Arizona's HB 2133 heads to the governor as naturists press for a veto
A bill aimed at deepfakes and revenge porn now sits on Katie Hobbs's desk, with AANR among those urging her to reject it
An Arizona bill that naturist advocates warn could burden lawful nude publishing was transmitted to Governor Katie Hobbs on Friday, setting up a final decision on a measure the American Association for Nude Recreation has spent months working to defeat.
House Bill 2133, titled the Protect Act, cleared its last legislative hurdle this week. The House adopted the conference version Thursday on a 35–20 vote, a day after the Senate signed off 16–12. The bill now awaits Hobbs’s signature or veto. As of press time, she had not acted.
The legislation expands Arizona’s existing law against nonconsensual sexual imagery to cover AI-generated “synthetic depictions,” and it creates new obligations for commercial websites that publish sexual material. Those sites would have to verify that every person depicted consented and was at least 18 when the image was made, retain those records for seven years, and make them available to the attorney general on request. Violations carry civil penalties of up to $10,000 a day, and up to $250,000 where a minor is involved.
The bill’s sponsor, Representative Nick Kupper, a Republican from Legislative District 25, has framed it as a proactive response to revenge porn and AI-generated sexual abuse material. He has publicly predicted Hobbs will veto it and accused her office of working against the measure.
For naturists, the concern has never been the bill’s intent but its reach. As Planet Nude reported in March, the worry centers on scope and the chilling effect that broadly written internet laws tend to produce. Clubs and publishers that maintain long-term image archives could struggle to document consent years after the fact, and the seven-year recordkeeping requirement is a particular pressure point in communal settings where participation is fluid and records are not always kept.
AANR has been tracking the bill and working with a lobbyist in Arizona. In the organization’s most recent member update, Government Affairs Team chair Tim Mullins wrote that the effort had reached “the final stretch,” adding, “It may advance to the Governor’s office this week, and we are fighting to get the bill vetoed.”
AANR is urging supporters to weigh in with the governor’s office before she acts. Whether that effort succeeds will be clear within days. 🪐
Planet Nude has reached out to AANR for further comment and will update this story as the governor’s decision develops.