New Jersey legislation · 2026-2027 Regular Session
New Jersey A3058: Deep Fake Technology Unit-establish in DLPS; appropriates $2M
Status: Introduced, October 19, 2026
Establishes Deepfake Technology Unit in DLPS. *
What the bill says
An Act establishing the Deepfake Technology Unit 1[,] [ADDED: and] 1 supplementing Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes 1[, and making an appropriation]1.
From the amended text, October 19, 2026:
An Act establishing the Deepfake Technology Unit 1[,] [ADDED: and] 1 supplementing Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes 1[, and making an appropriation]1. Be It Enacted by the Senate and General Assembly of the State of New Jersey: 1. a. As used in P.L. , c. (C. ) (pending before the Legislature as this bill), deceptive audio or visual media or deepfake means any video recording, motion picture film, sound recording, electronic image, photograph, any technological representation of speech or conduct substantially derivative thereof, or any forgery or facsimile of a document or writing, that appears to a reasonable person to realistically depict any speech, conduct, or writing of a person who did not in fact engage in the speech, conduct, or writing and the production of which was substantially dependent upon technical means, rather than the ability of another person to physically or verbally impersonate the person. b. The Attorney General, in consultation with the Chief Technology Officer of the New Jersey Office of Information Technology in the Department of the Treasury, shall establish in the Division of Criminal Justice in the Department of Law and Public Safety1[,]1 a unit, to be known as the Deepfake Technology Unit, to assist in the detection and prevention of deceptive audio or visual media. The purpose of this 1[office] [ADDED: unit] …
Sponsors
- Chris Tully (D, 38) · primary sponsor
- Louis D. Greenwald (D, 6) · primary sponsor
- Ellen J. Park (D, 37) · primary sponsor
- Carol A. Murphy (D, 7)
- Joe Danielsen (D, 17)
- Robert J. Karabinchak (D, 18)
- Shanique Speight (D, 29)
- Lisa Swain (D, 38)
- Yvonne Lopez (D, 19)
- Clinton Calabrese (D, 36)
Latest actions
- : REP/ACA 2RA
- : INT 1RA REF APS
Votes
- Assembly Public Safety and Preparedness Committee: Reported with committee amendments (Aca) (October 19, 2026): 6 yea, 1 nay, passed
Subjects: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, PUBLIC SAFETY
Common questions
- What is A3058?
- A3058 is a bill in the New Jersey Legislature (2026-2027 Regular Session): Deep Fake Technology Unit-establish in DLPS; appropriates $2M.
- What does A3058 do?
- In its own words: An Act establishing the Deepfake Technology Unit 1[,] [ADDED: and] 1 supplementing Title 2C of the New Jersey Statutes 1[, and making an appropriation]1.
- What is the status of A3058?
- Introduced as of October 19, 2026. Latest action: REP/ACA 2RA (October 19, 2026).
- Who sponsored A3058?
- Chris Tully (D, 38), with 9 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for A3058?
- On the New Jersey Legislature website: https://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill-search/2026/A3058
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