The Alabama Child Protection Act of 2024 is a comprehensive bill that seeks to amend the Code of Alabama 1975 to enhance protections against child sexual abuse material. The bill updates the definition of a child to individuals under 18 years of age and introduces the term "child sexual abuse material" to replace "obscene material." It also revises the definitions of terms such as "disseminate," "display publicly," and "knowingly," and increases the penalties for offenses, making them a Class B felony. The bill includes insertions, such as changing "person" to "individual" and defining "private image" and "reasonable expectation of privacy," as well as deletions, like the removal of the term "obscene." It also outlines defenses for distributing a private image and specifies jurisdiction for related crimes, while clarifying that Internet service providers are not liable for content not under their control.

Additionally, the bill mandates the State Board of Education to require local school boards to develop policies addressing the distribution and production of private images and child sexual abuse material by the 2024-2025 school year. These policies must also prohibit the generation of such images using artificial intelligence. The bill repeals Section 13A-12-195 concerning the commercial exploitation of obscene material and is exempt from further requirements under Section 111.05 of the Constitution of Alabama of 2022, as it defines or amends the definition of a crime. The act is set to become effective on October 1, 2024, and has been passed by the Senate on April 11, 2024.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 13A-6-240, 13A-12-190, 13A-12-191, 13A-12-192, 13A-12-193, 13A-12-194, 13A-12-196, 13A-12-197, 13A-12-198
Engrossed: 13A-6-240, 13A-12-190, 13A-12-191, 13A-12-192, 13A-12-193, 13A-12-194, 13A-12-196, 13A-12-197, 13A-12-198
Enrolled: 13A-6-240, 13A-12-190, 13A-12-191, 13A-12-192, 13A-12-193, 13A-12-194, 13A-12-196, 13A-12-197, 13A-12-198