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Jason Zachary

Tennessee state representative for District 14 and Deputy Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives.

This act is known and may be cited as the "Transparency for Deepfakes in Political Advertising Act." [...] Such communication, when in audio form, if considered a deepfake [...] impersonating a candidate for elected office engaging in speech in which the candidate did not in fact engage, shall clearly state at the beginning and at the end of the communication: This communication contains fake content impersonating speech that did not occur.

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HOUSE BILL 1513, by Zachary. The bill is titled the "Transparency for Deepfakes in Political Advertising Act." It requires an audio deepfake impersonating a candidate to display, at its beginning and end: "This communication contains fake content impersonating speech that did not occur."

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AI Verified The bill’s quoted provision requires clear disclosures for audio and video electoral deepfakes; Tennessee law defines those deepfakes as AI-generated or AI-manipulated media. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified The verified bill text mandates disclosures for AI-defined electoral deepfakes; for is correct. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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AI Verified The official Tennessee bill PDF identifies House Bill 1513 as ‘By Zachary’ and contains the quoted statutory text. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 20d ago

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