ArizonaAI regulation

Regulation Status

• Arizona's AI regulation centers on deepfakes and synthetic sexual imagery rather than a comprehensive framework. In 2024 Governor Katie Hobbs signed two deepfake measures, both effective in June 2024: HB 2394, a general digital-impersonation law giving Arizona residents and ballot candidates a civil right of action against harmful AI impersonations published without consent, including declaratory or injunctive relief and, in certain circumstances, damages; and SB 1359, which bars creating and distributing deceptive, fraudulent deepfakes of candidates within 90 days of an election unless the synthetic media carries a clear AI-generated disclosure.
• In 2025 the state extended criminal privacy protections. SB 1462, effective 25 September 2025, amended the unlawful-disclosure-of-intimate-images statute (A.R.S. Section 13-1425) to cover realistic computer-generated pictorial representations that reasonably appear to depict an identifiable person, classifying the offense as a class 1 misdemeanor.
• Arizona has not enacted a broad, risk-based AI statute governing high-risk automated decision systems, and prior efforts to criminalize a wider range of AI deepfakes have not become law. Its posture remains targeted, focused on election integrity, digital impersonation, and image-based sexual abuse.