101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
SB3171

 

Introduced 2/11/2020, by Sen. Steve Stadelman

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
10 ILCS 5/29-21 new

    Amends the Election Code. Provides that a person commits a Class A misdemeanor if the person, with intent to injure a candidate or influence the result of an election, creates a deep fake video (a video created with the intent to deceive that appears to depict a real person performing an action that did not occur in reality) and causes the deep fake video to be published or distributed within 30 days of an election.


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CORRECTIONAL BUDGET AND IMPACT NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning elections.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Election Code is amended by adding Section
529-21 as follows:
 
6    (10 ILCS 5/29-21 new)
7    Sec. 29-21. Deep fake videos.
8    (a) As used in this Section, "deep fake video" means a
9video created, with the intent to deceive, that appears to
10depict a real person performing an action that did not occur in
11reality.
12    (b) A person commits a Class A misdemeanor if the person,
13with intent to injure a candidate or influence the result of an
14election:
15        (1) creates a deep fake video; and
16        (2) causes the deep fake video to be published or
17    distributed within 30 days of an election.