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An act relating to artificial intelligence and elections

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H.846 is a Vermont bill that has not been enacted. It was introduced in 2026 and referred to the Committee on Government Operations and Military Affairs on 2026-01-30. Only the short-form text is available, so the summary below comes from the bill's statement of purpose and not from detailed statutory language. If enacted, the bill would: (1) define "high-traffic online platform"; (2) require those platforms to block posting of materially deceptive election-related content in Vermont during specified periods before and after an election; (3) require those platforms to label inauthentic, synthetic, or false content during specified periods before and after an election; (4) prohibit a person, committee, or other entity from knowingly distributing an advertisement or other election communication containing materially deceptive content with malice within 120 days before a Vermont election; (5) let a recipient of the content, an elections official, or a candidate or committee in the election file a civil action to enjoin distribution of the deceptive media and seek damages from the distributor; and (6) require a committee that creates, publishes, or distributes a qualified political advertisement to include a specified disclosure when the advertisement was generated or substantially altered using artificial intelligence. The exact periods, definitions, disclosure wording, and penalties are omitted from the short-form text.

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