---
type: "Bill"
title: "requiring a disclosure of deceptive artificial intelligence usage in political advertising."
description: "requiring a disclosure of deceptive artificial intelligence usage in political advertising."
jurisdiction: "us/states/nh"
legislature: "New Hampshire General Court"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1596"
citation: "New Hampshire HB 1596 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Angela Brennan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 29
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-12-15"
last_action: "2024-08-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7b86dc49-4b2a-4bd4-86f8-82938da090ec"
source_url: "https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/bill_status.aspx?lsr=2305&sy=2024&sortoption=&txtsessionyear=2024"
source_hash: "78774241faf8019a437d60d91dbda3ab1f0e1fa241350dcd3e65b5aec4cda2d9"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nh"]
---

# New Hampshire HB 1596 (2024) — requiring a disclosure of deceptive artificial intelligence usage in political advertising.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment #2024-1823s** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=2024-1823s&txtFormat=amend)
2. **latest version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/bill_status/legacy/bs2016/billText.aspx?sy=2024&id=1392&txtFormat=html)

## Votes

- Req CofC — **182–168** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Angela Brennan — primary (person)
- Cam E. Kenney — cosponsor (person)
- Dan McGuire — cosponsor (person)
- Donovan Fenton — cosponsor (person)
- Kat McGhee — cosponsor (person)
- Linda A. Massimilla — cosponsor (person)
- Ralph G. Boehm — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca G. Whitley — cosponsor (person)
- Rebecca Perkins Kwoka — cosponsor (person)
- Thomas H Cormen — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-12-15** Introduced 01/03/2024 and referred to Election Law HJ 1 P. 26 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Public Hearing: 02/06/2024 02:00 pm LOB 306-308
- **2024-02-14** ==CANCELLED== Public Hearing: 02/20/2024 01:50 pm LOB 306-308
- **2024-02-21** Full Committee Work Session: 02/27/2024 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-03-05** ==RECESSED== Executive Session: 03/11/2024 10:00 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-03-13** ==CONTINUED== Executive Session: 03/19/2024 10:30 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-03-20** Committee Report: Without Recommendation 03/18/2024 (Vote 10-10; RC) HC 12 P. 28
- **2024-03-28** Amendment # 2024-1209h: AA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 141
- **2024-03-28** FLAM # 2024-1363h (Rep. Brennan): AA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 142
- **2024-03-28** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1209h and 2024-1363h: MA VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 142 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-03-28** Reconsider OTPA (Rep. Berry): MF VV 03/28/2024 HJ 10 P. 142
- **2024-04-02** Introduced 03/21/2024 and Referred to Election Law and Municipal Affairs; SJ 8 `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2024-04-16** Hearing: 04/23/2024, Room 103, LOB, 10:00 am; SC 16
- **2024-05-09** Committee Report: Ought to Pass with Amendment #2024-1823s, 05/16/2024; Vote 5-0; CC; SC 19 `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-05-09** Committee Amendment # 2024-1823s, AA, VV; 05/15/2024; SJ 12
- **2024-05-09** Ought to Pass with Amendment 2024-1823s, MA, VV; OT3rdg; 05/15/2024; SJ 12 `committee-passage-favorable, passage`
- **2024-05-30** Sen. Gray Accedes to House Request for Committee of Conference, MA, VV; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-05-30** President Appoints: Senators Bradley, Carson, Soucy; 05/30/2024; SJ 16
- **2024-05-31** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1823s (Rep. S. Smith): MF DV 166-184 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 26
- **2024-05-31** House Non-Concurs with Senate Amendment 2024-1823s and Requests CofC (Rep. Sweeney): MA RC 182-168 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 26
- **2024-05-31** Speaker Appoints: Reps. S. Smith, Qualey, Lane, Brennan 05/30/2024 HJ 15 P. 28
- **2024-05-31** Conferee Change; Senators Gray, Abbas, Perkins Kwoka Replace Senators Bradley Carson and Soucy; SJ 17
- **2024-06-05** Conference Committee Meeting: 06/05/2024 11:15 am LOB 306-308
- **2024-06-06** Conference Committee Report Filed, # 2024-2267c; 06/13/2024
- **2024-06-12** Conference Committee Report # 2024-2267c, Adopted, VV; 06/13/2024; SJ 17
- **2024-06-13** Conference Committee Report 2024-2267c: Adopted, VV 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 31
- **2024-07-18** Enrolled Adopted, VV, (In recess 06/13/2024); SJ 18 `enrolled`
- **2024-07-23** Enrolled (in recess of) 06/13/2024 HJ 16 P. 56
- **2024-08-06** Signed by Governor Sununu 08/02/2024; Chapter 345; eff. 08/01/2024 HJ 16 `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7b86dc49-4b2a-4bd4-86f8-82938da090ec`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Hampshire legislature records).