In a vote so lopsided it barely constituted a debate, one Republican state lawmaker stood alone against a bill banning AI tools used to generate nude images of children.
On 23 April 2026, the Minnesota House of Representatives passed HF1606, titled 'Nudification technology access prohibited', by a vote of 132–1. The bill targets websites, apps, software and services that allow users to generate or alter images to depict intimate parts of an identifiable person without their consent, including child sexual abuse material. The sole dissenting vote came from Rep. Drew Roach, a first‑term Republican from Farmington, whose name has since become synonymous with one of the most widely condemned legislative positions of the year.
