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HB 630 · 2025 · House · Election Law Committee

Ban on political deepfakes

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preventing the dissemination of deepfake materials of political candidates before an election.

Prohibits the dissemination of deepfake materials depicting political candidates in the period before an election.AI-generated

Status

Killed in the House — Inexpedient to Legislate · March 20, 2025
  1. ✓Introduced
  2. ✕House
  3. Senate
  4. Governor
  5. Law

Analysis

This bill prevents the dissemination of deepfake materials of political candidates before an election.

From the bill's official ANALYSIS section.

In the bill's words

Quoted verbatim from the bill as introduced. Passages chosen from the operative text.Computed by this site

“"Synthetic media" means an image, an audio recording, or a video recording of an individual's appearance, speech, or conduct that has been created or intentionally manipulated with the use of generative adversarial network techniques or other digital technology in a manner to create a realistic but false image, audio, or video.”
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“AI systems may adapt their behavior to a certain degree by analyzing the effects of previous actions and operating under varying and unpredictable circumstances without significant human oversight.”
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“"Deepfake" means a video, audio, or any other media of a person in which his or her face, body, or voice has been digitally altered so that he or she appears to be someone else, he or she appears to be saying something that he or she has never said, or he or she appears to be doing something that he or she has never done.”
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““Synthetic media technology” means any digital technology that can be used to produce synthetic media, including artificial intelligence or generative AI.”
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Official record

Bill page — docket & status

gc.nh.gov · the authoritative source

Sponsors

Rep. Thomas CormenDPrimeDeputy Ranking Member· Science, Technology, and Energy
  • Rep. Connie LaneDRanking Member· Election Law
  • Rep. Kat McGheeDRanking Member· Science, Technology, and Energy
  • Rep. Dan McGuireRVice Chair· Finance

Also: Rep. Zoe ManosD, Rep. Chris MunsD, Rep. David PreeceD

Public testimony

42 signed in online · 7 wrote testimony

98% support2% oppose0% neutral

In their wordsVerbatim, exactly as submitted

“Testimony of Rep. Kat McGhee, Ranking Member, House Science, Tech & Energy 1/28/25 I’m Rep. Kat McGhee, Hillsborough 35, Hollis We’re here today to talk about a bill that asks us to help voters with deception versus honesty.…”
— Kathy McGhee, Hollissupports
“I think one of the most lasting ways to bring down the cost of living is to prevent corrupt officials from holding office. Since deepfakes are one of the ways corrupt officials snag a spot in our government, it makes sense to me to have a penalty for that behavior.”
— Amelia Thompson, Newmarketsupports
“I am opposed to bill HB476 that would further restrict abortion, reproductive healthcare, in New Hampshire.…”
— Joan Tulk, NOTTINGHAMsupports

Verbatim excerpts of submitted testimony, quoted from the testimony tool.

Read the testimony · as of Aug 12, 2026

Votes

yeanay
Starting text: Bill as introduced
  • Feb 4, 2025HouseCommittee report· regular calendar: Inexpedient to Legislate10–7
    Overall
    59% yea
  • Mar 20, 2025HouseRoll callInexpedient to LegislateAdopted201–169How they voted
    Overall
    54% yea
    Party-line vote
    Republicans
    200–697% yea
    Democrats
    1–1631% yea

Hearings and debates

  • Jan 28, 2025Public hearingHouse Election Law3:11:38–3:16:455m 7slocated in the stream transcriptPublic Hearing
  • Feb 4, 2025Public hearingHouse Election Law3:55:56–3:59:023m 6slocated in the stream transcriptMajority Committee Report: Inexpedient to Legislate — roll call; Executive Session
  • Mar 20, 2025Floor debateHouse floor4:04:08–4:11:577m 49slocated in the stream transcriptInexpedient to Legislate — adopted, roll call 201-169

Timestamps locate where this bill is taken up in the chamber's YouTube stream.

Legislative history

  1. Jan 9, 2025HouseIntroduced (in recess of) 01/09/2025 and referred to Election Law HJ 3 P. 19
  2. Jan 28, 2025HousePublic Hearing: 01/28/2025 01:00 pm LOB 306-308
  3. Feb 4, 2025HouseExecutive Session: 02/04/2025 10:10 am LOB 306-308
  4. Feb 4, 2025HouseMajority : Inexpedient to Legislate 02/04/2025 (Vote 10-7; RC)
  5. Feb 6, 2025HouseMinority : Ought to Pass
  6. Mar 20, 2025HouseInexpedient to Legislate: MA RC 201-169 03/20/2025 HJ 9 P. 45

Coverage

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Documents (PDF)

Bill text & amendments link direct to gc.nh.gov; committee reports stream from the state record.