SD AI CSAM Law
South Dakota AI-Generated CSAM Law (SB 79, 2024)
South Dakota · 2024 SD SB 79
- Status
- In effect
- Took effect
- February 13, 2024
- Applies to
- Anyone who possesses, manufactures, or distributes such material
- Enforced by
- South Dakota Attorney General; state prosecutors
South Dakota expanded its child pornography statutes to explicitly cover AI-generated and deepfake sexual imagery involving minors — including fully synthetic images where no real child was used.
Who is protected: Children
Legal detail
2024 SD SB 79 amends SDCL child pornography definitions to include AI-generated images: deepfakes of actual children and fully synthetic imagery appearing to depict a child.
Key facts
| Jurisdiction | South Dakota |
|---|---|
| Level | State |
| Strength | Limited |
| Enacted | February 13, 2024 |
| Citation | 2024 SD SB 79 |
| Private right of action | No, agency enforcement only |
| Penalties | Felony penalties under existing CSAM statutes |
| Topics | children's online safety · deepfakes · AI-generated images · non-consensual intimate imagery |
| Bill text | 2024 Senate Bill 79 — South Dakota Legislature |
More AI rules in South Dakota
- SD Election Deepfake Law · In effect
- State of South Dakota Generative Artificial Intelligence Guidelines &… · In effect
Related children's online safety rules elsewhere
- PA v. Character.AI (Fake Psychiatrist Chatbot) · Blocked / in litigation
- RI AI Companion Self-Harm Safety (2026) · Enacted (not yet in effect)
- Kids Internet and Digital Safety Act (KIDS Act) (H.R. 7757) · Proposed / pending
- Oregon SB 1546 (AI companion chatbot disclosure + private right of action) · Enacted (not yet in effect)
- xAI v. Harwood (Grok NCII Counter-Suit 2026) · Blocked / in litigation
- Blanchester OH schools AI policy EDEC (Jun. 29, 2026) · In effect
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