Legislation - HB0740

Title: Election Law - Campaign Materials - Disclosure of Use of Synthetic Media
Sponsored by: Delegates Kaiser, Guyton, McComas, Palakovich Carr, Pena-Melnyk, Ruth, Schindler, Taveras, Terrasa, Tomlinson, and Turner
Status: In the House - Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
Analysis: Fiscal and Policy Note

Synopsis

Requiring that candidates, campaign finance entities, and specified other persons, or agents of candidates, campaign finance entities, or specified other persons, that publish, distribute, or disseminate, or cause to be published, distributed, or disseminated, to another person in the State campaign materials that use or contain synthetic media include a specified disclosure in a specified manner; and defining "synthetic media" as an image, an audio recording, or a video recording that has been intentionally manipulated in a certain manner.

Committees

Original:: Ways and Means

Details

Introduced in a prior session as: HB0872 Session: 2024 Regular Session

Bill File Type: Regular

Effective Date(s): October 1, 2025

History

Legislation History
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/27/2025 Legislative Date 1/27/2025 Action First Reading Ways and Means Proceedings
Chamber House Calendar Date 1/28/2025 Legislative Date 1/28/2025 Action Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m. Proceedings
Chamber Calendar Date Legislative Date Action Text - First - Election Law - Campaign Materials - Disclosure of Use of Synthetic Media Proceedings

Chamber	Calendar Date	Legislative Date	Action
House	1/27/2025	1/27/2025	First Reading Ways and Means
House	1/28/2025	1/28/2025	Hearing 2/11 at 1:00 p.m.
			Text - First - Election Law - Campaign Materials - Disclosure of Use of Synthetic Media

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