WHAT THIS BILL REGULATES · 1 REQUIREMENT TYPE
How Is This Bill Enforced
Verbatim statutory text on the left; plain-language analysis and a per-section checklist on the right. Numbered markers cross-link to the matching checklist row.
(a) As used in this section: "Artificial intelligence chatbotArtificial intelligence chatbot"Artificial intelligence chatbot" means a software application, web interface, or computer program that simulates human conversation and interaction through textual or aural communications.Section 1(a)" means a software application, web interface, or computer program that simulates human conversation and interaction through textual or aural communications. "CandidateCandidate"Candidate" means an individual seeking nomination or election to a public office of the State or of a county, municipality, or school district at an election, except that the term shall not include an individual seeking party office.Section 1(a)" means an individual seeking nomination or election to a public office of the State or of a county, municipality, or school district at an election, except that the term shall not include an individual seeking party office. "Election related information" means any information that affects a voter's ability to participate in an election or concerns the outcome of an election, including, but not limited to, election dates, voter eligibility, the voter registration process, use of mail-in ballots, ballot cure procedures, polling locations and hours, ballot canvassing, and the certification of election results. "Generative artificial intelligenceGenerative artificial intelligence"Generative artificial intelligence" means a technology system that: (1) is trained on data; (2) is designed to simulate human communication through one or more of the following: (a) text; (b) audio; or (c) visual communication; and (3) generates non-scripted outputs with limited or no human oversight.Section 1(a)" means a technology system that: (1) is trained on data; (2) is designed to simulate human communication through one or more of the following: (a) text; (b) audio; or (c) visual communication; and (3) generates non-scripted outputs with limited or no human oversight.
Subsection (a) establishes four defined terms that scope the bill: artificial intelligence chatbot, candidate, election related information, and generative artificial intelligence. Notably, the bill does not define a formal covered-entity term — it instead places obligations on "the person or entity responsible for the oversight of the artificial intelligence chatbot" without formally defining that role.
(b) 1 Any artificial intelligence chatbotArtificial intelligence chatbot"Artificial intelligence chatbot" means a software application, web interface, or computer program that simulates human conversation and interaction through textual or aural communications.Section 1(a) that utilizes generative artificial intelligenceGenerative artificial intelligence"Generative artificial intelligence" means a technology system that: (1) is trained on data; (2) is designed to simulate human communication through one or more of the following: (a) text; (b) audio; or (c) visual communication; and (3) generates non-scripted outputs with limited or no human oversight.Section 1(a) to create audio, video, text, or print content with the purpose of providing voters with election related information or information concerning the accomplishments, policy positions, or qualifications of a candidateCandidate"Candidate" means an individual seeking nomination or election to a public office of the State or of a county, municipality, or school district at an election, except that the term shall not include an individual seeking party office.Section 1(a) for election in this State shall include, prior to the provision of any such content, a clear and conspicuous disclosure, as appropriate for the medium of the content, that identifies the content as being provided by a generative artificial intelligenceGenerative artificial intelligence"Generative artificial intelligence" means a technology system that: (1) is trained on data; (2) is designed to simulate human communication through one or more of the following: (a) text; (b) audio; or (c) visual communication; and (3) generates non-scripted outputs with limited or no human oversight.Section 1(a) system. Such disclosure shall be permanent or uneasily removed by subsequent users, to the extent technically feasible.
Subsection (b) imposes the bill's core operative obligation: any AI chatbot using generative AI to produce content for the purpose of providing voters with election-related information or candidate information must display a clear and conspicuous disclosure, prior to delivering any such content, identifying the content as being provided by a generative AI system. The disclosure must be permanent or difficult to remove to the extent technically feasible.
The obligation is triggered by the chatbot's purpose — providing election-related information or candidate information — not by any particular content threshold. This is a pre-delivery disclosure requirement, meaning the label must appear before the content is presented to the user.
(c) 2 If the disclosure required pursuant to subsection b. of this section is not provided, the person or entity responsible for the oversight of the artificial intelligence chatbotArtificial intelligence chatbot"Artificial intelligence chatbot" means a software application, web interface, or computer program that simulates human conversation and interaction through textual or aural communications.Section 1(a) shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, be liable to a penalty of not more than $6,000 for the first offense and not more than $12,000 for the second and each subsequent offense.
Subsection (c) establishes escalating civil penalties for failure to provide the required disclosure: up to $6,000 for a first offense and up to $12,000 for each subsequent offense. The penalty runs against "the person or entity responsible for the oversight of the artificial intelligence chatbot." No private right of action is created; enforcement appears to rely on general state penalty authority.
This act shall take effect 30 days following the date of enactment.
Section 2 provides that the act takes effect 30 days following enactment. No staggered or phased effective dates are specified.