SECONDREGULARSESSION
HOUSEBILLNO.2628
102NDGENERALASSEMBLY
INTRODUCEDBYREPRESENTATIVEBAKER.
5403H.01I DANARADEMANMILLER,ChiefClerk
ANACT
Toamendchapter115,RSMo,byaddingtheretoonenewsectionrelatingtocertainpolitical
advertisements,withpenaltyprovisions.
BeitenactedbytheGeneralAssemblyofthestateofMissouri,asfollows:
SectionA.Chapter115,RSMo,isamendedbyaddingtheretoonenewsection,tobe
2knownassection115.645,toreadasfollows:
115.645.1.Forthepurposesofthissection,thefollowingtermsshallmean:
2 (1)"Deceptiveandfraudulentdeepfake",syntheticmediathatdepictsa
3candidateorpoliticalpartywiththeintenttoinjurethereputationofthecandidateor
4partyorotherwisedeceiveavoterthat:
5 (a)Appearstoareasonablepersontodepictarealindividualsayingordoing
6somethingthatdidnotactuallyoccur;or
7 (b)Providesareasonablepersonafundamentallydifferentunderstandingor
8impressionoftheappearance,action,orspeechofacandidateorpartythansuchperson
9wouldhavefromanunaltered,originalversionoftheimage,audiorecording,orvideo
10recording;
11 (2)"Syntheticmedia",animage,audiorecording,orvideorecordingofan
12individual'sappearance,speech,orconductthathasbeencreatedorintentionally
13manipulatedwiththeuseofgenerativeadversarialnetworktechniquesorotherdigital
14technologyinamannertocreatearealisticbutfalseimage,audio,orvideo.
15 2.Exceptasprovidedinsubsection3ofthissection,aperson,corporation,
16committee,orotherentityshallnot,withinninetydaysofanelectionatwhicha
17candidateforelectiveofficewillappearontheballot,distributeasyntheticmedia
EXPLANATION—Matterenclosedinbold-facedbrackets[thus] intheabovebillisnotenactedandis
intendedtobeomittedfromthelaw.Matterinbold-facetypeintheabovebillisproposedlanguage. 18messagethattheperson,corporation,committee,orotherentityknowsorshouldhave
19knownisadeceptiveandfraudulentdeepfakeofacandidateorpartyonthestateor
20localballot.
21 3.(1)Theprovisionsofsubsection2ofthissectionshallnotapplyiftheaudioor
22visualmediaincludesadisclosurestating:"This_______hasbeenmanipulatedor
23generatedbyartificialintelligence.".
24 (2)Theblankshallbefilledinwithwhicheverofthefollowingtermsmost
25accuratelydescribesthemedia:image,video,oraudio.
26 (3)Forvisualmedia,thetextofthedisclosureshallappearinasizenosmaller
27thanthelargestfontsizeofothertextappearinginthevisualmedia.Ifthevisualmedia
28doesnotincludeanyothertext,thedisclosureshallappearinasizethatiseasily
29readablebytheaverageviewer.Forvisualmediainvideoformat,thedisclosureshall
30appearforthedurationofthevideo.
31 (4)Ifthemediaconsistsofaudioonly,thedisclosureshallbereadinaclearly
32spokenmannerandinapitchthatcanbeeasilyheardbytheaveragelisteneratthe
33beginningoftheaudio,attheendoftheaudio,and,iftheaudioisgreaterthantwo
34minutesinlength,interspersedwithintheaudioatintervalsnottoexceedtwominutes
35inlength.
36 4.Acandidatewhoseappearance,action,orspeechisdepictedthroughtheuse
37ofadeceptiveandfraudulentdeepfakeinviolationofsubsection2ofthissectionmay
38seekinjunctiveorotherequitablereliefprohibitingthepublicationofsuchdeceptive
39andfraudulentdeepfake.
40 5.Apersonwhoviolatestheprovisionsofsubsection2ofthissectionmaybe
41subjecttothefollowingpenalties:
42 (1)AclassBmisdemeanor;
43 (2)AclassAmisdemeanorifthepersoncommitstheviolationwiththeintentto
44causeviolenceorbodilyharm;or
45 (3)AclassEfelonyifthepersoncommitstheviolationwithinfiveyearsofoneor
46morepriorconvictionsunderthissection.
47 6.Thissectionshallnotapplytoaradioortelevisionbroadcastingstation,
48includingacableorsatellitetelevisionoperator,programmer,orproducer,that
49broadcastsadeceptiveandfraudulentdeepfakeprohibitedbythissectionaspartofa
50bonafidenewscast,newsinterview,newsdocumentary,oron-the-spotcoverageofbona
51fidenewsevents,ifthebroadcastclearlyacknowledgesthroughcontentoradisclosure,
52inamannerthatcanbeeasilyheardorreadbytheaveragelistenerorviewer,thatthere
53arequestionsabouttheauthenticityofthemateriallydeceptiveaudioorvisualmedia.
HB2628 2 54 7.Thissectionshallnotapplytoaradioortelevisionbroadcastingstation,
55includingacableorsatellitetelevisionoperator,programmer,orproducer,whenitis
56paidtobroadcastadeceptiveandfraudulentdeepfakeandhasmadeagoodfaitheffort
57toestablishthedepictionisnotadeceptiveandfraudulentdeepfake.
58 8.Thissectionshallnotapplytoaninternetwebsiteoraregularlypublished
59newspaper,magazine,orotherperiodicalofgeneralcirculation,includinganinternetor
60electronicpublication,thatroutinelycarriesnewsandcommentaryofgeneralinterest
61andthatpublishesadeceptiveandfraudulentdeepfakeprohibitedbythissectionifthe
62publicationclearlystatesthattheaudioorvisualmediadoesnotaccuratelyrepresent
63thespeechorconductofthecandidate.
64 9.Thissectiondoesnotapplytomateriallydeceptiveaudioorvisualmediathat
65constitutessatireorparody.
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