Assembly Bill A7904

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires disclosure of the use of artificial intelligence in political communications

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2023-A7904 - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§14-106 & 3-102, El L

2023-A7904 - Summary

Requires disclosure of the use of artificial intelligence in political communications; directs the state board of elections to create criteria for determining whether a political communication contains an image or video footage created through generative artificial intelligence and to create a definition of content generated by artificial intelligence.

2023-A7904 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7904
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 19, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. VANEL -- read once and referred to the Committee
   on Election Law
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring disclosure of
   the use of artificial intelligence in political communications
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section  1.  Section 14-106 of the election law is amended by adding a
 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5. (A) ANY POLITICAL COMMUNICATION, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH  COMMU-
 NICATION  IS  CONSIDERED A SUBSTANTIAL OR NOMINAL EXPENDITURE, THAT USES
 AN IMAGE OR VIDEO FOOTAGE THAT WAS GENERATED IN WHOLE OR  IN  PART  WITH
 THE  USE  OF  ARTIFICIAL  INTELLIGENCE, AS DEFINED BY THE STATE BOARD OF
 ELECTIONS, SHALL BE REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE  THAT  ARTIFICIAL  INTELLIGENCE
 WAS  USED  IN SUCH COMMUNICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPHS (B), (C),
 AND (D) OF THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B) FOR PRINTED OR DIGITAL POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED TO BROCHURES, FLYERS, POSTERS, MAILINGS, OR  INTERNET  ADVERTIS-
 ING,  THE  DISCLOSURE  REQUIRED  UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION
 SHALL BE PRINTED OR TYPED IN AN APPROPRIATE  LEGIBLE  FORM  TO  READ  AS
 FOLLOWS:    "THIS  COMMUNICATION WAS GENERATED USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLI-
 GENCE".
   (C) FOR NON-PRINTED  AND  NON-DIGITAL  POLITICAL  COMMUNICATIONS,  THE
 DISCLOSURE REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL CLEAR-
 LY  AND  PROMINENTLY  DISPLAY  AND/OR VERBALLY COMMUNICATE THE FOLLOWING
 STATEMENT: "THIS COMMUNICATION WAS GENERATED USING  ARTIFICIAL  INTELLI-
 GENCE".
   (D) FOR POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONS THAT ARE NOT VISUAL, SUCH AS RADIO OR
 AUTOMATED  TELEPHONE  CALLS, THE DISCLOSURE REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (A)
 OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL CLEARLY  VERBALLY  COMMUNICATE  THE  FOLLOWING
 STATEMENT:  "THIS  COMMUNICATION WAS GENERATED USING ARTIFICIAL INTELLI-
 GENCE".
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11856-02-3
              

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2023-A7904A (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Election Law
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§14-106 & 3-102, El L

2023-A7904A (ACTIVE) - Summary

Requires disclosure of the use of artificial intelligence in political communications; directs the state board of elections to create criteria for determining whether a political communication contains an image or video footage created through generative artificial intelligence and to create a definition of content generated by artificial intelligence.

2023-A7904A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7904--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               July 19, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced by M. of A. VANEL, HYNDMAN, SIMON, JACKSON, ZACCARO, SEPTIMO,
   GLICK  --  Multi-Sponsored  by  -- M. of A. LEVENBERG -- read once and
   referred to the Committee  on  Election  Law  --  recommitted  to  the
   Committee  on  Election Law in accordance with Assembly Rule 3, sec. 2
   -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered  reprinted  as  amended
   and recommitted to said committee
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring disclosure of
   the use of artificial intelligence in political communications
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. Section 14-106 of the election law is amended by  adding  a
 new subdivision 5 to read as follows:
   5.  (A) ANY POLITICAL COMMUNICATION, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER SUCH COMMU-
 NICATION IS CONSIDERED A SUBSTANTIAL OR NOMINAL EXPENDITURE,  THAT  USES
 AN  IMAGE  OR  VIDEO FOOTAGE THAT WAS GENERATED IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITH
 THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, AS DEFINED BY  THE  STATE  BOARD  OF
 ELECTIONS,  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED TO DISCLOSE THAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE
 WAS USED IN SUCH COMMUNICATION IN ACCORDANCE WITH PARAGRAPHS  (B),  (C),
 AND  (D)  OF THIS SUBDIVISION.  ANY FAILURE TO DISCLOSE SUCH INFORMATION
 SHALL RESULT IN A FINE EQUAL TO THE AMOUNT  EXPENDED  ON  SUCH  COMMUNI-
 CATION.
   (B) FOR PRINTED OR DIGITAL POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONS, INCLUDING BUT NOT
 LIMITED  TO  BROCHURES, FLYERS, POSTERS, MAILINGS, OR INTERNET ADVERTIS-
 ING, THE DISCLOSURE REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH  (A)  OF  THIS  SUBDIVISION
 SHALL  BE  PRINTED  OR  TYPED  IN AN APPROPRIATE LEGIBLE FORM TO READ AS
 FOLLOWS:  "THIS COMMUNICATION WAS GENERATED  USING  ARTIFICIAL  INTELLI-
 GENCE".
   (C)  FOR  NON-PRINTED  AND  NON-DIGITAL  POLITICAL COMMUNICATIONS, THE
 DISCLOSURE REQUIRED UNDER PARAGRAPH (A) OF THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL CLEAR-
 LY AND PROMINENTLY DISPLAY AND/OR  VERBALLY  COMMUNICATE  THE  FOLLOWING
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD11856-04-4
 A. 7904--A                          2
              

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