republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1133.md

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Bill	Use of digitally altered media in elections.	Defines "fabricated media" as any of the following: (1) An audio or visual recording of an individual's speech, appearance, or conduct that has been altered without the individual's consent such that: (A) the media conveys a materially inaccurate depiction of the individual's speech, appearance, or conduct as recorded in the unaltered recording; and (B) a reasonable person would be unable to recognize that the recording has been altered. (2) An artificially generated audio or visual imitation of an individual that: (A) has been created without the individual's consent; (B) is sufficiently lifelike that a reasonable person would be unable to distinguish the speech or appearance of the imitation from the speech or appearance of the individual; and (C) is used to convey a fictional depiction of the individual's speech, appearance, or conduct. (3) Audio or visual media depicting the speech, appearance, or conduct of an artificially generated person, the appearance or speech of which is not a recognizable imitation of an identifiable individual. Requires certain election campaign communications that contain fabricated media to include a disclaimer. Allows a candidate depicted in fabricated media that does not include a required disclaimer to bring a civil action against specified persons.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	HB 1133	Indiana HB 1133 (2024)	bill	CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally ELECTIONS; Campaign Activities (Including Advertisements Contributions Expenditures and Reporting) ELECTIONS; Candidates ELECTIONS; Generally TECHNOLOGY; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics TECHNOLOGY; Communication (Including Internet Phone Lines Print Media Radio and Television)	enacted	Dan Dernulc Julie Olthoff Spencer Deery	6	25	3	2024-01-08	2024-03-12	openstates	ocd-bill/0b633340-77bd-43bb-828b-4afdc1a035a6	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1133	a4309e4f7e21fcedf2b55372274eede18d776899fd13787317b6fdf96e1f0012	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1133 (2024) — Use of digitally altered media in elections.

Defines "fabricated media" as any of the following: (1) An audio or visual recording of an individual's speech, appearance, or conduct that has been altered without the individual's consent such that: (A) the media conveys a materially inaccurate depiction of the individual's speech, appearance, or conduct as recorded in the unaltered recording; and (B) a reasonable person would be unable to recognize that the recording has been altered. (2) An artificially generated audio or visual imitation of an individual that: (A) has been created without the individual's consent; (B) is sufficiently lifelike that a reasonable person would be unable to distinguish the speech or appearance of the imitation from the speech or appearance of the individual; and (C) is used to convey a fictional depiction of the individual's speech, appearance, or conduct. (3) Audio or visual media depicting the speech, appearance, or conduct of an artificially generated person, the appearance or speech of which is not a recognizable imitation of an identifiable individual. Requires certain election campaign communications that contain fabricated media to include a disclaimer. Allows a candidate depicted in fabricated media that does not include a required disclaimer to bring a civil action against specified persons.

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. Engrossed House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
5. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
6. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1133 - Deery - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1133 - Olthoff — 93–2 (pass) · lower
• HB 1133 - Olthoff - 3rd Reading — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dan Dernulc — primary (person)
• Julie Olthoff — primary (person)
• Spencer Deery — primary (person)
• David Abbott — coauthor (person)
• Kyle Miller — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Timothy Wesco — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Coauthored by Representative Abbott
• 2024-01-08 Authored by Representative Olthoff
• 2024-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections and Apportionment reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-01-22 Representatives Miller K and added as coauthors
• 2024-01-23 Amendment #1 (Olthoff) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-01-23 Representative Wesco added as coauthor
• 2024-01-23 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 49: yeas 98, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-01-26 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2024-01-25 Senate sponsors: Senators Deery and Dernulc
• 2024-02-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Elections reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-26 Amendment #1 (Deery) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-02-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 207: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-28 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2024-03-05 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 276: yeas 93, nays 2
• 2024-03-05 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2024-03-07 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-12 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-12 Public Law 81 became-law
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President of the Senate passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0b633340-77bd-43bb-828b-4afdc1a035a6. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).