Law / United States / Massachusetts
An Act enhancing disclosure requirements for synthetic media in political advertising (H.5094)
H.5094, 194th General Court (2025-2026)
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Proposed: draft date not recorded.
An AI transparency rule binding public and private bodies.
As of 6 September 2026.
What it requires
- This bill is not yet law; nothing below is a current duty.
- If enacted, disclose at the beginning and end of any AI-generated synthetic media audio or video communication intended to influence a vote on a candidate or ballot question that it contains AI-generated material.
- A violation would be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.
What this law does
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This bill has not been enacted, so read the following as what it would require rather than a current duty. As passed by the House, any synthetic media audio or video communication intended to influence voting for or against a candidate or a ballot proposition would have to disclose, at the beginning and the end of the communication, that it contains AI-generated material. A violation would be punishable by a fine of not more than $1,000.
Originally filed as H.846, the House Committee on Ways and Means reported a new draft as H.5094. The redraft passed the House 157 to 0 on February 11, 2026. It was then referred to the Senate Committee on Ways and Means on February 12, 2026.
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Read the law
official bill history, Massachusetts Legislature
House press release describing the bill's substance