S 1213 119th Congress Senate Government Operations and Politics

Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act

Introduced: March 31, 2025 Introduced by: Klobuchar, Amy Democratic · Minnesota See on congress.gov

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Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act

This bill prohibits the distribution of materially deceptive audio or visual media that is generated by artificial intelligence (AI) relating to federal candidates.

The bill generally prohibits individuals, political committees, and other entities from knowingly distributing materially deceptive AI-generated audio or visual media in carrying out a federal election activity or of a federal candidate for the purpose of (1) influencing an election, or (2) soliciting funds. This prohibition does not apply to certain entities, such as radio or television broadcasting stations that broadcast such media with disclosures as part of a bona fide newscast.

The bill also permits a federal candidate whose voice or likeness appears in such materially deceptive AI-generated audio or visual media to bring a civil action for injunctive relief or damages.

What's happening now March 31, 2025

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.

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IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA, INC.
for IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN VETERANS OF AMERICA INC · New York · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026
AFL-CIO
for AFL-CIO · District of Columbia · 1st Quarter (Jan 1 - Mar 31) 2026

Cosponsors 4

Bennet, Michael F.

Colorado · Mar 31, 2025

Collins, Susan M.

Maine · Mar 31, 2025

Coons, Christopher A.

Delaware · Mar 31, 2025

Hawley, Josh

Missouri · Mar 31, 2025

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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1213: Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1213/

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"S. 1213: Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1213/.

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S. 1213, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1213/.

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