HB2479
Political campaign advertisements; synthetic media, penalty.
Status:
Vetoed
Latest Action:
April 2, 2025
House: House sustained Governor's veto
Chief Patron:
Mark Sickles (D)
Session:
2025 Regular Session
Summary
As Introduced. 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 ... (More) 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. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/08/2025 - House: Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25101139D
- 01/08/2025 - House: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 01/30/2025 - House: Placed on Privileges and Elections Agenda
- 01/30/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2479)
- 01/31/2025 - House: Reported from Privileges and Elections (19-Y 2-N)
- 02/02/2025 - House: Read first time
- 02/03/2025 - House: Read second time and engrossed
- 02/04/2025 - House: Read third time and passed House (80-Y 18-N)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 02/05/2025 - Senate: Referred to Committee on Privileges and Elections
- 02/11/2025 - Senate: Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (8-Y 7-N)
- 02/12/2025 - Senate: Committee substitute printed 25107190D-S1
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Rules suspended
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 02/13/2025 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Read third time
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Reading of substitute waived
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Privileges and Elections Substitute agreed to
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute
- 02/14/2025 - Senate: Passed Senate with substitute (23-Y 13-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/18/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2479)
- 02/18/2025 - House: Senate substitute rejected by House (0-Y 96-N)
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Senate insisted on substitute (38-Y 2-N)
- 02/19/2025 - Senate: Senate requested conference committee
- 02/20/2025 - House: House acceded to request
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Conferees appointed by Senate
- 02/20/2025 - Senate: Senators: Surovell, VanValkenburg, Suetterlein
- 02/20/2025 - House: Conferees appointed by House
- 02/20/2025 - House: Delegates: Sickles, Simon, Ballard
- 02/22/2025 - Amended by conference committee
- 02/22/2025 - House: Conference substitute printed 25108005D-H1
- 02/22/2025 - Senate: Passed by temporarily
- 02/22/2025 - Senate: Conference report agreed to by Senate (23-Y 17-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/22/2025 - House: Conference report agreed to by House (76-Y 22-N)
- 02/24/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2479)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Enrolled
- 03/07/2025 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2479ER)
- 03/07/2025 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/10/2025 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/10/2025 - House: Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2479)
- 03/11/2025 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 11, 2025
- 03/11/2025 - Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
- 03/24/2025 - House: Governor's Veto Received by House
- 03/24/2025 - Vetoed by Governor
- 04/02/2025 - House: House sustained Governor's veto
