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State Administration committee approves SB 25 with amendment to require AI disclaimers for election-related material
Summary
The committee adopted an amendment narrowing SB 25 to content created or distributed in an official election capacity and voted 15–4 to concur in the bill as amended; members debated whether posts that are not paid ads should be covered and how disclaimers should read.
The House State Administration committee took executive action on Senate Bill 25, which revises election law disclosure requirements for content edited or created with artificial intelligence. Staff explained an amendment that clarifies the measure applies to people acting in an "official election capacity," broadens the covered acts to "creation or distribution," and requires a disclaimer when content has been significantly edited by AI.
Rebecca Power, staff to the committee, summarized the amendment: "this only applies to people who are working in an official election capacity," and described additional clarifying edits to the disclaimer language and the definition of covered distribution. Representative Schubert offered a conceptual amendment to narrow coverage so unpaid, personal social-media posts would not trigger the disclosure. That conceptual amendment failed on a roll call (6 yes, 13 no).
Committee members debated First Amendment and enforcement concerns and whether the law should reach unpaid social posts on accounts used for both personal and campaign purposes. Opponents argued the bill as written could make a candidate liable for posting a deep-edited image on a mixed-use account; supporters said the measure preserves speech while requiring disclosure and likened it to existing campaign-ad disclosure rules.
On final passage the committee recorded a roll call of 15 yeas and 4 nays and concurred in SB 25 as amended. The committee assigned a carrier to carry the bill forward.
