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Election Law - Influencing a Voter By Dissemination of a Deepfake - Prohibition
MD · Legislation · 2025 · HB525
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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