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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3373 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 846 |
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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 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. |
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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 enhancing disclosure requirements for synthetic media in political advertising. |
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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:Bradley H. Jones, Jr.20th Middlesex1/17/2025Kimberly N. Ferguson1st Worcester1/17/2025Paul K. Frost7th Worcester1/31/2025Todd M. Smola1st Hampden3/10/2025Hannah Kane11th Worcester1/31/2025 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3373 FILED ON: 1/17/2025 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 846 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Jones of North Reading, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 846) of |
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| 19 | 19 | | Bradley H. Jones, Jr. and others relative to disclosure requirements for synthetic media in |
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| 20 | 20 | | political advertising. Election Laws. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2025-2026) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act enhancing disclosure requirements for synthetic media in political advertising. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Chapter 50 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2is hereby amended in section 1 by adding the following definitions:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 "Artificial intelligence" means the capability of a computer system to perform tasks that |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4normally require human intelligence, such as visual perception, speech recognition, content |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5generation, and decision-making. |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6 "Generative artificial intelligence" means artificial intelligence technology capable of |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7creating content such as text, audio, image, or video based on patterns learned from large |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8volumes of data rather than being explicitly programmed with rules. |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 "Synthetic media" means audio or video content substantially produced by generative |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10artificial intelligence. 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11 SECTION 2. Chapter 56 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2022 Official Edition, |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12is hereby amended by adding the following section:- |
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| 41 | 41 | | 13 Section 70. Disclosure Requirements for Synthetic Media in Political Advertising |
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| 42 | 42 | | 14 (a) Any audio or video communication that Is paid for by a candidate campaign |
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| 43 | 43 | | 15committee, political action committee, political issues committee, political party, or a person |
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| 44 | 44 | | 16using a contribution; Is intended to influence voting for or against a candidate or ballot |
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| 45 | 45 | | 17proposition in an election or primary; and Contains synthetic media, shall: (1) Include at the |
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| 46 | 46 | | 18beginning and end of the communication the words, "Contains content generated by AI"; and (2) |
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| 47 | 47 | | 19Include throughout the duration of each portion of the communication containing synthetic |
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| 48 | 48 | | 20media, in legible writing, the words: (i) "This video content generated by AI," if the |
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| 49 | 49 | | 21communication includes only video synthetic media; (ii) "This audio content generated by AI," if |
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| 50 | 50 | | 22the communication includes only audio synthetic media; or (iii) "This content generated by AI," |
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| 51 | 51 | | 23if the communication includes both video and audio synthetic media. |
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| 52 | 52 | | 24 (b) Violation of any provision of this section shall be punished by a fine of not more than |
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| 53 | 53 | | 25$1,000. Compliance with this section does not exempt a person from civil or criminal liability for |
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| 54 | 54 | | 26violations of other applicable law. |
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