Senate Bill S2414

                             
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                                   2414
 
                        2025-2026 Regular Sessions
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 17, 2025
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 Introduced  by  Sen.  PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections
 
 AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the use and  disclosure
   of synthetic media
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may  be  cited  as
 the "political artificial intelligence disclaimer (PAID) act".
   §  2.  Section 14-106 of the election law is amended by adding two new
 subdivisions 2-a and 2-b to read as follows:
   2-A. (A) ANY POLITICAL COMMUNICATION COVERED BY THIS SECTION WHICH WAS
 PRODUCED BY OR  INCLUDES  ANY  SYNTHETIC  MEDIA  SHALL  BE  REQUIRED  TO
 DISCLOSE  THE  USE OF SUCH SYNTHETIC MEDIA. THE DISCLOSURE ON PRINTED OR
 DIGITAL  POLITICAL  COMMUNICATIONS,  INCLUDING  BUT   NOT   LIMITED   TO
 BROCHURES,  FLYERS,  POSTERS, MAILINGS, OR INTERNET ADVERTISING SHALL BE
 PRINTED OR TYPED IN AN APPROPRIATE LEGIBLE  FORM  TO  READ  AS  FOLLOWS:
 "THIS POLITICAL COMMUNICATION WAS CREATED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF ARTIFI-
 CIAL  INTELLIGENCE".  THE DISCLOSURE ON NON-PRINTED OR DIGITAL POLITICAL
 COMMUNICATIONS SHALL CLEARLY AND PROMINENTLY DISPLAY  AND/OR  SPEAK  THE
 FOLLOWING  STATEMENT: "THIS POLITICAL COMMUNICATION WAS CREATED WITH THE
 ASSISTANCE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE".  IN  THE  CASE  OF  A  POLITICAL
 COMMUNICATION  THAT  IS NOT VISUAL, SUCH AS RADIO OR AUTOMATED TELEPHONE
 CALLS, CLEARLY SPEAKING THE STATEMENT WILL SATISFY THE  REQUIREMENTS  OF
 THIS SUBDIVISION.
   (B)  FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS SUBDIVISION, "SYNTHETIC MEDIA" MEANS ANY
 FORM OF MEDIA INCLUDING TEXT, IMAGE, VIDEO OR SOUND FULLY  OR  PARTIALLY
 CREATED  OR  MODIFIED  THROUGH  THE USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ALGO-
 RITHMS.
   2-B. (A) ALL COMMITTEES AS DEFINED BY THIS ARTICLE SHALL KEEP  RECORDS
 OF  THEIR  USE OF SYNTHETIC MEDIA DURING EACH CAMPAIGN CYCLE. SUCH ENTI-
 TIES SHALL MAINTAIN RECORDS INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO: THE TYPES  OF
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD06539-01-5
              

 S. 2414                             2
 
 SYNTHETIC  MEDIA UTILIZED, THE NUMBER OF VOTERS CONTACTED WITH EACH TYPE
 OF SYNTHETIC MEDIA, AND THE AMOUNT OF FUNDS  EXPENDED  TOWARD  SYNTHETIC
 MEDIA.
   (B)  ALL  CANDIDATE COMMITTEES AS DEFINED BY THIS ARTICLE SHALL SUBMIT
 SUCH RECORDS TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS  NO  LESS  THAN  ONE  MONTH
 AFTER  THEIR  ELECTION  IS  CERTIFIED. ALL OTHER COMMITTEES SHALL SUBMIT
 SUCH RECORDS TO THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS  NO  LESS  THAN  ONE  MONTH
 AFTER ELECTION DAY.
   (C) THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL DESIGN A SAMPLE RECORD TEMPLATE
 WHICH COMMITTEES CAN USE TO LOG THEIR RECORDS.
   (D) THE STATE BOARD OF ELECTIONS IS AUTHORIZED TO PROMULGATE RULES AND
 REGULATIONS REQUIRED TO ENFORCE THIS SUBDIVISION.
   §  3. The state board of elections shall establish the rules and regu-
 lations required by this act within sixty days from the  effective  date
 of this act.
   § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.