ASSEMBLY, No. 4729
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCED MARCH 10, 2026
Sponsored by:
Assemblyman ROBERT J. KARABINCHAK
District 18 (Middlesex)
Assemblywoman ELLEN J. PARK
District 37 (Bergen)
Assemblyman ALEXANDER "AVI" SCHNALL
District 30 (Monmouth and Ocean)
SYNOPSIS
Requires disclosure to be made when generative artificial intelligence is used to operate chatbots that provide election related information.
CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT
As introduced.
An Act concerning the use of artificial intelligence operated chatbots to provide election related information and supplementing Title 19 of the Revised Statutes.
Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey:
1. a. As used in this section:
"Artificial intelligence chatbot" means a software application, web interface, or computer program that simulates human conversation and interaction through textual or aural communications.
"Candidate" means an individual seeking nomination or election to a public office of the State or of a county, municipality, or school district at an election, except that the term shall not include an individual seeking party office.
"Election related information" means any information that affects a voter's ability to participate in an election or concerns the outcome of an election, including, but not limited to, election dates, voter eligibility, the voter registration process, use of mail-in ballots, ballot cure procedures, polling locations and hours, ballot canvassing, and the certification of election results.
"Generative artificial intelligence" means a technology system that: (1) is trained on data; (2) is designed to simulate human communication through one or more of the following: (a) text; (b) audio; or (c) visual communication; and (3) generates non-scripted outputs with limited or no human oversight.
b. Any artificial intelligence chatbot that utilizes generative artificial intelligence to create audio, video, text, or print content with the purpose of providing voters with election related information or information concerning the accomplishments, policy positions, or qualifications of a candidate for election in this State shall include, prior to the provision of any such content, a clear and conspicuous disclosure, as appropriate for the medium of the content, that identifies the content as being provided by a generative artificial intelligence system. Such disclosure shall be permanent or uneasily removed by subsequent users, to the extent technically feasible.
c. If the disclosure required pursuant to subsection b. of this section is not provided, the person or entity responsible for the oversight of the artificial intelligence chatbot shall, in addition to any other penalty provided by law, be liable to a penalty of not more than $6,000 for the first offense and not more than $12,000 for the second and each subsequent offense.
2. This act shall take
effect 30 days following the date of enactment.
STATEMENT
This bill requires that any artificial intelligence chatbot that utilizes generative artificial intelligence to create audio, video, text, or print content with the purpose providing voters with election related information or information concerning the accomplishments, policy positions, or qualifications of a candidate for election in this State must include, prior to the provision of any content related to the candidate, a clear and conspicuous disclosure that identifies the content as being provided by a generative artificial intelligence system. Such disclosure must be permanent or uneasily removed by subsequent users, to the extent technically feasible.
As used in this bill, "election related information" means any information that affects a voter's ability to participate in an election or concerns the outcome of an election, including, but not limited to, election dates, voter eligibility, the voter registration process, use of mail-in ballots, ballot cure procedures, polling locations and hours, ballot canvassing, and the certification of election results.
If the disclosure required pursuant to this bill is not provided, the person or entity responsible for the oversight of the artificial intelligence chatbot will be liable to a penalty of not more than $6,000 for the first offense and not more than $12,000 for the second and each subsequent offense.