Kentucky’s laws against possessing child sexual abuse material were written to cover real photographs and video. They weren’t written with today’s AI image generators in mind, tools that can produce a realistic sexual image of a child without a real photograph ever existing. HB 366 closes that gap.
The bill amends Kentucky’s existing law on possession or viewing of matter portraying a sexual performance by a minor to make clear that a computer-generated image of a minor is covered the same as a real one. It also requires anyone convicted under this statute to serve 85 percent of their sentence before becoming eligible for probation or parole, the same truth-in-sentencing standard Kentucky applies to its most serious violent offenses.
This complements HB 4 from earlier in this series, which targeted the grooming that often precedes this kind of exploitation. Between the two, Kentucky is addressing both how predators reach children and how the law treats the material that results, including material a camera never touched.
HB 366 was sponsored by Reps. DJ Johnson, Daniel Grossberg, and Kim Moser. It passed the House 95-0 and the Senate 38-0.