HB 3299 — Crimes And Punishments; Creating And Disseminating A Digitization Or Synthetic Media; Making Certain Acts Unlawful; Emergency
HB 3299 proposes to criminalize the creation and dissemination of digitized or synthetic media under certain conditions. The bill aims to address the potential harms of synthetic media, such as deepfakes, by making specific acts unlawful. It is categorized as an emergency bill, indicating urgency in its potential enactment. The legislation is currently in the proposed stage and authored by Senator Coleman.
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