Artificial Intelligence/Ban Deceptive Ads.
HB 375 bans the use of deceptive AI-generated videos or audio (deepfakes) in political campaigns within 90 days of an election, unless they include clear disclosures. It requires creators to audibly state "Contains content generated by AI" at the start/end of audio content (and every 2 minutes if longer) and display visible disclosures throughout visual content. The bill directly affects political campaigns and sponsors creating synthetic media during election periods, aiming to prevent voter deception. It also prohibits fabricated intimate images of minors and defines terms like "digital impersonation" to clarify prohibited content. The law focuses on election integrity, not general social media use.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 11, 2025
Last action Mar 13, 2025
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Edition 1
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3 edits
MINOR
The bill was renumbered and reformatted for its first official edition, while adding new sponsors to the legislation. The substantive policy definitions regarding deepfakes and digital impersonation remain consistent with the previous version, though the text was slightly reorganized to fix a formatting error in the definition of 'deepfake'.
Scope change
None. The scope of the bill and its applicability remain unchanged.
ELIGIBILITY
Added Representatives Davis, Schietzelt, and Blust as co-sponsors to the bill.
TECHNICAL
Reformatted the header and bill number to reflect the official 'Edition 1' status, including updating the bill identifier from DRH30161-LR-9A to H375-v-1.
Corrected a line break error in the definition of 'deepfake' to ensure the phrase 'doing something that the person has never done' appears on a single logical line.
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Committee
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Mar 13, 2025
Committee
Ref to the Com on Commerce and Economic Development, if favorable, Election Law, if favorable, Judiciary 2, if favorable, Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Introduced
Filed
lower
3 primary · 19 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Harry Warren
RRepublican
P
Mike Schietzelt
RRepublican
P
Ted Davis
RRepublican
Co
Alan Branson
RRepublican
Co
Allen Buansi
DDemocratic
Co
Bill Ward
RRepublican
Co
Carolyn Logan
DDemocratic
Co
Cody Huneycutt
RRepublican
Co
Frances Jackson
DDemocratic
Co
Garland Pierce
DDemocratic
Co
Jay Adams
RRepublican
Co
Jeff McNeely
RRepublican
Co
Joe Pike
RRepublican
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