Senate2025-26 session
SSB 5886: Concerning personality rights.
Signed into law: Chapter 69, Laws of 2026
- Sponsor
- Boehnke
- Introduced
- January 12, 2026
- Status
- C 69 L 26
- Last action
- Effective date 6/11/2026. (March 16, 2026)
- As of
- October 16, 2026, 5:15 AM Pacific, from the Legislature’s records
What this bill does
Expands personality rights to include an individual's or personality's forged digital likeness. Modifies civil penalty and liabilities for infringement of personality rights.
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Floor votes
- House: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · March 4, 202685 yea · 9 nay · 4 not voting
- Senate: 3rd Reading & Final Passage · February 5, 202647 yea · 0 nay · 2 not voting
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