2025 House Bill 4046

Highways: memorial; portion of highway US-31; designate as the "Trooper James E. Boland Memorial Highway".

A bill to amend 2001 PA 142, entitled “Michigan memorial highway act,” (MCL 250.1001 to 250.2092) by adding section 11d.

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HB 4046, 4047 and 4048 creates the "Protection from Intimate Deep Fakes Act" which allows for a civil action for the creation or dissemination of a deep fake (a video recording, sound recording, electronic image, or photograph so real that a reasonable person could construe this was the actual individual) that is done without the person's consent. The other bills establish sentencing guidelines for violating the act and articulates the process for filing a civil lawsuit.

Introduced in the House

Jan. 30, 2025

Introduced by Rep. John Roth (R-104) and 19 co-sponsors

Co-sponsored by Reps. Kathy Schmaltz (R-46), Steve Frisbie (R-44), Cameron Cavitt (R-106), Tullio Liberati (D-2), Alabas Farhat (D-3), Kara Hope (D-74), Samantha Steckloff (D-19), Natalie Price (D-6), Matt Bierlein (R-97), Tom Kunse (R-100), Ken Borton (R-105), Julie Rogers (D-41), Will Snyder (D-87), Mike Mueller (R-72), Alicia St. Germaine (R-62), Mike Hoadley (R-99), William Bruck (R-30), Jay DeBoyer (R-63) and Erin Byrnes (D-15)

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure

Feb. 25, 2025

Reported without amendment

March 11, 2025

Passed in the House 108 to 0 (details)

Motion to give immediate effect by Rep. Bryan Posthumus (R-90)

The motion prevailed by voice vote

Received in the Senate

March 13, 2025

Referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure