Maryland legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Maryland SB141: Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes
Status: Signed into law, May 12, 2026
Requiring and authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation, including a deepfake, has been or is being communicated, disseminated, or distributed; requiring the Administrator to publicly communicate correct information; prohibiting a person from knowingly or with reckless disregard creating, using, or disseminating a deepfake to produce materially false information; etc.
What the bill says
An act concerning Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes FOR the purpose of requiring and authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation has been or is being communicated, disseminated, or distributed; authorizing the State Board of Elections to file a certain civil action related to election misinformation or election disinformation…
From the enrolled text, May 18, 2026:
AN ACT concerning Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes FOR the purpose of requiring and authorizing the State Administrator of Elections to take certain actions if the State Administrator receives a credible report that election misinformation or election disinformation has been or is being communicated, disseminated, or distributed; authorizing the State Board of Elections to file a certain civil action related to election misinformation or election disinformation; prohibiting a person, under certain circumstances, from knowingly or with reckless disregard, creating, using, or disseminating a deepfake to produce materially false information; and generally relating to election misinformation, election disinformation, and deepfakes. BY repealing and reenacting, with amendments, Article - Election Law Section 2-110 Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) BY adding to Article - Election Law Section 16-905 Annotated Code of Maryland (2022 Replacement Volume and 2025 Supplement) SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows: Article - Election Law 2-110. (a) (1) In this section the following words have the meanings indicated. (2) "Election disinformation" means incorrect or misleading information regarding the time, place, or manner of an election, election results, or voting rights in the State that is knowingly and deliberately disseminated. (3) "Election misinformation" means incorrect or misleading information regarding …