In the near future, I will be introducing legislation to add AI-generated intimate images to Pennsylvania’s Invasion of Privacy statute, closing a loophole that currently prevents victims from seeking justice.

The General Assembly has taken important steps through the enactment of Act 125 of 2024 and Act 35 of 2025, as well as the recent creation of the Task Force on Child Protection in the Digital Age, to give law enforcement the tools needed to respond to deepfakes and other emerging digital threats.

However, after speaking with adult victims, it has become abundantly clear that more must be done.

Currently, Pennsylvania’s Invasion of Privacy statute, 18 Pa.C.S.   7507.1, makes it an offense to photograph, videotape, electronically depict, film, record, or personally view the intimate parts of another person without that person’s knowledge and consent. But the statute does not clearly apply when a perpetrator uses artificial intelligence to generate those same intimate images.

That gap in the law is unacceptable.

Modern AI technology now allows offenders to create realistic intimate depictions of a person using as little as a single photograph, often taken from social media or another public source. The images generated can be indistinguishable from real photographs or videos, and the harm to victims is no less serious simply because the image was generated by artificial intelligence.

My legislation will amend Pennsylvania’s Invasion of Privacy statute to ensure AI-generated intimate images are treated the same as the photographs, videos, and other media already covered under current law.

Victims should not be denied justice because technology has evolved faster than our laws.

Please join me in co-sponsoring this important legislation to ensure Pennsylvania law keeps pace with modern technology and that victims of AI-generated intimate images have a clear path to justice.