Senate Bill S7592

2023-2024 Legislative Session

Requires disclosure of the use of artificial intelligence in political communications

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Current Bill Status - In Senate Committee Elections Committee


  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2023-S7592 - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7904
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§14-106 & 3-102, El L

2023-S7592 - 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-S7592 - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7592 - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7592
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 7, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ASHBY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 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
              

2023-S7592A (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A7904
Current Committee:
Senate Elections
Law Section:
Election Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§14-106 & 3-102, El L

2023-S7592A (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-S7592A (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2023-S7592A (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                  7592--A
 
                        2023-2024 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                               July 7, 2023
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  Sen.  ASHBY  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules  --  recommitted  to
   the Committee on Elections in accordance with Senate Rule 6, sec. 8 --
   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
 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.
                                                            LBD11856-03-4
              

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