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AI Laws in DeLand, Florida
As of 2026-08-12, AI Laws USA tracks 22 AI rules that apply to people and businesses in DeLand, Florida: 10+ federal protections, 11 Florida state-level rules, and 1 local DeLand ordinance. Coverage is strongest on consumer protection, AI disclosure and transparency, automated decision-making, and consumer data privacy. 11 of these rules are already in effect. Each entry below links to its official source.
DeLand local AI rules (and Volusia County)
1 local AI rule specific to DeLand, Florida or Volusia County.
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In effect Limited protection
Volusia County FL Schools
DeLand, FL · Effective 2025-08-26 · Volusia County FL Schools — AI in the Classroom Guidelines (2025-08-26)
School Board Policy 428 and amendments to the Student Code of Conduct (Policy 208E/208S) govern AI use by Volusia County Schools staff and students. Students may use AI as a support tool for brainstorming, clarifying complex texts, or grammar assistance, but must cite AI assistance and may not submit AI-generated work as their own. Teachers may prohibit AI on specific assignments. The policy safeguards student data privacy and fosters equitable access; violations are handled under the district's existing disciplinary code.
Florida-level AI rules most relevant to DeLand
11 Florida state rules apply to residents and businesses in DeLand. Showing the 8 most relevant to DeLand's local picture; 3 more are on the Florida jurisdiction page.
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In effect Limited protection
Florida Digital Bill of Rights (privacy / profiling opt-out)
Florida · Effective 2024-07-01 · Fla. CS/CS/SB 262 (2023); ch. 2023-201, Laws of Fla.; Fla. Stat. Secs. 501.701-501.722
Florida's Digital Bill of Rights gives covered consumers a set of data-privacy rights, including the right to opt out of profiling carried out solely by automated processing when that profiling is used to make decisions that have a legal or similarly significant effect on the person. Businesses that meet the law's thresholds must also conduct and document data-protection assessments for higher-risk processing activities such as profiling, targeted advertising, and the sale of personal data. The Florida Attorney General enforces the law; consumers cannot sue directly. The law applies only to a relatively narrow set of very large businesses.
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In effect Limited protection
FL Bar Op. 24-1 (GenAI)
FL · Effective 2024-01-19 · Fla. Bar Ethics Op. 24-1
Florida lawyers using generative AI must obtain informed client consent before using AI to handle client information, supervise AI like nonlawyer staff, verify factual and legal accuracy, comply with advertising rules for AI chatbots, and follow billing requirements that prevent overcharging.
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In effect Limited protection
FL HB 7027 (2016 driverless AV)
Florida · Effective 2016-04-04 · Ch. 2016-181, Laws of Fla.; Fla. Stat. §§ 316.85, 316.86
Florida became one of the first states to allow fully driverless autonomous vehicles on public roads. HB 7027 removed the prior requirement that a licensed driver be present in the vehicle and built on Florida's 2012 AV testing law, paving the way for the 2019 'driverless deployment' law (HB 311) that explicitly authorizes AVs with no human driver.
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In effect Moderate protection
FL drone surveillance act
Florida · Effective 2013-07-01 · Fla. Stat. §§ 934.50, 330.41
Florida bars law enforcement from using drones for surveillance without a warrant or specific exception, and (after SB 92/2015 and SB 44/2021 amendments) prohibits anyone from using a drone to capture images of private property or people on private property in violation of reasonable expectations of privacy. SB 44 (2021) also tightened state preemption over local drone ordinances.
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In effect Moderate protection
FL HB 919 AI political/commercial disclosure
FL · Effective 2024-07-01 · Ch. 2024-126, Laws of Fla.; Fla. Stat. § 106.143
Florida requires any political ad using AI-generated content to carry a clear disclaimer; failing to disclose AI use in a political or paid ad — or using AI to materially deceive — is a first-degree misdemeanor. Enforcement is via the Florida Elections Commission and the Department of State.
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In effect Limited protection
FL PDD law (2017)
Florida · Effective 2017-10-01 · Fla. Stat. § 316.008
Florida authorized personal delivery devices to operate on sidewalks and bicycle facilities statewide (10 mph cap, 80 lb cargo, $100,000 insurance) and preempted municipal bans, leaving cities only limited authority to set time-of-day and crowd-size rules.
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In effect Moderate protection
FL Rule 2.515 amendment — AI citation certification (eff. Jun. 15, 2026)
Florida · Effective 2026-06-15 · In re: Amendments to Fla. R. Gen. Prac. & Jud. Admin. 2.515, No. SC2026-0673 (Fla. May 28, 2026; eff. June 15, 2026)
The Florida Supreme Court amended Rule 2.515 so that every person who signs a court filing certifies that the legal authorities cited in it actually exist and are accurately cited — a direct response to AI-hallucinated case citations appearing in filings. Violations can bring sanctions including reprimand, contempt, dismissal of the filing, and fee awards. The statewide rule replaces a patchwork of individual circuit-level AI orders. The amendment does not prohibit using AI; it makes the human signer responsible for verifying whatever AI produces. Opinion issued May 28, 2026; effective June 15, 2026 at 12:01 a.m.
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In effect Limited protection
SB 484 (FL Data Center Costs)
Florida · Effective 2026-07-01 · Fla. Ch. 2026-65 (SB 484, 2026)
One of the first state laws regulating AI data centers' utility impact: large data centers must bear their own electricity infrastructure costs rather than shifting them to households and small businesses, local governments keep their authority to reject data center projects, and Florida's water resources get new protections. Takes effect July 1, 2026.
Federal AI rules that apply in DeLand, Florida
These federal protections apply everywhere in the United States, including DeLand, Florida. Showing the 10 strongest and most recent.
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In effect Stronger protection
Bartz v. Anthropic
N.D. Cal. · Effective 2025-09-05 · Bartz v. Anthropic PBC, No. 3:24-cv-05417 (N.D. Cal.)
Authors Andrea Bartz, Charles Graeber, and Kirk Wallace Johnson sued Anthropic over its use of pirated-book datasets to train Claude. In June 2025 Judge William Alsup ruled that training on lawfully purchased books was fair use. The piracy claims (LibGen ingestion) proceeded toward settlement; in September 2025 Anthropic agreed to a $1.5 billion class settlement covering ~500,000 works. Judge Alsup granted preliminary approval September 25, 2025 and final approval July 20, 2026. The appeal period runs through August 19, 2026; class members will not receive payments until at least end of 2026.
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In effect Stronger protection
Benavides v. Tesla (Autopilot)
S.D. Fla. · Effective 2025-08-01 · Benavides v. Tesla, Inc., No. 1:21-cv-21940 (S.D. Fla. Aug. 1, 2025)
A Florida federal jury found Tesla 33% liable in August 2025 for the 2019 death of Naibel Benavides Leon, in a crash involving Autopilot. The jury awarded $243M ($129M compensatory + $200M punitive); in February 2026 the court denied Tesla's post-trial motions and upheld the verdict in full — the first Autopilot wrongful-death verdict against Tesla.
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In effect Stronger protection
COPPA + 2025 Rule (childrens data)
United States · Effective 2025-06-23 · 15 U.S.C. §§ 6501–6506; 16 C.F.R. Part 312
COPPA requires online services aimed at children under 13 to get verifiable parental consent before collecting kids' personal data. The 2025 rule update — fully in effect since April 22, 2026 — adds biometric identifiers (like face templates and voiceprints, which matter for AI tools), requires separate parental consent before sharing children's data for targeted advertising, and tightens data retention limits.
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In effect Stronger protection
TAKE IT DOWN Act
United States · Effective 2025-05-19 · Pub. L. No. 119-12 (S. 146)
Makes it a federal crime to knowingly publish intimate images of someone without consent, including AI-generated deepfakes. Social media and similar platforms must give victims a way to request removal and must take the content (and known copies) down within 48 hours. The platform removal requirement became enforceable May 19, 2026, and the FTC has already begun enforcement.
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Blocked / in litigation Stronger protection
NetChoice v. Yost (Ohio)
S.D. Ohio · Effective 2025-04-16 · NetChoice, LLC v. Yost, No. 2:24-cv-00047 (S.D. Ohio Apr. 16, 2025)
Ohio's Social Media Parental Notification Act — requiring parental consent for minors' social-media use, including algorithmic feeds — was preliminarily enjoined on February 12, 2024, then permanently enjoined on April 16, 2025 when the district court granted summary judgment for NetChoice. The state appealed to the Sixth Circuit, which vacated the district court's injunction in 2026.
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In effect Stronger protection
Thaler v. Perlmutter (Copyright)
D.C. Cir. · Effective 2025-03-18 · Thaler v. Perlmutter, 130 F.4th 1039 (D.C. Cir. 2025)
The companion copyright case: Stephen Thaler sought to register a copyright with 'Creativity Machine' (his AI) as the author. The D.C. Circuit affirmed in March 2025 that the Copyright Act's human-authorship requirement is dispositive as a matter of statutory law. AI cannot be a copyright author under U.S. law.
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In effect Stronger protection
Thomson Reuters v. Ross
D. Del. · Effective 2025-02-11 · Thomson Reuters Enterprise Centre GmbH v. Ross Intelligence, Inc., No. 1:20-cv-00613 (D. Del. Feb. 11, 2025)
Thomson Reuters sued legal-research startup Ross Intelligence in 2020 for copying Westlaw headnotes to train a competing AI legal-research tool. In February 2025, Judge Stephanos Bibas (sitting by designation) granted summary judgment to Thomson Reuters on direct copyright infringement and rejected Ross's fair-use defense — the first definitive U.S. ruling on AI-training fair use. No jury trial occurred: a 2023 opinion had denied summary judgment and pointed toward trial, but the court invited renewed briefing and reversed course in the 2025 ruling.
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In effect Stronger protection
Louis v. SafeRent
D. Mass. · Effective 2024-11-20 · Louis v. SafeRent Solutions, LLC, No. 1:22-cv-10800 (D. Mass.)
SafeRent agreed in November 2024 to a $2.275M settlement and a five-year ban on using its 'SafeRent Score' for housing-voucher applicants, after a class action alleged its AI tenant-screening tool systematically denied housing to Black and Hispanic Section 8 voucher holders. The first major AI tenant-screening Fair Housing Act settlement.
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In effect Stronger protection
FTC Impersonation Rule (AI)
United States · Effective 2024-04-01 · 16 C.F.R. Part 461; 89 Fed. Reg. 15017
The FTC's Impersonation Rule lets the agency directly sue scammers who pretend to be a government agency or a real business — including those who use AI-cloned voices or generated images to do so. Civil penalties can reach $53,088 per violation. The FTC also issued a supplemental notice in February 2024 proposing to extend the rule to all individual impersonation.
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In effect Stronger protection
TCPA (AI voice calls)
United States · Effective 2024-02-08 · 47 U.S.C. § 227; FCC 24-17
Robocalls using AI-cloned or AI-generated voices are treated like other 'artificial voice' calls: callers need your prior express consent, must identify themselves, and must offer opt-outs for telemarketing. You can personally sue violators for $500 to $1,500 per illegal call.
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