HB5321 101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB5321

Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

10 ILCS 5/29-21 new

Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person is guilty of a Class 3 felony for knowingly using cheap fake (photo shopped imagery that implies a situation occurred that did not happen) or deep fake media (the use of artificial intelligence to create inauthentic photographs or videos of a person) in a State or local election. Effective immediately.

CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning elections.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section 29-21 as follows:

(10 ILCS 5/29-21 new)

Sec. 29-21. Use of fake media prohibited.

(a) As used in this Section:

"Cheap fake" means photo shopped imagery that implies a situation occurred that did not happen.

"Deep fake" means the use of artificial intelligence to create inauthentic photographs or videos of a person.

(b) A person is guilty of a Class 3 felony for knowingly using cheap fake or deep fake media in a State or local election.

Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon becoming law.