VirginiaPolitical campaign advertisements; synthetic media, penalty.
What it does
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 not occur." The bill creates a civil penalty not to exceed $25,000 for a violation of such prohibition and a Class 1 misdemeanor for a willful violation. The bill permits any registered voter who receives an electioneering communication in violation of this requirement to institute an action for preventative relief to prohibit the publication or dissemination of such electioneering communication, including an application for a permanent or temporary injunction.
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Mar 14Failed to Pass from conferenceLatest
- Mar 14Failed to Pass from conference
- Mar 14No further action taken
- Mar 12House Conferees: Hayes, Maldonado, Pence
- Vote recorded Concur House Substitute R. Result: fail.Upper
- Vote recorded H VOTE:. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Accede Conference Committee R. Result: pass.Upper
- Mar 12Conferees appointed by House
- Mar 12Senate Conferees: Salim, Perry, French
- Mar 12Conferees appointed by Senate
- Mar 12Senate acceded to request (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Mar 12House requested conference committeeMinor
- Mar 12House insisted on substituteMajor
- Mar 12House substitute rejected by Senate (0-Y 40-N 0-A)
- Mar 12Passed House with substitute (62-Y 34-N 0-A)Passed House
- Mar 12Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Mar 12committee substitute agreed toMajor
- Mar 12Read third timeMinor
- Mar 11Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB141)
- Mar 11Read second timeMinor
- Mar 9Committee substitute printed 26109370D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with substitute. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 9Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with substitute (15-Y 6-N)Minor
- Mar 9House committee offered
- Mar 2Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB141)
- Feb 27Referred from Privileges and Elections and referred to Communications, Technology and Innovation and rereferred to Communications, Technology and Innovation (Voice Vote)Minor
- Feb 19Referred to Committee on Privileges and ElectionsMinor
- Feb 19Read first timeMinor
- Feb 19Placed on Calendar
- Feb 16Read third time and passed Senate (34-Y 4-N 0-A)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passage R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 13Engrossed by Senate - committee substitute (Voice Vote)Major
- Feb 13Committee substitute agreed to (Voice Vote)Major
- Feb 13Read second timeMinor
- Feb 12Passed by for the day Block Vote (Voice Vote)
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed R. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 12Constitutional reading dispensed Block Vote (on 1st reading) (40-Y 0-N 0-A)
- Feb 12Rules suspended
- Feb 11Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB141)
- Feb 11Committee substitute printed 26107736D-S1Major
- Feb 10Senate committee offered
- Vote recorded Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute. Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 10House committee offered
- Feb 10Reported from Privileges and Elections with substitute (9-Y 6-N)Minor
- Jan 29Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (SB141)
- Jan 6Referred to Committee on Privileges and ElectionsMinor
- Jan 6Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-14-2026 26100611DIntroduced