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An Act enhancing disclosure requirements for synthetic media in political advertising

Filed by Bradley H. Jones, Jr.  ·  4 cosponsors  ·  194th General Court  ·  the legislature's own page

H846  ·  Bill  ·  docket HD3373

10 actions

In the order the legislature recorded them.

DateBranchAction
2025-02-27HouseReferred to the committee on Election Laws
2025-02-27SenateSenate concurred
2025-06-27JointHearing scheduled for 07/08/2025 from 01:00 PM-04:00 PM in B-1
2025-09-02HouseBill reported favorably by committee and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2026-02-11HouseCommittee recommended bill ought to pass and referred to the committee on House Ways and Means
2026-02-11HouseCommittee recommended ought to pass with an amendment, substituting therefor a bill with the same title, see H5094
2026-02-11HouseReferred to the committee on House Steering, Policy and Scheduling with the amendment pending
2026-02-11HouseCommittee reported that the matter be placed in the Orders of the Day for the next sitting for a second reading with the amendment pending
2026-02-11HouseRead second, amended (as recommended by the committee on House Ways and Means)
2026-02-11HouseNew draft substituted, see H5094

1 amendments filed

1 adopted

No.TitleMoved byOutcome
House 1An Act enhancing disclosure requirements for synthetic media in political advertisingHouse Committee on Ways and MeansAdopted

2 committee votes

Election Laws (J)  ·  2025-08-13 15:40  ·  Poll/Vote

favorable · 9

reserve right · 2

Ways and Means (H)  ·  2026-02-10 10:45  ·  H.846“An Act enhancing disclosure requirements for synthetic media in political advertising” as amended

favorable · 31

no action · 4

Positions are the four the committee itself records. Reserving a right is not an abstention and no action is not an absence.

Public hearing

House Rule 27 counts its reporting deadline from the day a bill is heard.

DateCommitteeWhereStatus
2025-07-08Election Laws (J)B-1, 24 Beacon Street, BostonCompleted

Committee actions

ActionCommittee
FavorableElection Laws (J)
Favorable with AmendmentWays and Means (H)
Place in ODSteering, Policy and Scheduling (H)

Cosponsors

In the order filed.

Every action here is as the legislature published it. A bill that drew no recorded vote is the ordinary case: the House records roughly 150 a year.