STAND. COM. REP. NO. 3355

Honolulu, Hawaii

RE: S.R. No. 81

Honorable Ronald D. Kouchi

President of the Senate

Thirty-Second State Legislature

Regular Session of 2024

State of Hawaii

Sir:

Your Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs, to which was referred S.R. No. 81 entitled:

"SENATE RESOLUTION ENCOURAGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO PASS THE NURTURE ORIGINALS, FOSTER ART, AND KEEP ENTERTAINMENT SAFE ACT OF 2023 (NO FAKES ACT) AND THE NO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FAKE REPLICAS AND UNAUTHORIZED DUPLICATIONS ACT OF 2024 (NO AI FRAUD ACT),"

begs leave to report as follows:

The purpose and intent of this measure is to encourage the United States Congress to pass the Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2023 (NO FAKES Act) and the No Artificial Intelligence Fake Replicas And Unauthorized Duplications Act of 2024 (No AI FRAUD Act).

Your Committee received testimony in support of this measure from SAG-AFTRA; Hawaii Ports Maritime Council, AFL-CIO; Hawaii State AFL-CIO; IATSE Local 665; and five individuals.

Your Committee finds that the technology to produce, disseminate, and exploit media content utilizing generative and traditional artificial intelligence has exploded and evolved significantly in recent years. Your Committee further finds that there are currently two bipartisan efforts to protect individuals against artificial intelligence abuse and establish a framework to assert that every individual has a property right to their own likeness and voices. Your Committee concludes that it is imperative for the United States Congress to pass these bipartisan bills, the Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2023 (NO FAKES Act) and the No Artificial Intelligence Fake Replicas And Unauthorized Duplications Act of 2024 (No AI FRAUD Act) or similar legislation as a safeguard against the exploitation of artists, creative professionals, and individuals by unfettered artificial intelligence technology.

As affirmed by the record of votes of the members of your Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs that is attached to this report, your Committee concurs with the intent and purpose of S.R. No. 81 and recommends that it be referred to your Committee on Judiciary.

Respectfully submitted on behalf of the members of the Committee on Public Safety and Intergovernmental and Military Affairs,

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GLENN WAKAI, Chair