ELECTIONS (Section 130.165)

This act creates new provisions relating to the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in elections. Any political advertisement, electioneering communication, or other miscellaneous advertisement of a political nature that uses AI, in the manner that is described in the act, shall prominently include a disclaimer alerting the viewer that the media was created with the use of AI. The nature of the disclaimer is described in the act.

In addition to any civil penalties provided by law, a person identified in a disclaimer required by law as paying for, sponsoring, or approving any media covered by this act that is required to contain the disclaimer prescribed in this act and who fails to include the required disclaimer is guilty of a class A misdemeanor.

These provisions are identical to SB 509 (2025).

DEEPFAKES (Section 573.120)

The act creates the offense of producing a deepfake if the person discloses, or threatens to disclose:

• A deepfake of an individual who is under eighteen years of age; or

• An intimate deepfake.

Any such person shall be guilty of a class E felony in the case of a deepfake or a class B felony in the case of an intimate deepfake.

SCOTT SVAGERA