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Local law · Int 0012-2026

Requiring disclosure of digitally manipulated content in local elections

New York City Council

Latest action Jun 22, 2026

Sponsor: Julie Menin (Council Member, District 5, Democratic)

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A Local Law to amend the New York city charter and the administrative code of the city of New York, in relation to requiring disclosure of digitally manipulated content in local elections

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From the NYC Council's legislative record (Legistar) and official rosters. This record was last updated Aug 1, 2026. About our data

Summary

This bill would require disclosure to the Campaign Finance Board when candidates for local elected office or entities making local-election-related independent expenditures create political materials or advertisements when those materials use synthetically generated (i.e. created or modified using AI) content. The person or entity making these political materials must not remove provenance data, a kind of metadata describing the type of generative tool used to create the materials and when such materials were made, from those materials. Once those materials are made, that provenance data or a description of the origins of the materials must be disclosed to the Campaign Finance Board, which must publish that information online. A person failing to disclose this information may be subjected to a civil penalty of up to $10,000 for each violation.

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Where it stands

Assigned to a committee for review.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Up for a vote
  4. Passed one chamber
  5. Passed
  6. Enacted

Committee

Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

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Cosponsors

13

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  • Democratic11
  • Republican1

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Full history

  1. Jun 22, 2026

    Amended

    This Introduction was Amended by Committee

    Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

  2. Jun 22, 2026

    This Introduction Was Amendment Proposed by Comm

    This Introduction was Amendment Proposed by Comm

    Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

  3. Jun 22, 2026

    Hearing held

    This Introduction was Hearing Held by Committee

    Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

  4. Jun 22, 2026

    Held over

    This Introduction was Laid Over by Committee

    Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

  5. Jan 29, 2026

    Introduced

    This Introduction was Introduced by Council

    NYC Council

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  1. Jan 29, 2026

    Referred to committee

    This Introduction was Referred to Comm by Council to the Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

    NYC Council

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