Virginia House Bill 2479

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 8 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-31 - Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 2-N)
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Elections; political campaign advertisements; synthetic media; penalty. Prohibits electioneering communications containing synthetic media, as those terms are defined in the bill, from being published or broadcast without containing the following conspicuously displayed statement: "This message contains synthetic media that has been altered from its original source or artificially generated and may present conduct or speech that did not occur." The bill makes it a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000 to violate such prohibition and for a willful violation, a Class 1 misdemeanor.

Political campaign advertisements; synthetic media, penalty.

Del. Mark Sickles [D]	Del. Kelly Convirs-Fowler [D]	Del. Rozia Henson [D]	Del. Paul Krizek [D]
Del. Michelle Maldonado [D]

2025-01-31 - House - Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 2-N) (Y: 19 N: 2 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-31	House	Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 2-N)
2025-01-30	House	Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2479)
2025-01-08	House	Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
2025-01-08	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101139D

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2479
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/bill-details/20251/HB2479/text/HB2479
Supplement	https://lis.blob.core.windows.net/files/1034913.PDF
Roll Call	https://lis.virginia.gov/vote-details/HB2479/20251/H18V2512122