Legislation - HB0145

Title: Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes
Sponsored by: Delegates Feldmark, Fair, Lehman, Ruth, and Terrasa
Status: In the Senate - First Reading Senate Rules
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Requiring and authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation, including a deepfake, has been or is being communicated, disseminated, or distributed; requiring the Administrator to communicate accurate information to the public; and prohibiting a person, under certain circumstances, from knowingly or with reckless disregard using or disseminating a deepfake to produce materially false information.

Committees

Original:: Government, Labor, and Elections Click to view Recorded Media

Opposite:: Rules

Committee Testimony

Witness List

Details

Cross-filed with: SB0141

Bill File Type: Pre-Filed

Effective Date(s): June 1, 2026

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 7/16/2025 Legislative Date 7/16/2025 Action Pre-filed Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/14/2026 Legislative Date 1/14/2026 Action First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/16/2026 Legislative Date 1/16/2026 Action Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Vote - House - Committee - Government, Labor, and Elections Proceedings Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/09/2026 Legislative Date 4/09/2026 Action Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/09/2026 Legislative Date 3/23/2026 Action Favorable with Amendments {503523/1 Adopted Proceedings 60 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/09/2026 Legislative Date 3/23/2026 Action Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate M. Morgan) Adopted Proceedings 60 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/09/2026 Legislative Date 3/24/2026 Action Floor Amendment {213325/1 (Delegate Arikan) Rejected (39-90) Proceedings 61 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/09/2026 Legislative Date 3/24/2026 Action Second Reading Passed with Amendments Proceedings 61 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - Third - Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 4/10/2026 Legislative Date 3/25/2026 Action Third Reading Passed (95-36) Proceedings 62 Click to view Recorded Media
Chamber Senate Calendar Date 4/10/2026 Legislative Date 3/24/2026 Action Referred Rules Proceedings 63 Click to view Recorded Media

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action	Proceedings
House	7/16/2025	7/16/2025	Pre-filed
House	1/14/2026	1/14/2026	First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
			Text - First - Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes
House	1/16/2026	1/16/2026	Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
			Vote - House - Committee - Government, Labor, and Elections	Click to view Recorded Media
House	4/09/2026	4/09/2026	Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
House	4/09/2026	3/23/2026	Favorable with Amendments {503523/1 Adopted	60 Click to view Recorded Media
House	4/09/2026	3/23/2026	Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate M. Morgan) Adopted	60 Click to view Recorded Media
House	4/09/2026	3/24/2026	Floor Amendment {213325/1 (Delegate Arikan) Rejected (39-90)	61 Click to view Recorded Media
House	4/09/2026	3/24/2026	Second Reading Passed with Amendments	61 Click to view Recorded Media
			Text - Third - Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes
House	4/10/2026	3/25/2026	Third Reading Passed (95-36)	62 Click to view Recorded Media
Senate	4/10/2026	3/24/2026	Referred Rules	63 Click to view Recorded Media

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