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Louisiana|HB639

Requires disclosure of the use of artificial intelligence in campaign materials and telephone communications

Chamber 2

Summary

This Louisiana bill requires that the use of artificial intelligence in campaign materials and telephone communications be clearly disclosed to the public. The requirement applies to political campaigns and those creating or distributing AI-generated campaign content or calls. The bill aims to increase transparency by ensuring voters are informed when artificial intelligence has been used in political messaging they encounter.

Sponsor

RMichael Bayham

Last action

Read by title, roll called, yeas 90, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

May 20, 2026

Topics

Consumer ProtectionDeepfakes & Synthetic MediaTransparency & Disclosure

Legislative history

May 20, 2026H

Read by title, roll called, yeas 90, nays 0, Senate amendments concurred in.

May 19, 2026H

Scheduled for concurrence on 05/20/2026.

May 13, 2026H

Received from the Senate with amendments.

May 12, 2026S

Rules suspended. Senate floor amendments read and adopted. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

May 4, 2026S

Reported with Legislative Bureau amendments which were read and adopted. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

Apr 29, 2026S

Committee amendments read and adopted. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

Apr 28, 2026S

Reported with amendments.

Apr 20, 2026S

Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Senate and Governmental Affairs.

Apr 15, 2026S

Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

Apr 14, 2026H

Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 85, nays 11. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

Apr 13, 2026H

Scheduled for floor debate on 04/14/2026.

Apr 9, 2026H

Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

Apr 8, 2026H

Reported with amendments (10-0).

Mar 9, 2026H

Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

Feb 27, 2026H

Prefiled.

Feb 27, 2026H

Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on House and Governmental Affairs.

Feb 27, 2026H

First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.