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Election Law - Influencing a Voter By Dissemination of a Deepfake - Prohibition

MD · Legislation · 2025 · HB525

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Introduced

Record updated Apr 4, 2025

Summary

Prohibiting a person from, with fraudulent intent, influencing or attempting to influence a voter's decision whether or not to cast a vote or how to vote on a candidate or ballot issue by disseminating a deepfake; and defining "deepfake" as an image, an audio recording, or a video recording that has been intentionally created or manipulated with the use of generative artificial intelligence or other digital technology to create a realistic but false depiction of a person that an ordinary person would conclude is an actual representation.

Timeline

2025-04-04

S

Referred Rules

2025-04-03

H

Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means

2025-04-03

H

Favorable with Amendments {713723/1 Adopted

2025-04-03

H

Second Reading Passed with Amendments

2025-04-03

H

Third Reading Passed (127-10)

2025-01-22

H

First Reading Ways and Means

2025-01-22

H

Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.

Bill Text

Pending

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