S 2414: Enacts the "political artificial intelligence disclaimer (PAID) act"; requires political communications that use synthetic media to disclose that they were created with the assistance of artificial intelligence; requires committees that use synthetic media to maintain records of such usage.

  
  STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 2414 2025-2026 Regular Sessions  IN SENATE January 17, 2025 ___________ Introduced by Sen. PARKER -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Elections AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to the use and disclosure of synthetic media The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Short title. This act shall be known and may be cited as 2 the "political artificial intelligence disclaimer (PAID) act". 3 § 2. Section 14-106 of the election law is amended by adding two new 4 subdivisions 2-a and 2-b to read as follows: 5 2-a. (a) Any political communication covered by this section which was 6 produced by or includes any synthetic media shall be required to 7 disclose the use of such synthetic media. The disclosure on printed or 8 digital political communications, including but not limited to 9 brochures, flyers, posters, mailings, or internet advertising shall be 10 printed or typed in an appropriate legible form to read as follows: 11 "This political communication was created with the assistance of artifi- 12 cial intelligence". The disclosure on non-printed or digital political 13 communications shall clearly and prominently display and/or speak the 14 following statement: "This political communication was created with the 15 assistance of artificial intelligence". In the case of a political 16 communication that is not visual, such as radio or automated telephone 17 calls, clearly speaking the statement will satisfy the requirements of 18 this subdivision. 19 (b) For the purposes of this subdivision, "synthetic media" means any 20 form of media including text, image, video or sound fully or partially 21 created or modified through the use of artificial intelligence algo- 22 rithms. 23 2-b. (a) All committees as defined by this article shall keep records 24 of their use of synthetic media during each campaign cycle. Such enti- 25 ties shall maintain records including, but not limited to: the types of EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD06539-01-5 
 S. 2414 2 1 synthetic media utilized, the number of voters contacted with each type 2 of synthetic media, and the amount of funds expended toward synthetic 3 media. 4 (b) All candidate committees as defined by this article shall submit 5 such records to the state board of elections no less than one month 6 after their election is certified. All other committees shall submit 7 such records to the state board of elections no less than one month 8 after election day. 9 (c) The state board of elections shall design a sample record template 10 which committees can use to log their records. 11 (d) The state board of elections is authorized to promulgate rules and 12 regulations required to enforce this subdivision. 13 § 3. The state board of elections shall establish the rules and regu- 14 lations required by this act within sixty days from the effective date 15 of this act. 16 § 4. This act shall take effect immediately.