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1 STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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2 1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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3 SENATE BILL 746 By: Seifried
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to artificial intelligence; defining
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8 action for certain relief or award of damages;
9 providing exceptions to applicability of provisions;
9 providing for codification; and providing an
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13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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14 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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15 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 401 of Title 75A, unless there
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16 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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17 A. As used in this section, "generative artificial
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18 intelligence" means a machine-based system that can, for a given set
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19 of human-defined objectives, emulate the structure and
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20 characteristics of input data in order to generate derived synthetic
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21 content, including images, videos, audio, text, and other digital
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22 content.
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23 B. A political advertisement, electioneering communication, or
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24 other media regarding a candidate or election that is created or
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1 distributed by a candidate, candidate committee, political action
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2 committee, or political party committee, as such terms are defined
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3 in Section 187 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and that
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4 contains an image, video, audio, text, or other digital content
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5 created in whole or in part with the use of generative artificial
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6 intelligence and appears to depict a real person performing an
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7 action that did not occur in reality, must prominently include the
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8 following disclosure: "Created in whole or in part with the use of
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9 generative artificial intelligence."
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10 Such disclosure shall meet the following requirements:
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11 1. For visual media, the text of the disclosure shall appear in
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12 a size that is easily readable by the average viewer. For video,
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13 the disclosure shall appear for the duration of the content created
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14 in whole or in part with the use of generative artificial
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15 intelligence; and
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16 2. For media that is audio only, the disclosure shall be read
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17 in a clearly spoken manner and in a pitch that can be easily heard
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18 by the average listener at the beginning of the audio and at the end
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20 C. A candidate whose appearance, action, or speech is depicted,
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21 in whole or in part, through the use of generative artificial
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22 intelligence may seek injunctive or other equitable relief
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23 prohibiting the publication of such depiction or may bring an action
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24 for general or special damages against the person or entity in
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1 violation of subsection B of this section. The court may award a
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2 prevailing party court costs and reasonable attorney fees.
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3 D. The requirements of this section shall not apply to:
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4 1. A radio or television broadcasting station, including a
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5 cable or satellite television operator, programmer, or producer,
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6 that broadcasts media created in whole or in part with the use of
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7 generative artificial intelligence as part of a bona fide newscast,
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8 news interview, news documentary, or on-the-spot coverage of bona
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9 fide news events, if the broadcast clearly acknowledges through
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10 content or a disclosure, in a manner that can be easily heard or
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11 read by the average listener or viewer, that there are questions
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12 about the authenticity of such media;
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13 2. A radio or television broadcasting station, including a
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14 cable or satellite television operator, programmer, or producer,
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15 when it is paid to broadcast media created in whole or in part with
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16 the use of generative artificial intelligence and has made a good-
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17 faith effort to establish that the depiction is not created in whole
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18 or in part with the use of generative artificial intelligence;
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19 3. An internet website, or a regularly published newspaper,
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20 magazine, or other periodical of general circulation, including an
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21 internet or electronic publication, that routinely carries news and
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22 commentary of general interest, and that publishes media created in
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1 if the publication clearly states that such media does not
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2 accurately represent the speech or conduct of the candidate; or
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3 4. Media created in whole or in part with the use of generative
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4 artificial intelligence that constitutes satire or parody.
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5 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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