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ID H0664

Bill

Status

Passed

3/25/2024

Primary Sponsor

State Affairs Committee

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Origin

House of Representatives

2024 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Creates the "Freedom From AI-Rigged (FAIR) Elections Act" by adding Section 67-6628A to Idaho Code, allowing candidates to seek injunctive relief and damages against information content providers who publish synthetic media depicting them in electioneering communications.

  • Defines synthetic media as audio or video created through generative adversarial networks or similar technology that appears to a reasonable person to depict a real event that did not occur and provides fundamentally different understanding than the unaltered original.

  • Establishes affirmative defense if electioneering communications include clear disclosure stating "This (video/audio) has been manipulated" with specific format requirements (prominent text for videos, spoken disclosure at start, end, and every 2 minutes for audio longer than 2 minutes).

  • Places liability on information content providers rather than disseminating mediums, except that mediums may be held liable if they remove required disclosures or alter content to create synthetic media.

  • Requires plaintiffs to prove synthetic media use by clear and convincing evidence and encourages courts to decide cases expediently; law takes effect immediately upon passage.

Legislative Description

Adds to existing law to provide for relief prohibiting the publication of synthetic media in electioneering communications, to provide for an action prohibiting the publication of synthetic media in electioneering communications, and to provide exceptions.

ELECTIONEERING COMMUNICATIONS

Last Action

Reported Signed by Governor on March 25, 2024 Session Law Chapter 172 Effective: 03/25/2024

3/25/2024

Committee Referrals

State Affairs3/8/2024
State Affairs2/28/2024

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