2025 Regular SessionMaryland Legislature

HB525: Election Law - Influencing a Voter By Dissemination of a Deepfake - Prohibition

Legislative Summary

Prohibiting a person from, with fraudulent intent, influencing or attempting to influence a voter's decision whether or not to cast a vote or how to vote on a candidate or ballot issue by disseminating a deepfake; and defining "deepfake" as an image, an audio recording, or a video recording that has been intentionally created or manipulated with the use of generative artificial intelligence or other digital technology to create a realistic but false depiction of a person that an ordinary person would conclude is an actual representation.

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Bill History

1/22/2025
First Reading Ways and Means
House of Delegates
1/22/2025
Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
House of Delegates
4/3/2025
Favorable with Amendments Report by Ways and Means
House of Delegates
4/3/2025
Favorable with Amendments {713723/1 Adopted
House of Delegates
4/3/2025
Second Reading Passed with Amendments
House of Delegates
4/3/2025
Third Reading Passed (127-10)
House of Delegates
4/4/2025
Referred Rules
Senate

Amendments

Favorable with Amendments 713723/1 Adopted

Favorable with Amendments 713723/1 Adopted

4/3/2025Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Third Reading Passed
4/3/2025
127
Yea
10
Nay
1
Not Voting
3
Absent
Result: PASSED