Political campaign advertisements; synthetic media, penalty.

All synthetic media disclosure requirements were removed, including the mandate that electioneering communications containing AI or altered media must display a conspicuous statement warning viewers that the content is synthetic or altered.

Requirements for media outlets to verify the identity of electioneering communication submitters were removed from the final version.

A new section was added allowing defamation plaintiffs who are candidates to seek injunctive relief to stop the publication of allegedly defamatory media within 30 days of an election, with courts required to consider the public's interest in an informed electorate.

The bill was changed from amending multiple existing sections about venue and election disclosure to adding a single new section focused solely on defamation injunctions.

Definitions related to synthetic media, including detailed explanations of what constitutes altered or artificially generated media, were completely removed from the bill.