Political campaign advertisements; synthetic media, penalty.

What it does: Elections; political campaign advertisements; synthetic media; penalty. Prohibits electioneering communications containing synthetic media, as those terms are defined in the bill, from being published or broadcast without containing the following conspicuously displayed statement: 'This message contains synthetic media that has been altered from its original source or artificially generated and may present conduct or speech that did not occur.' The bill creates a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000 for a violation of such prohibition and a Class 1 misdemeanor for a willful violation. (official summary)

Question before the chamber: Passed House with substitute

A yes vote passed SB 141 in the House with a substitute that lets a candidate suing for defamation within 30 days of an election seek a court order barring further publication of the media. (AI-written)

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