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Provides relative to the use of artificial intelligence in political campaigns

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Louisiana Act No. 806 (HB 459, 2026 Regular Session), signed June 9, 2026 and effective August 1, 2026, amends Louisiana's election law on political material and campaign finance. Under new R.S. 18:1463(F), no person may make or cause to be made an electioneering communication portraying a candidate or an elected official subject to recall that was created, altered, or digitally manipulated with artificial intelligence so that it would falsely appear to a reasonable observer to be an authentic record of the person's actual speech or conduct, or to replace an individual's likeness with theirs, unless it carries a clear and understandable disclosure that it was created using AI. The disclosure form must be consistent with Subsection (E). "Artificial intelligence" has the meaning in R.S. 14:73.14. The legislative findings in 1463(A) add that the public should not be deceived by an AI-created image, likeness, or voice of a candidate or official. Under 1463(H), a violation made with intent to injure a candidate's or official's reputation or to deceive a voter is punishable by a fine of up to $2,000, imprisonment (with or without hard labor) for up to two years, or both. Under 1463(I), media entities that broadcast paid political announcements, ads, or electioneering communications over which they had no input or control are exempt. The Act also adds a definition of "electioneering communication" in R.S. 18:1483(33). It covers printed, digital, or broadcast communications that contain express advocacy, or whose only reasonable conclusion is that they appeal for a vote in a specific election. It also defines "media entity." The Act revises the definitions of contribution, coordinated expenditure, and expenditure in R.S. 18:1483 to refer to electioneering communications. It amends R.S. 18:1501.1(A)(1) so that non-candidate, non-committee persons must file reports when electioneering communication expenditures exceed $1,000 in the aggregate during the aggregating period. It repeals R.S. 18:1463(C)(5), 1491.7(B)(22), and 1495.5(B)(21). It directs the Louisiana State Law Institute to alphabetize and renumber the definitions in R.S. 18:1483.

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