2026 Regular Session
HB145
Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes
Earlier-session bill · introduced 2025
Requiring and authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation, including a deepfake, has been or is being communicated, disseminated, or distributed; requiring the Administrator to communicate accurate information to the public; and prohibiting a person, under certain circumstances, from knowingly or with reckless disregard using or disseminating a deepfake to produce materially false information.
Legislative progress
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Recorded floor votes
2 roll calls are available for this bill. This record includes procedural and intermediate action as well as substantive final votes.
April 9, 2026 · House
Floor Amendment 213325/1 (Delegate Arikan) Rejected
Failed
39 yea–90 nay · 7 not voting · 5 absent
April 10, 2026 · House
Third Reading Passed
Passed ⭐ Substantive final action
95 yea–36 nay · 5 not voting · 5 absent
Committee referrals
April 10, 2026 · Senate
Rules
January 14, 2026 · House
Government, Labor, and Elections
Instrument history
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This is the complete recorded action history in the current source package. Highlighted entries are marked as significant by the source. A roll-call link appears only when a vote-like action has one unambiguous same-day chamber vote.
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Senate Referred Rules
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House Third Reading Passed (95-36) View roll call
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House Second Reading Passed with Amendments View roll call
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House Floor Amendment {213325/1 (Delegate Arikan) Rejected (39-90)
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House Motion Special Order until Next Session (Delegate M. Morgan) Adopted View roll call
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House Favorable with Amendments {503523/1 Adopted View roll call
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House Favorable with Amendments Report by Government, Labor, and Elections
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House Hearing 2/04 at 2:00 p.m.
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House First Reading Government, Labor, and Elections
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House Pre-filed