Virginia House Bill 2121

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-07 - Committee Referral Pending
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Digital Content Authenticity and Transparency Act established; civil penalty. Requires a developer of an artificial intelligence system or service to apply provenance data to synthetic digital content that is generated by such developer's generative artificial intelligence system or service and requires a developer to make a provenance application tool and a provenance reader available to the public. The bill requires a controller of an online service, product, or feature to retain any available provenance data and requires a capture device to include a provenance application tool by default. The bill grants the Attorney General the exclusive authority to enforce such provisions and impose civil penalties pursuant to the bill. Under certain circumstances, the Attorney General may offer a developer an opportunity to cure a violation before imposing such civil penalties. The bill has a delayed effective date of July 1, 2026.

Digital Content Authenticity and Transparency Act established; civil penalty.

Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-07	House	Committee Referral Pending
2025-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25104552D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2121
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2121/text/HB2121