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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1222 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 81 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Steven S. Howitt |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act relative to artificial intelligence disclosure. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Steven S. Howitt4th Bristol1/14/2025 1 of 3 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1222 FILED ON: 1/14/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 81 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Howitt of Seekonk, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 81) of Steven |
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| 19 | 19 | | S. Howitt relative to artificial intelligence disclosures. Advanced Information Technology, the |
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| 20 | 20 | | Internet and Cybersecurity. |
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| 21 | 21 | | [SIMILAR MATTER FILED IN PREVIOUS SESSION |
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| 22 | 22 | | SEE HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4788 OF 2023-2024.] |
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| 23 | 23 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 24 | 24 | | _______________ |
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| 25 | 25 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 26 | 26 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 27 | 27 | | _______________ |
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| 28 | 28 | | An Act relative to artificial intelligence disclosure. |
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| 29 | 29 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 30 | 30 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 31 | 31 | | 1 The General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, are hereby amended by |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2inserting after Chapter 93L the following new chapter:- |
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| 33 | 33 | | 3 CHAPTER 93M. Massachusetts Artificial Intelligence Disclosure Act |
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| 34 | 34 | | 4 Section 1. For the purposes of this chapter, the following words shall have the following |
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| 35 | 35 | | 5meanings, unless the context clearly requires otherwise: |
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| 36 | 36 | | 6 “Artificial intelligence” shall mean computerized methods and tools, including but not |
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| 37 | 37 | | 7limited to machine learning and natural language processing, that act in a way that resembles |
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| 38 | 38 | | 8human cognitive abilities when it comes to solving problems or performing certain tasks. |
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| 39 | 39 | | 9Artificial intelligence may be referred to as “AI” throughout this chapter. 2 of 3 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 10 “AI-generated content” shall mean image, video, audio, print or text content that is |
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| 41 | 41 | | 11substantially created or modified by a generative artificial intelligence system such that the use |
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| 42 | 42 | | 12of the system materially alters the meaning or significance that a reasonable person would take |
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| 43 | 43 | | 13away from the content. |
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| 44 | 44 | | 14 “Generative artificial intelligence system” shall mean any system, tool or platform that |
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| 45 | 45 | | 15uses artificial intelligence to generate or substantially modify video, audio, print or text content. |
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| 46 | 46 | | 16 “Metadata” shall mean structural or descriptive information about data such as content, |
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| 47 | 47 | | 17format, source, rights, accuracy, provenance, frequency, periodicity, granularity, publisher or |
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| 48 | 48 | | 18responsible party, contact information, method of collection, and other descriptions |
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| 49 | 49 | | 19 Section 2. Each generative artificial intelligence system used to create audio, video, text |
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| 50 | 50 | | 20or print AI-generated content within the commonwealth shall include on or within such content a |
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| 51 | 51 | | 21clean and conspicuous disclosure that meets the following criteria: (i) a clear and conspicuous |
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| 52 | 52 | | 22notice, as appropriate for the medium of the content, that identifies the content as AI-generated |
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| 53 | 53 | | 23content, which is to the extent technically feasible, permanent or uneasily removed by |
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| 54 | 54 | | 24subsequent users; and (ii) metadata information that includes an identification of the content as |
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| 55 | 55 | | 25being AI-generated content, the identity of the system, tool or platform used to create the |
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| 56 | 56 | | 26content, and the date and time the content was created. A violation of this section shall be |
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| 57 | 57 | | 27punishable in the same manner as provided in Chapter 93A of the General Laws, as so appearing. |
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| 58 | 58 | | 28 Section 3. Any person located within the commonwealth using a generative artificial |
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| 59 | 59 | | 29intelligence system to create audio, video, text or print AI-generated content, or repurposing such |
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| 60 | 60 | | 30content, shall be prohibited from removing any notice or disclosure, as provided in section 2. A 3 of 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | 31violation of this section shall be punishable by a fine of not less than $500 for a first offense and |
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| 62 | 62 | | 32$1,000 for each subsequent offense. |
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| 63 | 63 | | 33 Section 4. The Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation, as provided in |
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| 64 | 64 | | 34Chapter 24A of the General Laws, shall be responsible for the enforcement of this chapter and |
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| 65 | 65 | | 35may establish any rules or regulations it deems necessary to carry out the obligations of this |
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| 66 | 66 | | 36chapter. |
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