Texas SB 751: Relating to the creation of a criminal offense for fabricating a deceptive video with intent to influence the outcome of an election.

Bill Text

By:AAHughes S.B.ANo.A751
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of a criminal offense for fabricating a
deceptive video with intent to influence the outcome of an
election.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTIONA1.AASection 255.004, Election Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (d) and (e) to read as follows:
(d)AAA person commits an offense if the person, with intent
to injure a candidate or influence the result of an election:
(1)AAcreates a deep fake video; and
(2)AAcauses the deep fake video to be published or
distributed within 30 days of an election.
(e)AAIn this section, "deep fake video" means a video created
with artificial intelligence that, with the intent to deceive,
appears to depict a real person performing an action that did not
occur in reality.
SECTIONA2.AAThis Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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