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Senate committee tweaks S.23 on synthetic election media, adds accessibility requirement and narrows definitions
Summary
The Senate Committee on Government Operations reviewed House changes to S.23, discussed federal preemption risks from a Dec. 11 executive order and a California court ruling, added 'universal design' disclosure language, and agreed to return an amended draft for a committee vote next Tuesday.
The Senate Committee on Government Operations on Friday reviewed proposed changes to S.23, the bill addressing the use of synthetic media in elections, and directed legislative counsel to return an amended draft for a committee vote next Tuesday.
Committee members focused on three issues: the bill's definition of deceptive or fraudulent synthetic media, a materially false-information standard tied to election outcomes, and accessibility of required disclosures. Representative Rachael Waters Evans, the House sponsor who joined the meeting, asked senators to make the statute as specific as possible after citing a presidential executive order signed Dec. 11 that creates an AI litigation task force to review state AI laws.
Legislative counsel Rick Sagle presented…
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