[§11-303] Distribution of materially deceptive media; prohibited; penalties. (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c), no person shall recklessly distribute, or enter into an agreement with another person to distribute, between the first working day of February in every even-numbered year through the next general election, materially deceptive media in reckless disregard of the risk of harming the reputation or electoral prospects of a candidate in an election or changing the voting behavior of voters in an election.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply to:
(c) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the media includes a disclaimer informing the viewer that the media has been manipulated by technical means and depicts appearance, speech, or conduct that did not occur; provided that:
(d) Unless otherwise specified in this section, a person who violates this section shall be guilty of a petty misdemeanor.
(e) A person who violates this section within five years of a previous conviction for a violation of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
(f) A person who violates this section with the intent to cause violence or bodily harm shall be guilty of a class C felony.
(g) The commission may assess a fine for a violation of this section or refer a violation of this section for criminal prosecution under subpart I.
(h) For the purposes of this section:
"Artificial intelligence" means a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments, and that uses machine and human-based inputs to:
"Cloud service provider" means a third-party company that provides scalable computing resources that businesses can access on demand over a network, including cloud-based computing, storage, platform, and application services.
"Direct-to-home satellite provider" has the same meaning as defined in title 47 United States Code section 303(v).
"Distribute" means to convey information by any means.
"Interactive computer service" has the same meaning as defined in title 47 United States Code section 230(f)(2).
"Materially deceptive media" means any information, including any video, image, or audio, that: