HB 556 Texas House · 89th Legislature (2025)

Relating to a criminal offense for the creation or distribution of certain artificially generated media with the intent to influence the outcome of an election.

Based solely on the provided context, a complete summary of HB 556's policy details cannot be generated. The bill's title indicates it would criminalize creating or distributing artificially generated media (like deepfakes) with the intent to influence elections, but the actual provisions, affected parties, and key mechanisms are not included in the available text. The bill has been referred to the Elections committee and is currently pending, but the full legislative language and specific requirements are unavailable. Without the bill text or summary detailing its concrete changes, a factual policy summary cannot be provided.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Mar 3, 2025 Last action Apr 3, 2025
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6
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2
Committee
3
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Left pending in committee
lower
Apr 3, 2025
Lower · Passed
Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Committee
Referred to Elections
lower
Mar 3, 2025
Introduced
Read first time
lower
1 primary · 1 co-sponsor

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