Brooke Curry | Gov. Ron Desantis via Facebook
Published on June 10, 2025 at 4:52 pm
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Saying he’s standing up for children and throwing the book at sexual predators, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday signed four bills into law at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement regional operations center in Jacksonville.
One of the measures, House Bill 1161, known as “Brooke’s Law,” was named for Brooke Curry, the teenage daughter of former Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry. Brooke’s image was used without her consent and altered using artificial intelligence into sexually-explicit content, called a deep fake.
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It happened in July 2023, when Curry was a high school junior.
“A boy I didn’t know used AI to generate a fake nude photo of me and posted it to his Snapchat story,” she told Florida Politics. The picture was “spreading like wildfire,” Curry said. “It surfaced on multiple platforms, and I didn’t have the option of going to the platform to have it taken down, so it had been up for hours on end, which is why I think it’s very important for people who are going through this to be able to take charge and have the platform take it down.”
The law requires web platforms to implement a notice and removal system for deep fakes, and it requires them to remove altered sexual depictions and copies upon request of the victim within 48 hours.
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Brooke Curry was alongside the governor for the signing.
“Brooke’s law is not just about me. It’s about all of us. It’s about accountability, dignity and hope. For every person who’s been exploited or violated, I want you to hear this loud and clear. You have a voice. And now, thanks to this law, you have a path forward,” she said.
DeSantis also signed:
- House Bill 777, Offenses Involving Children: strengthens Florida’s laws against luring or enticing children for sex by enhancing penalties, with a second offense raised from a third-degree felony to a second-degree felony.
- House Bill 1351, Registration of Sexual Predators and Sexual Offenders: enhances registration, reporting, and verification requirements for sexual predators and offenders in Florida. It enhances initial registration information of sexual offenders, and requires registrants to report their occupation, business name, employment address and employment phone number. And it establishes address verification by local law enforcement.
- House Bill 1455, Sexual Offenses by Persons Previously Convicted of Sexual Offenses: provides mandatory minimum prison time for specified sexual offenses when committed by registered offenders or predators.
The governor also committed to signing Senate Bill 1804 into law soon. It will make sexual exploitation of children under 12, or those who are mentally incapacitated, punishable by life imprisonment or the death penalty.
