Bill Status of SB 1742   103rd General Assembly


Short Description:  ELECT CODE-DEEP FAKE VIDEO

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Steve Stadelman

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  3/10/2023SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
10 ILCS 5/29-21 new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person commits a Class A misdemeanor if the person, with intent to injure a candidate or influence the result of an election, creates a deep fake video (a video created with the intent to deceive that appears to depict a real person performing an action that did not occur in reality) and causes the deep fake video to be published or distributed within 30 days of an election.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/9/2023SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Steve Stadelman
  2/9/2023SenateFirst Reading
  2/9/2023SenateReferred to Assignments
  2/21/2023SenateAssigned to Executive
  3/9/2023SenateTo Subcommittee on Elections
  3/10/2023SenateRule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments

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