ME AI Private Images Law
Maine Private Images Law incl. Artificially Generated Images (LD 1944)
Maine · Me. LD 1944 / HP 1303 (132nd Leg., 1st Spec. Sess.); P.L. 2025, ch. 400; 17-A M.R.S. § 511-A
- Status
- In effect
- Took effect
- September 24, 2025
- Applies to
- Anyone who disseminates or threatens to disseminate such images without consent
- Enforced by
- Maine district attorneys; civil protective-order process
Maine expanded its unauthorized-private-images ("revenge porn") crime to explicitly cover artificially generated/AI-made intimate images of real people, and lets people seek protection-from-abuse or harassment orders when someone threatens to release such images. Unauthorized dissemination is a Class D crime (up to one year, $2,000).
Who is protected: Mainers depicted in, or threatened with the dissemination of, nonconsensual intimate images including artificially generated images
Legal detail
Maine LD 1944 / HP 1303 (132nd Leg., 1st Special Session), enacted as Public Law 2025, ch. 400; signed June 20, 2025; general effective date Sept. 24, 2025. Amends 17-A M.R.S. § 511-A (unauthorized dissemination of certain private images) to cover artificially generated images and adds § 511-A(3)(D); amends 19-A § 4102 and 5 § 4651 to add threatened dissemination of artificially generated private images as a basis for protective orders. Class D crime.
Key facts
| Jurisdiction | Maine |
|---|---|
| Level | State |
| Strength | Limited |
| Enacted | June 20, 2025 |
| Citation | Me. LD 1944 / HP 1303 (132nd Leg., 1st Spec. Sess.); P.L. 2025, ch. 400; 17-A M.R.S. § 511-A |
| Penalties | Class D crime: up to 1 year, $2,000 fine |
| Topics | non-consensual intimate imagery · deepfakes · AI-generated images |
| Bill text | LD 1944, HP 1303, Text and Status — 132nd Maine Legislature (Enacted P.L. 2025 ch. 400) |
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Related non-consensual intimate imagery rules elsewhere
- Arizona HB 2133 deepfake sexual content — vetoed 2026 · Vetoed
- Illinois HB 3851 — deepfake cyberbullying in schools (2026) · In effect
- TAKE IT DOWN Act · In effect
- DEFIANCE Act (deepfake-porn civil suits) · Proposed / pending
- NY S5959-D (2020, digital replicas + deepfake porn) · In effect
- Missouri Deepfake & Digital Media Protection Act · Proposed / pending
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