State Furthest along legislation Number of bills introduced Bills enacted Bill to discuss Bill description Bill link Other bill 1 Link 1 Status 1 Other bill 2 Link 2 Status 2 Other bill 3 Link 3 Status 3 Other bill 4 Link 4 Status 4 Alabama Enacted 1 1 HB172 requires disclaimers for AI-manipulated media that falsely represents someone to influence an election. In Alabama, violating HB172 is a misdemeanor but becomes a felony if repeated within five years of the original crime. https://legiscan.com/AL/bill/HB172/2024 Alaska Failed 3 0 HB358 was last referred to the state Senate’s Rules Committee in May. The legislation would have required a disclaimer for election communications that use AI to influence an election. https://legiscan.com/AK/bill/HB358/2023 SB177: https://legiscan.com/AK/bill/SB177/2023 Failed HB306: https://legiscan.com/AZ/bill/SB1515/2024 Failed Arizona Enacted 3 2 SB1359 was signed by Gov. Katie Hobbs on May 29. The bill makes creating or distributing “deceptive” AI-generated media of candidates within 90 days of an election illegal without a disclaimer. https://legiscan.com/AZ/bill/SB1359/2024 SB1515: https://legiscan.com/AZ/bill/SB1515/2024 Failed HB2394: https://legiscan.com/AZ/bill/HB2394/2024 Enacted Arkansas No legislation 0 0 California Enacted 5 2 AB2655 — which is still pending — would require large online platforms to block “materially deceptive” AI election content within 120 days of an election and create a system for California residents to report violations of the law. https://legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB2655/2023 AB730: https://legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB730/2019 Enacted AB972: https://legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB972/2021 Enacted AB 2355: https://legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB2355/2023 Awaiting Action AB 2839: https://legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB2839/2023 Awaiting Action Colorado Enacted 1 1 HB1147 — along with typical disclosure requirements for deepfakes prior to elections — enables candidates depicted in deepfake media to seek a court order to stop distribution of the material. https://legiscan.com/CO/bill/HB1147/2024 Connecticut Failed 2 0 SB2 would have packaged nine different AI initiatives, including the establishment of an AI Advisory Council and requirements for the technology’s development. The legislation also would have included a ban on distributing “deceptive,” harmful and unlabeled AI media 90 days before the start of voting in an election. https://legiscan.com/CT/bill/SB00002/2024 HB5450 https://legiscan.com/CT/bill/HB05450/2024 Failed Delaware Awaiting action 1 0 HB316 would require an AI disclaimer for deepfakes designed to deceive voters or harm the reputation of a candidate or party within 90 days of an election. It is awaiting the governor’s signature. https://legis.delaware.gov/BillDetail/141109 Florida Enacted 1 1 H0919 targets advertising and political communications. It requires a disclaimer for any media that uses AI to manipulate someone's likeness to influence an election. https://legiscan.com/FL/bill/H0919/2024 Georgia Failed 1 0 HB986 — last tabled in the state Senate — would have banned “materially deceptive media” trying to damage a candidate, influence voters or create confusion about the election’s administration within 90 days of the election. Political campaigns, however, could have used AI-generated content if they included a disclosure. https://legiscan.com/GA/bill/HB986/2023 Hawaii Enacted 3 1 SB2687 prevents people from distributing advertisements using AI to realistically depict someone saying or doing something they did not to influence voters or damage a candidate. The ban, which doesn’t apply if the ad includes a disclaimer, is active from February of even-numbered years to the next general election. https://legiscan.com/HI/bill/SB2687/2024 HB1766: https://legiscan.com/HI/bill/HB1766/2024 Failed HB 1734: https://legiscan.com/HI/bill/HB1734/2024 Failed Idaho Enacted 3 1 HB664 — also called the Freedom From AI-Rigged (FAIR) Elections Act — enables candidates falsely represented by AI in electioneering communications to seek a court order and damages. This does not apply to communications that include an AI disclosure. https://legiscan.com/ID/bill/H0664/2024 HB426: https://legiscan.com/ID/bill/H0426/2024 Failed HB 565: https://legiscan.com/ID/bill/H0565/2024 Failed Illinois Failed 3 0 SB1742 would have made it a misdemeanor to create and distribute a deepfake video of a person within 30 days of an election to hurt their reputation or influence voters. https://legiscan.com/IL/bill/SB1742/2023 HB4933: https://legiscan.com/IL/bill/HB4933/2023 Failed HB4644 https://legiscan.com/IL/bill/HB4644/2023 Failed Indiana Enacted 4 1 HB1133 requires campaign communications to have a disclaimer if they include a reasonably realistic deepfake of a person without their consent. Candidates depicted in “fabricated media” can file a civil lawsuit against the people who paid for, sponsored or disseminated the communication. https://legiscan.com/IN/bill/HB1133/2024 SB7: https://legiscan.com/IN/bill/SB0007/2024 Failed HB 1228: https://legiscan.com/IN/bill/HB1228/2024 Failed HB 1225: https://legiscan.com/IN/bill/HB1225/2024 Failed Iowa Failed 2 0 HF2549 passed in Iowa’s House but didn’t get through the Senate. The bill would have made it a misdemeanor to knowingly distribute a “deceptive and fraudulent deepfake of a candidate or party” without a disclaimer 90 days before an election. https://legiscan.com/IA/bill/HF2549/2023 SF2318: https://legiscan.com/IA/bill/HF2549/2023 Failed Kansas Failed 2 0 HB2559 would have required a disclosure for campaign communications using AI to alter the appearances or actions of a candidate, and the same disclosure for any communications similarly targeting state officials. https://legiscan.com/KS/bill/HB2559/2023 HB 2576: https://legiscan.com/KS/bill/HB2576/2023 Failed Kentucky Failed 2 0 SB131 would have required campaigns to disclose their use of AI to realistically alter a person’s appearance or actions. Candidates depicted in ads without the disclosure would have been able to seek a court order to stop the ads’ dissemination. https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/SB131/2024 HB45: https://legiscan.com/KY/bill/HB45/2024 Failed Louisiana Failed 3 0 SB97 made its way through both houses of Louisiana’s Legislature before Gov. Jeff Landry vetoed it. The bill would have required disclosures for AI-generated content that falsely manipulates a person’s speech, actions or likeness in electioneering communications. https://legiscan.com/LA/bill/SB97/2024 HB154: https://legiscan.com/LA/bill/HB154/2024 Failed SB9: https://legiscan.com/LA/bill/SB9/2024 Failed Maine No legislation 0 0 Maryland Failed 2 0 SB978 would have required campaigns using “synthetic media,” which includes AI-generated content that creates a “realistic but false” understanding of a candidate’s appearance or actions to influence voters, to disclose its use. The bill also would have required campaign staffers and candidates publishing synthetic media to post the original content on their websites. https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/SB978/2024 HB872 https://legiscan.com/MD/bill/HB872/2024 Failed Massachusetts Failed 2 0 S2831 would have required an AI disclosure for “materially deceptive audio or visual media” either depicting a candidate and designed to damage their reputation, or depicting election operations to disrupt their integrity. The disclosure would have been required within 90 days of an election. https://legiscan.com/MA/bill/S2831/2023 S2856: https://legiscan.com/MA/bill/S2869/2023 Failed Michigan Enacted 1 1 HB5144 was passed in 2023. The legislation requires a disclaimer for “materially deceptive media” published within 90 days of an election if the person publishing it knows it falsely represents someone and intends to hurt the reputation of a candidate and influence voters. https://legiscan.com/MI/bill/HB5144/2023 Minnesota Enacted 4 2 HF1370 — along with regulating nonconsensual sexual deepfakes — prohibits distributing, without the permission of the depicted person, realistic deepfakes that are designed to injure a candidate or influence voters within 90 days of an election. https://legiscan.com/MN/bill/HF1370/2023 SF3550: https://legiscan.com/MN/bill/SF3550/2023 Failed SF4029: https://legiscan.com/MN/bill/SF3550/2023 Failed HF4772: https://legiscan.com/MN/bill/HF4772/2023 Enacted Mississippi Enacted 2 1 SB2577 went into effect July 1. The legislation makes it a crime to disseminate, within 90 days of an election, a deepfake designed to influence voters without the consent of the person depicted. https://legiscan.com/MS/bill/SB2577/2024 HB1689: https://legiscan.com/MS/bill/HB1689/2024 Failed Missouri Failed 1 0 HB2628 would have prohibited the distribution, within 18 weeks of an election, of realistic AI-generated content that provides false information to voters about the election or fundamentally alters the words or actions of a candidate or party. The prohibition wouldn’t have applied if an AI disclosure were added to the media. https://legiscan.com/MO/bill/HB2628/2024 Montana No legislation 0 0 Nebraska Failed 1 0 LB1203 was indefinitely postponed in April. The bill would have required disclaimers for media distributed within 90 days of an election and using AI to misrepresent the actions or likeness of a person with the goal of harming a candidate or influencing voters. https://legiscan.com/NE/bill/LB1203/2023 Nevada No legislation 0 0 New Hampshire Enacted 4 2 HB1596 was introduced to the Legislature in January. The bill requires that media distributed within 90 days of an election that includes deepfakes of candidates, election officials or parties have a disclaimer. It was signed into law Aug. 2. https://legiscan.com/NH/bill/HB1596/2024 HB1432: https://legiscan.com/NH/bill/HB1432/2024 Enacted HB1500: https://legiscan.com/NH/bill/HB1500/2024 Failed HB1710: https://legiscan.com/NH/bill/HB1710/2024 Failed New Jersey Awaiting action 4 0 A2818 was passed by the state Assembly in late June. The bill would require a disclosure for “deceptive audio or visual” media published within 90 days of an election to influence voters. Under the legislation, candidates whose likenesses are used in violating media would be able to seek a court order and damages. https://legiscan.com/NJ/bill/A2818/2024 S2544: https://legiscan.com/NJ/bill/A2819/2024 Awaiting Action A2819: https://legiscan.com/NJ/bill/A2819/2024 Awaiting Action A3838: https://legiscan.com/NJ/bill/A3838/2024 Awaiting Action New Mexico Enacted 1 1 HB182 was signed into law by Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham in March. Amending the state’s Campaign Reporting Act, HB182 requires a disclaimer on advertising with “materially deceptive media.” https://legiscan.com/NM/bill/HB182/2024 New York Enacted 5 1 The NY State Budget included a section requiring a disclosure on political communications using AI to realistically depict something that did not happen. Candidates whose likenesses are used in deceptive media can seek a court order to stop its spread. https://nyassembly.gov/leg A7106A: https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/A07106/2023 Failed S7592: https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/S07592/2023 Failed S8400A: https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/S08400/2023 Failed A9028: https://legiscan.com/NY/bill/A09028/2023 Failed North Carolina Failed 3 0 SB88 would have required political advertisements to disclose any use of AI that depicts a person doing something that did not occur, is designed to injure a candidate or ballot measure, or includes “false or misleading information to a voter.” https://legiscan.com/NC/bill/S88/2023 SB880: https://legiscan.com/NC/bill/S880/2023 Failed H1072: https://legiscan.com/NC/bill/H1072/2023 Failed North Dakota No legislation 0 0 Ohio Awaiting action 2 0 HB410 would ban the dissemination, within 90 days of a vote, of deepfakes with the purpose of influencing an election. Outside of that period, the same deepfakes could be published with a disclaimer. https://legiscan.com/OH/bill/HB410/2023 HB367: https://legiscan.com/OH/bill/HB367/2023 Awaiting Action Oklahoma Failed 2 0 SB1655 would have required disclosures for a “deceptive and fraudulent deepfake” of a candidate or political party distributed within 90 days of an election. https://legiscan.com/OK/bill/SB1655/2024 HB3825: https://legiscan.com/OK/bill/HB3825/2024 Failed Oregon Enacted 1 1 SB1571 requires that campaign communications include disclosures if they use “realistic but false” media manipulated by AI. https://legiscan.com/OR/bill/SB1571/2024 Pennsylvania Awaiting action 3 0 HB2353 would prohibit political committees, organizations and foreign governments from disseminating campaign advertisements containing an AI-generated version of a candidate to misrepresent them. However, those organizations would not be liable if the advertisement contained a disclosure. https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/HB2353/2023 HB2079: https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/HB2079/2023 Awaiting Action SB1217: https://legiscan.com/PA/bill/SB1217/2023 Rhode Island Failed 1 0 HB7387 would have prohibited knowingly distributing deceptive AI-generated media without a disclaimer within 90 days of an election. Candidates and officeholders depicted in the deceptive media would have been able to seek a court order and damages. https://legiscan.com/RI/bill/H7387/2024 South Carolina Failed 1 0 H4660 would have prohibited the distribution of malicious deepfakes of a candidate within 90 days of an election without a disclosure. https://legiscan.com/SC/bill/H4660/2023 South Dakota Failed 1 0 SB96 would have required, within 90 days of an election, a disclosure for “realistic” AI-generated media designed to injure a candidate. Publishing the deepfake without the disclaimer would have resulted in a misdemeanor. https://legiscan.com/SD/bill/SB96/2024 Tennessee Failed 3 0 SB2386 would have required disclaimers on political communications using AI-generated content. https://legiscan.com/TN/bill/SB2386/2023 SB2057: https://legiscan.com/TN/bill/SB2057/2023 Failed HB2340: https://legiscan.com/TN/bill/HB2340/2023 Failed Texas Enacted 1 1 SB751 was passed in 2019. The legislation made it illegal to create and disseminate a deepfake video within 30 days of an election to damage a candidate or influence voters. https://legiscan.com/TX/text/SB751/id/1902830 Utah Enacted 1 1 HB0329 would have required a disclaimer in political advertising if it included AI-generated content depicting actions that did not occur. https://legiscan.com/UT/bill/HB0329/2024 Vermont No legislation 0 0 Virginia No legislation 0 0 Washington Enacted 1 1 SB5152 requires a disclaimer for electioneering communications that realistically alter the actions or appearance of a candidate using AI. Without the disclaimer, the candidate depicted can seek a court order to prohibit the spread of the media or sue for damages. https://legiscan.com/WA/bill/SB5152/2023 West Virginia Failed 1 0 HB4963 would have made it illegal to disseminate a realistic deepfake to damage a candidate or influence voters within 90 days of an election without the consent of the person depicted. https://legiscan.com/WV/bill/HB4963/2024 Wisconsin Enacted 2 1 AB664 requires audio and video that includes AI-generated content and advocates for or against a political or social issue to disclose its use. https://legiscan.com/WI/bill/AB664/2023 AB644: https://legiscan.com/WI/bill/SB644/2023 Failed Wyoming Failed 1 0 SF51 died in committee after passing through the state Senate. Along with requiring a disclosure for misleading “synthetic media,” the legislation would have enabled anyone misled by a deepfake to sue to stop its spread. https://legiscan.com/WY/bill/SF0051/2024