Amends and adds to existing law to revise the definition of “electioneering,” to provide for relief prohibiting the publication of synthetic media in electioneering communications, to provide for an action prohibiting the publication of synthetic media in electioneering communications, and to provide exceptions.

This legislation addresses the use of "deep fakes" generated by artificial intelligence and other digital technology in electioneering. A candidate whose image, appearance or speech has been manipulated in an electioneering communication using digital means so as to create a fundamentally different understanding or impression of the appearance, action or speech than occurred in reality, the candidate may seek injunctive relief as well as general and/or special damages. It shall be an affirmative defense that the electioneering communication included sufficient disclosure that the video or audio representation was manipulated. This legislation further aligns the electioneering periods for both primaries and general elections to 60 days before the election date.