New York Assembly Bill A09054 Latest Draft

   
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 9054  IN ASSEMBLY February 5, 2024 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. RAJKUMAR -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to prohibiting the depiction of any candidate for elected office which is created through generative artificial intelligence The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "respect 2 electoral audiovisual legitimacy (REAL) act". 3 § 2. Section 14-106 of the election law is amended by adding a new 4 subdivision 2-a to read as follows: 5 2-a. (a) No political communication covered by this section shall 6 contain any realistic photo, video or audio depiction of a candidate, or 7 person interacting with a candidate, containing original material 8 created in whole or in part through the use of generative artificial 9 intelligence. 10 (b) For the purpose of this subdivision, "generative artificial intel- 11 ligence" shall mean any technology that engages in its own learning and 12 decision-making to generate new data. 13 § 3. This act shall take effect immediately. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD13887-03-4