86R32455 ADM-F
By: Hughes, et al. S.B. No. 751
(Meyer)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 751: No.
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of a criminal offense for fabricating a
deceptive video with intent to influence the outcome of an
election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 255.004, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
(d) A person commits an offense if the person, with intent
to injure a candidate or influence the result of an election:
(1) creates a deep fake video; and
(2) causes the deep fake video to be published or
distributed within 30 days of an election.
(e) In this section, "deep fake video" means a video,
created with the intent to deceive, that appears to depict a real
person performing an action that did not occur in reality.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.