Bill

SB 8

Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations

2026 Regular Session Introduced by Nick Charles and 12 co-sponsors

Maryland criminalizes creating and using AI-generated deepfakes to fraudulently impersonate others, establishing new criminal penalties for synthetic identity fraud.

Approved by the Governor - Chapter 445

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