Maryland House Bill 198 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: Introduced on January 16 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-21 - Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
Pending: House Ways and Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Prohibiting certain persons from willfully or knowingly influencing or attempting to influence a voter's decision to go to the polls or to cast a vote for a particular candidate by publishing, distributing, or disseminating a deepfake online within 90 days of an election; providing that the prohibition does not apply to a person who discloses certain information on the deepfake; providing that a certain person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be subject to a certain fine and imprisonment or both; etc.

Election Law - Online Campaign Material - Use of Deepfakes

Del. Alice Cain [D]	Del. Sandy Bartlett [D]	Del. Ned Carey [D]	Del. Mark Chang [D]
Del. Brian Chisholm [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-21	House	Hearing 2/06 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-01-21	House	Hearing canceled
2020-01-20	House	Hearing 2/04 at 1:00 p.m.
2020-01-16	House	First Reading Ways and Means

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
Election Law	1	101	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	13	401.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	13	405.1	(n/a)	See Bill Text
Election Law	13	602	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HB0198?ys=2020RS
Text	https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2020RS/bills/hb/hb0198f.pdf