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Pennsylvania AI laws: what's in force, and what's coming

Pennsylvania has no comprehensive or sector AI statute; its enacted AI-related laws are criminal: Act 125 of 2024 on AI-generated child sexual abuse material and intimate images, and Act 35 of 2025 creating the offence of digital forgery for deepfakes. Executive agencies operate under Governor Shapiro's 2023 executive order on generative AI, and no AI-specific act appears among 2026 enactments.

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Checked21 Oct 2026

01 / State law

Pennsylvania's AI laws

Law	Citation	Status	Effective	What it covers
AI-generated child sexual abuse material and intimate images	SB 1213 (2023-24), Act 125 of 2024 (18 Pa.C.S. and 61 Pa.C.S.)	In force	28 Dec 2024	Updates unlawful dissemination of intimate images and child sexual abuse offences to reach AI-generated and deepfake depictions; renames 'child pornography' as 'child sexual abuse material'.
Digital forgery (deepfakes)	SB 649 (2025-26), Act 35 of 2025 (18 Pa.C.S. forgery chapter)	In force	5 Sep 2025	Creates the crime of digital forgery for creating or distributing deepfake or AI-generated impersonations used to defraud or injure.

02 / Government use

Rules for the state's own AI use

20 Sep 2023

Executive Order 2023-19: Generative Artificial Intelligence Technologies Within the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

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