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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 894 By: Coleman
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6 AS INTRODUCED
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7 An Act relating to artificial intelligence; defining
7 terms; prohibiting distribution of certain media
8 within certain time period; requiring certain
8 disclosures; establishing requirements for certain
9 disclosures; authorizing action for certain relief or
9 award of damages; authorizing award for certain costs
10 and fees; establishing certain civil penalties;
10 providing exceptions to applicability of provisions;
11 providing for codification; and providing an
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14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
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15 SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
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16 in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 401 of Title 75A, unless there
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17 is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
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18 A. For purposes of this section:
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19 1. "Artificial intelligence" means a machine-based system that
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20 can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions,
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21 recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual
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22 environments;
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1 2. "Deepfake" means synthetic media that depicts a candidate or
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2 political party with the intent to tarnish the reputation of the
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3 candidate or political party or to deceive in a way that:
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4 a. to a reasonable person, appears to depict a real
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5 individual saying or doing something that did not
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6 occur, or
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7 b. provides a fundamentally different understanding or
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8 impression of the appearance, action, or speech that a
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9 reasonable person would otherwise perceive from the
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10 original and unaltered version of the image, audio, or
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11 video; and
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12 3. "Synthetic media" means an image, audio recording, or video
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13 recording of an individual's appearance, speech, or conduct that has
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14 been created or intentionally manipulated with the use of generative
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15 adversarial network (GAN) techniques or other digital technology in
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16 a manner that creates a realistic but false image, audio recording,
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17 or video.
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18 B. Except as provided in subsection C of this section, a
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19 person, corporation, committee, or other entity shall not, within
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20 ninety (90) days of an election at which a candidate for elective
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21 office will appear on the ballot, create or originally distribute
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22 synthetic media that the person, corporation, committee, or other
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23 entity has actual knowledge is a deepfake of a candidate or
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24 political party on the state or local ballot.
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1 C. 1. The prohibition in subsection B of this section shall
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2 not apply if the audio or visual media includes a disclosure
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3 stating: "This ___________ (image, audio, or video) has been
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4 manipulated or generated by artificial intelligence."
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5 2. For visual media, the text of the disclosure shall appear in
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6 a size that is easily readable by the average viewer and no smaller
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7 than the largest font size of other text appearing in the visual
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8 media. If the visual media does not include any other text, the
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9 disclosure shall appear in a size that is easily readable by the
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10 average viewer. For visual media that is video, the disclosure
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11 shall appear for the duration of the video.
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12 3. If the media consists of audio only, the disclosure shall be
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13 read in a clearly spoken manner and in a pitch that can be easily
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14 heard by the average listener, at the beginning of the audio, at the
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15 end of the audio, and, if the audio is greater than two (2) minutes
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16 in length, interspersed within the audio at intervals of not greater
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17 than two (2) minutes each.
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18 D. 1. A candidate whose appearance, action, or speech is
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19 depicted through the use of a deepfake may seek injunctive or other
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20 equitable relief prohibiting the publication of such deepfake, or
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21 may bring an action for general or special damages against the
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22 person or entity in violation of subsection B of this section. The
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23 court may award a prevailing party court costs and reasonable
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24 attorney fees.
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1 2. A person or entity may also be held liable for a violation
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2 pursuant to subsection B of this section by the State Election Board
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3 for civil penalties as follows:
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4 a. a fine not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00)
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5 if the violation was committed within five (5) years
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6 of one or more prior convictions pursuant to this
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7 section,
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8 b. a fine not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00)
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9 if the violation was committed with the intent to
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10 cause violence or bodily harm, or
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11 c. a fine not to exceed One Thousand Dollars ($1,000.00)
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12 in any other case.
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13 E. The requirements of this section shall not apply to:
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14 1. A radio or television broadcasting station, including a
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15 cable or satellite television operator, programmer, or producer,
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16 that broadcasts a deepfake prohibited by this section as part of a
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17 bona fide newscast, news interview, news documentary, or on-the-spot
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18 coverage of bona fide news events, if the broadcast clearly
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19 acknowledges through content or a disclosure, in a manner that can
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20 be easily heard or read by the average listener or viewer, that
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21 there are questions about the authenticity of the materially
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22 deceptive audio or visual media;
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23 2. A radio or television broadcasting station, including a
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1 an internet website or streaming service, or a regularly published
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2 newspaper, magazine, or other periodical of general circulation,
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3 including an internet or electronic publication, when it is paid to
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4 broadcast or otherwise distribute a deepfake;
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5 3. A radio or television broadcasting station, including a
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6 cable or satellite television operator, programmer, or producer in
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7 cases where federal law requires broadcasters to air advertisements
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8 or other messages from legally qualified candidates;
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9 4. An internet website, streaming service, or a regularly
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10 published newspaper, magazine, or other periodical of general
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11 circulation, including an internet or electronic publication, that
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12 routinely carries news and commentary of general interest, and that
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13 publishes materially deceptive audio or visual media prohibited by
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14 this section, if the publication clearly acknowledges through
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15 context or a disclosure that there are questions about the
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16 authenticity of the materially deceptive audio or visual media; or
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17 5. Materially deceptive audio or visual media that constitutes
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18 satire or parody.
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19 SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.
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