Bill Text: FL S1680 | 2024 | Regular Session | Enrolled


Bill Title: Advanced Technology

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (? 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2024-04-29 - Chapter No. 2024-118 [S1680 Detail]

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    2         An act relating to advanced technology; creating s.
    3         282.802, F.S.; creating the Government Technology
    4         Modernization Council within the Department of
    5         Management Services for a specified purpose; providing
    6         for council membership, meetings, and duties;
    7         requiring the council to submit specified
    8         recommendations to the Legislature and specified
    9         reports to the Governor and the Legislature by
   10         specified dates; creating s. 827.072, F.S.; defining
   11         terms; prohibiting a person from knowingly possessing
   12         or controlling or intentionally viewing photographs,
   13         motion pictures, representations, images, data files,
   14         computer depictions, or other presentations which the
   15         person knows to include generated child pornography;
   16         providing criminal penalties; prohibiting a person
   17         from intentionally creating generated child
   18         pornography; providing criminal penalties; providing
   19         applicability; amending s. 92.561, F.S.; prohibiting
   20         the reproduction of generated child pornography;
   21         providing an effective date.
   22          
   23  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
   24  
   25         Section 1. Section 282.802, Florida Statutes, is created to
   26  read:
   27         282.802Government Technology Modernization Council.—
   28         (1)The Government Technology Modernization Council, an
   29  advisory council as defined in s. 20.03(7), is created within
   30  the department. Except as otherwise provided in this section,
   31  the advisory council shall operate in a manner consistent with
   32  s. 20.052.
   33         (2)The purpose of the council is to study and monitor the
   34  development and deployment of new technologies and provide
   35  reports on recommendations for procurement and regulation of
   36  such systems to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and
   37  the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
   38         (3)The council shall be composed of the following members:
   39         (a) The Lieutenant Governor as chair.
   40         (b) The state chief information officer.
   41         (c) The Secretary of Commerce or his or her designee.
   42         (d) The Secretary of Health Care Administration or his or
   43  her designee.
   44         (e) The Secretary of Transportation or his or her designee.
   45         (f) The executive director of the Department of Law
   46  Enforcement or his or her designee.
   47         (g) Five representatives with senior level experience or
   48  expertise in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, identity
   49  management, data science, machine learning, government
   50  procurement, financial technology, education technology, and
   51  constitutional law, with three appointed by the Governor, one
   52  appointed by the President of the Senate, and one appointed by
   53  the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
   54         (h) One member of the Senate, appointed by the President of
   55  the Senate.
   56         (i) One member of the House of Representatives, appointed
   57  by the Speaker of the House of Representatives.
   58         (4)Members shall serve for terms of 4 years, except that
   59  sitting members of the Senate and the House of Representatives
   60  shall serve terms that correspond with their terms of office.
   61  For the purpose of providing staggered terms, the initial
   62  appointments of members made by the Governor shall be for terms
   63  of 2 years. A vacancy shall be filled for the remainder of the
   64  unexpired term in the same manner as the initial appointment.
   65  All members of the council are eligible for reappointment.
   66         (5)The Secretary of Management Services, or his or her
   67  designee, shall serve as the ex officio, nonvoting executive
   68  director of the council.
   69         (6)Members of the council shall serve without compensation
   70  but are entitled to receive reimbursement for per diem and
   71  travel expenses pursuant to s. 112.061.
   72         (7)(a)The council shall meet at least quarterly to:
   73         1.Recommend legislative and administrative actions that
   74  the Legislature and state agencies as defined in s. 282.318(2)
   75  may take to promote the development of data modernization in
   76  this state.
   77         2.Assess and provide guidance on necessary legislative
   78  reforms and the creation of a state code of ethics for
   79  artificial intelligence systems in state government.
   80         3.Assess the effect of automated decision systems or
   81  identity management on constitutional and other legal rights,
   82  duties, and privileges of residents of this state.
   83         4.Evaluate common standards for artificial intelligence
   84  safety and security measures, including the benefits of
   85  requiring disclosure of the digital provenance for all images
   86  and audio created using generative artificial intelligence as a
   87  means of revealing the origin and edit of the image or audio, as
   88  well as the best methods for such disclosure.
   89         5.Assess the manner in which governmental entities and the
   90  private sector are using artificial intelligence with a focus on
   91  opportunity areas for deployments in systems across this state.
   92         6.Determine the manner in which artificial intelligence is
   93  being exploited by bad actors, including foreign countries of
   94  concern as defined in s. 287.138(1).
   95         7.Evaluate the need for curriculum to prepare school-age
   96  audiences with the digital media and visual literacy skills
   97  needed to navigate the digital information landscape.
   98         (b)At least one quarterly meeting of the council must be a
   99  joint meeting with the Florida Cybersecurity Advisory Council.
  100         (8)By December 31, 2024, and each December 31 thereafter,
  101  the council shall submit to the Governor, the President of the
  102  Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives any
  103  legislative recommendations considered necessary by the council
  104  to modernize government technology, including:
  105         (a)Recommendations for policies necessary to:
  106         1.Accelerate adoption of technologies that will increase
  107  productivity of state enterprise information technology systems,
  108  improve customer service levels of government, and reduce
  109  administrative or operating costs.
  110         2.Promote the development and deployment of artificial
  111  intelligence systems, financial technology, education
  112  technology, or other enterprise management software in this
  113  state.
  114         3.Protect Floridians from bad actors who use artificial
  115  intelligence.
  116         (b)Any other information the council considers relevant.
  117         Section 2. Section 827.072, Florida Statutes, is created to
  118  read:
  119         827.072 Generated child pornography.—
  120         (1)As used in this section, the term:
  121         (a)“Generated child pornography” means any image that has
  122  been created, altered, adapted, or modified by electronic,
  123  mechanical, or other computer-generated means to portray a
  124  fictitious person, who a reasonable person would regard as being
  125  a real person younger than 18 years of age, engaged in sexual
  126  conduct.
  127         (b)“Intentionally view” has the same meaning as in s.
  128  827.071.
  129         (c)“Sexual conduct” has the same meaning as in s. 827.071.
  130         (2)(a)It is unlawful for a person to knowingly possess or
  131  control or intentionally view a photograph, a motion picture, a
  132  representation, an image, a data file, a computer depiction, or
  133  any other presentation which, in whole or in part, he or she
  134  knows includes generated child pornography. The possession,
  135  control, or intentional viewing of each such photograph, motion
  136  picture, representation, image, data file, computer depiction,
  137  or other presentation is a separate offense. A person who
  138  violates this paragraph commits a felony of the third degree,
  139  punishable as provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  140         (b)A person who intentionally creates generated child
  141  pornography commits a felony of the third degree, punishable as
  142  provided in s. 775.082, s. 775.083, or s. 775.084.
  143         (c) Paragraph (a) does not apply to any material possessed,
  144  controlled, or intentionally viewed as part of a law enforcement
  145  investigation.
  146         Section 3. Section 92.561, Florida Statutes, is amended to
  147  read:
  148         92.561 Prohibition on reproduction of child pornography.—
  149         (1) In a criminal proceeding, any property or material that
  150  portrays sexual performance by a child as defined in s. 827.071,
  151  constitutes generated child pornography as defined in s.
  152  827.072, or constitutes child pornography as defined in s.
  153  847.001, must remain secured or locked in the care, custody, and
  154  control of a law enforcement agency, the state attorney, or the
  155  court.
  156         (2) Notwithstanding any law or rule of court, a court shall
  157  deny, in a criminal proceeding, any request by the defendant to
  158  copy, photograph, duplicate, or otherwise reproduce any property
  159  or material that portrays sexual performance by a child,
  160  constitutes generated child pornography, or constitutes child
  161  pornography so long as the state attorney makes the property or
  162  material reasonably available to the defendant.
  163         (3) For purposes of this section, property or material is
  164  deemed to be reasonably available to the defendant if the state
  165  attorney provides ample opportunity at a designated facility for
  166  the inspection, viewing, and examination of the property or
  167  material that portrays sexual performance by a child,
  168  constitutes generated child pornography, or constitutes child
  169  pornography by the defendant, his or her attorney, or any
  170  individual whom the defendant uses as an expert during the
  171  discovery process or at a court proceeding.
  172         Section 4. This act shall take effect July 1, 2024.

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