WV HB 4496
died on adjournmentTo force any media/internet creator providing artificial intelligence created videos to have an identifying marker that allows viewers to know that the video is not real.
West Virginia · 2026 Regular Session · lower
- Introduced
- 2026-01-19
- Status date
- —
- Latest action
- 2026-01-19 — To House Judiciary
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Flaniganprimary
- Roopcosponsor
- Funkhousercosponsor
- Maynorcosponsor
- Akerscosponsor
- Hornbycosponsor
- Mallowcosponsor
- Williscosponsor
- Martincosponsor
- Brookscosponsor
- Butlercosponsor
Committees
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Action timeline
2026-01-19
Filed for introduction
filing
2026-01-19
To Judiciary
referral-committee
2026-01-19
Introduced in House
introduction
2026-01-19
To House Judiciary
referral-committee
Versions
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Documents
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- text/html
Votes
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Related bills
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