Press Release: Gov. Evers Signs Bipartisan Bill to Prohibit Misuse of AI-Generated Images

State of Wisconsin sent this bulletin at 10/03/2025 11:33 AM CDT
Office of Governor Tony Evers
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 3, 2025
Contact: GovPress@wisconsin.gov 
 
Gov. Evers Signs Bipartisan Bill to Prohibit Misuse of AI-Generated Images 
 
MADISON — Gov. Tony Evers signed a bipartisan bill to ensure the state’s criminal code is updated to reflect the increasing use and potential misuse of artificial intelligence. 

Senate Bill 33, now 2025 Wisconsin Act 34: 
  • Expands the crime of representations depicting nudity; 
  • Defines “synthetic intimate representation”;  
  • Prohibits posting, publishing, distributing, or exhibiting a synthetic intimate representation of an identifiable person with intent to harass or intimidate them; and 
  • Prohibits making a reproduction of a private representation of an individual if they did not consent to the making of the reproduction.

The bill will take effect the day after publication. 
 
An online version of this release is available here.
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