H.B. 811, civil liability for fraudulent misrepresentation of candidates by deepfake

Pa. H.B. 811, 2025-2026 Regular Session

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Proposed: draft date not recorded.

Before the second chamber, dated 24 June 2025, as of 12 September 2026.

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As of 6 September 2026.

Where it has got to

The text described here is Printer's Number 1819, as passed by the House. That print is PN 1819, published 3 June 2025.

Locally, this stage is Senate Communications and Technology Committee.

The stage above is recorded at www.palegis.us.

What it requires

This measure has passed the Pennsylvania House but remains pending in the Senate as of the date shown; what follows is what it would require if enacted in this form.
Do not knowingly and intentionally disseminate, within 90 days before an election and with willful or reckless disregard for influencing its outcome, a campaign advertisement containing a deepfake of a candidate intended to misrepresent the candidate's words, actions, or beliefs.
A clear and conspicuous disclosure in the prescribed form, readable or audible to the viewer or listener, plus embedded tamper-evident content provenance identifying the content's creator and any subsequent editor, is a defense to liability.
An aggrieved candidate may seek removal of the advertisement, and a court may impose a civil penalty per day of dissemination of up to $15,000, $50,000, or $250,000 depending on the office sought, doubled for a political action committee making only independent expenditures.

If you get it wrong

Criminal exposureNo

Private right of actionYes

What it reaches

Obligation class

Prohibition, Content labelling

What this law does

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This measure passed the Pennsylvania House 203-0 on June 23, 2025 and was referred to the Senate Communications and Technology Committee on June 24, 2025; it has not been reported from that committee as of the date shown.

As passed by the House, a covered person is liable for fraudulent misrepresentation of a candidate if, within 90 days before an election and with willful or reckless disregard for the possibility of influencing its outcome, the person knowingly and intentionally disseminates a campaign advertisement containing an artificially generated impersonation of a candidate (a deepfake) intended to misrepresent the candidate's words, actions, or beliefs.

A covered person is not liable if the advertisement carries a clear and conspicuous disclosure in a prescribed form, in a size or manner readable or audible to the viewer or listener, and content bearing the disclosure must also carry embedded, tamper-evident digital content provenance identifying its creator and any subsequent editor.

An aggrieved candidate may seek an order for immediate removal of the advertisement, and a court may impose a civil penalty per day of dissemination of up to $15,000 for a municipal candidate, $50,000 for a state candidate, or $250,000 for a candidate for President, Vice President, the U.S. Senate, or the U.S. House, doubled for a political action committee that only makes independent expenditures.

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Read the law

official bill text, Pennsylvania General Assembly (palegis.us)

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