.110 ; reenacting and amending RCW 9.68A.011 ; and creating a new section.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature finds that rapid advancements in artificial intelligence and other digital tools have enabled users to easily create or alter images in a realistic manner, resulting in the widespread proliferation of fabricated depictions that are virtually indistinguishable from authentic images.

The legislature further finds that images of child sexual abuse have been reported in training datasets for artificial intelligence image generation, and that artificial intelligence and other digital tools are increasingly capable of generating realistic images of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.