LouisianaLouisiana requires disclosures for certain AI-altered election messages
Louisiana requires clear disclosures on certain realistic AI election messages, and people who intentionally break these rules to harm a candidate or deceive voters may face penalties.
What it does
A covered election message must clearly disclose AI use if it falsely appears to show a candidate's or recall-targeted official's real speech or conduct and to replace another person's likeness with theirs.
A person who breaks these rules to harm a candidate's reputation or deceive a voter may face a fine of up to $2,000, up to two years in prison, or both.
Argument forVoters may better recognize realistic AI alterations because covered election messages must clearly disclose that they used artificial intelligence.
Argument againstPeople who make covered messages could face prison or a fine, which may make them cautious about using realistic AI alterations.
More detail
A person must clearly disclose when artificial intelligence was used in a covered election message. The message must be an electioneering communication about a candidate or an elected official subject to recall. The rule covers a message that portrays a candidate or elected official subject to recall and uses artificial intelligence to make it falsely appear to be an authentic record of that person's speech or conduct, and to falsely appear to replace another person's likeness with theirs. A media entity is exempt from this section for a paid political message only if the broadcaster had no input or control over it.
A person who violates this section with intent to harm a candidate's reputation or deceive a voter may be fined, imprisoned, or both. The penalty applies to a person who violates any provision of this section with the stated intent. The fine may be up to $2,000, and imprisonment may be up to two years, with or without hard labor.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Jun 9Signed by the Governor Jeff Landry. Becomes Act No. 806.Became Law
- Jun 9Effective date: 08/01/2026.
- Jun 4Sent to the Governor for executive approval.To Governor
- Jun 1Conference Committee report received.
- Vote recorded ADOPT (#1641). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded ADOPT CONFERENCE REPORT (#1844). Result: pass.Lower
- Jun 1Rules suspended.
- Jun 1Conference Committee Report read, roll called, yeas 83, nays 9. The Conference Committee Report was adopted.
- Jun 1Notice House adopted the Conference Committee Report.
- Jun 1Conference Committee Report read; adopted by a vote of 37 yeas and 0 nays.
- Jun 1Notice of Senate adoption of Conference Committee Report.
- Jun 1Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.Minor
- Jun 1Signed by the President of the Senate on 6/2/2026.
- May 29Read by title, roll called, yeas 95, nays 0, Senate amendments rejected, conference committee appointment pending.
- Vote recorded REJECT SENATE AMENDMENTS (#1685). Result: pass.Lower
- May 29Notice House rejected the Senate amendments.
- May 29Senate conference committee members appointed: Miller, Duplessis, and Kleinpeter.
- May 29House conferees appointed: Mandie Landry, Beaullieu, and Wyble.
- May 29Notice House Conference Committee members appointed.
- May 29Notice of Senate conferees appointed.
- May 27Scheduled for concurrence on 05/29/2026.
- May 26Rules suspended. The amended bill was read by title, passed by a vote of 35 yeas and 2 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.Passed Senate
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#1337). Result: pass.Upper
- May 26Received from the Senate with amendments.Minor
- May 25Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.Minor
- May 21Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.
- May 20Reported with amendments.Minor
- May 7Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.Minor
- May 6Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- May 5Called from the calendar.
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#891). Result: pass.Lower
- May 5Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 67, nays 34. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Apr 29Notice given.
- Apr 29Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.
- Apr 9Read by title, returned to the calendar.
- Apr 9Called from the calendar.
- Apr 9Read by title, amended, returned to the calendar.
- Apr 8Scheduled for floor debate on 04/09/2026.
- Apr 7Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 1Reported favorably (12-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 26Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 26Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.Introduced
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