---
type: "Bill"
title: "AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- DECEPTIVE AND FRAUDULENT SYNTHETIC MEDIA IN ELECTION COMMUNICATIONS"
description: "Creates the deceptive and fraudulent synthetic media in election communications chapter to regulate the use of synthetic media in elections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ri"
legislature: "Rhode Island General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 5872"
citation: "Rhode Island HB 5872 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: []
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baginski"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-28"
last_action: "2025-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23499316-ba93-4e65-b400-1a820ba3e990"
source_url: "https://status.rilegislature.gov/"
source_hash: "5f5f71f58b4e2b2ee14db5c83665851c93de7ee1bdeb294bf81ceb89cd42cec2"
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-ri"]
---

# Rhode Island HB 5872 (2025) — AN ACT RELATING TO ELECTIONS -- DECEPTIVE AND FRAUDULENT SYNTHETIC MEDIA IN ELECTION COMMUNICATIONS

Creates the deceptive and fraudulent synthetic media in election communications chapter to regulate the use of synthetic media in elections.

## Version chain

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

1. **5872 SUB A** (committee substitute) — [source](http://webserver.rilegislature.gov/BillText/BillText25/HouseText25/H5872A.pdf)

## Votes

- PASSAGE — **66–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baginski — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-28** 02/28/2025 Introduced, referred to House State Government & Elections `introduction, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-14** 03/14/2025 Scheduled for hearing and/or consideration (03/18/2025)
- **2025-03-18** 03/18/2025 Committee recommended measure be held for further study `committee-failure`
- **2025-03-28** 03/28/2025 Scheduled for consideration (04/03/2025)
- **2025-04-02** 04/02/2025 Proposed Substitute `substitution`
- **2025-04-03** 04/03/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-05-02** 05/02/2025 Placed on House Calendar (05/08/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-05-08** 05/08/2025 House passed Sub A `passage`
- **2025-05-23** 05/23/2025 Referred to Senate Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2025-06-16** 06/16/2025 Scheduled for consideration (06/18/2025)
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Committee recommends passage of Sub A in concurrence `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-06-18** 06/18/2025 Placed on Senate Calendar (06/20/2025) `reading-3`
- **2025-06-21** 06/21/2025 Senate passed Sub A in concurrence `passage`
- **2025-06-27** 06/27/2025 Transmitted to Governor `executive-receipt`
- **2025-07-02** 07/02/2025 Signed by Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23499316-ba93-4e65-b400-1a820ba3e990`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Rhode Island legislature records).