New York legislation · 2025-2026 General Assembly
New York A11646: Relates to political communication
Status: In committee, July 29, 2026
Provides that any person, firm, association, corporation, campaign, committee, or organization found guilty of knowingly disseminating or publishing media without the consent of the person depicted and who knew or should have known that it was materially deceptive shall forfeit to the state board of elections a sum not exceeding ten thousand dollars for each and every offense and three times the total amount spent on creating and promoting the materially deceptive media.
What the bill says
An act to amend the election law, in relation to political communication.
From the introduced text, July 29, 2026:
AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to political communication THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEMBLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Paragraph (b) of subdivision 5 of section 14-106 of the election law, as amended by chapter 169 of the laws of 2024, is amended to read as follows: (b) (i) A person, firm, association, corporation, campaign, committee, or organization [that distributes or publishes] SHALL NOT DISTRIBUTE any political communication that was produced by or includes materially deceptive media [and has actual knowledge that it is materially deceptive shall be required to disclose this use]. (ii) [(1) For visual media the disclosure shall be printed or typed in a legible font size easily readable by the average viewer that is no smaller than other text appearing in the visual media and in the same language used on the communication to read as follows: "This (image, video, or audio) has been manipulated". (2) For communication that is auditory, such as radio or automated telephone calls, clearly speaking the statement at the beginning of the audio, at the end of the audio, and, if the audio is greater than two minutes in length, interspersed within the audio at intervals of not greater than two minutes each and in the same language as …
Sponsors
- Sarahana Shrestha (D, 103) · primary sponsor
Latest actions
- : REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW
Subjects: Election Law
Common questions
- What is A11646?
- A11646 is a bill in the New York Legislature (2025-2026 General Assembly): Relates to political communication.
- What does A11646 do?
- In its own words: An act to amend the election law, in relation to political communication.
- What is the status of A11646?
- In committee as of July 29, 2026. Latest action: REFERRED TO ELECTION LAW (July 29, 2026).
- Who sponsored A11646?
- Sarahana Shrestha (D, 103).
- Where is the official record for A11646?
- On the New York Legislature website: https://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2025/A11646
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