ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5105
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Senate Law & Justice (originally sponsored by Senators Orwall, Christian, Dhingra, Nobles, Salomon, Wellman, and C. Wilson)
READ FIRST TIME 01/24/25.
AN ACT Relating to sexually explicit depictions of minors; amending RCW 9.68A.050 , 9.68A.053 , 9.68A.060 , 9.68A.070 , 9.68A.075 , 9.68A.110 , and 9.68A.040 ; reenacting and amending RCW 9.68A.011 and 9A.04.080 ; adding a new section to chapter 9.68A RCW; creating a new section; and prescribing penalties.
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.