An act to create and enact a new section to chapter 16.1-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to artificial intelligence disclosure statements., the official text

Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota In Regular Session Commencing Tuesday, January 7, 2025
HOUSE BILL NO. 1167 (Representatives Warrey, Bahl, Christianson, Christy, Dobervich, Vollmer)
(Senators Meyer, Weber, Sickler)
AN ACT to create and enact a new section to chapter 16.1-10 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to artificial intelligence disclosure statements.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY OF NORTH DAKOTA: SECTION 1. A new section to chapter 16.1-10 of the North Dakota Century Code is created and
enacted as follows: Use of artificial intelligence - Disclosure - Exception - Definition. 1. Any action taken for a political purpose, including communication and political advertising in support of or opposition to a candidate, political committee, or a political party, or for the purpose of promoting passage or defeat of initiated or referred measures or petitions, containing images, graphics, videos, audio, text, or other digital content created in whole or in part with the use of artificial intelligence to visually or audibly impersonate a human, prominently must state the following disclaimer: "THIS CONTENT GENERATED BY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE." 2. This section does not apply to content solely using artificial intelligence for text generation, grammar correction, spelling checks, stylistic editing, or enhancing existing content without creating a new impersonation of human likeness or voice. 3. For purposes of this section, "artificial intelligence" means a machine-based system capable of creating images, graphics, videos, audio, text, and other digital content based on humandefined objectives or data patterns. The term does not include systems that are explicitly programmed with rules or tools solely designed to assist with grammar, spelling, or word suggestions without generating human likeness or voice.

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____________________________ Speaker of the House

____________________________ President of the Senate

____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

____________________________ Secretary of the Senate

This certifies that the within bill originated in the House of Representatives of the Sixty-ninth Legislative Assembly of North Dakota and is known on the records of that body as House Bill No. 1167.

House Vote: Senate Vote:

Yeas 90 Yeas 46

Nays 0 Nays 0

Absent 4 Absent 1

____________________________ Chief Clerk of the House
Received by the Governor at ________M. on _____________________________________, 2025. Approved at ________M. on __________________________________________________, 2025.

____________________________ Governor
Filed in this office this ___________day of _______________________________________, 2025, at ________ o’clock ________M.

____________________________ Secretary of State