HB 375 North Carolina House · 2025-2026 Session

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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Filed Edition 1 · 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

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