34 jurisdictions now regulate deepfakes and synthetic media

34 jurisdictions in our tracker have at least one instrument on **deepfakes and synthetic media** — 82 distinct instruments in total, of which 18 are already enacted across 12 jurisdictions. The rest are still moving.

### Already enacted - **Louisiana HB 459** — ELECTIONS/CANDIDATES: Provides relative to the use of artificial intelligence in political campaigns ([source](https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB459/)) - **Louisiana SB 346** — SCHOOLS: Prohibits the use of deepfake material against students enrolled in K-12. (8/1/26) ([source](https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB346/)) - **Louisiana HB 639** — ELECTIONS/CAMPAIGNS: Requires disclosure of the use of artificial intelligence in telephone campaign communications ([source](https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/HB639/)) - **Louisiana SB 347** — COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES: Provides for the crime of "unlawful deepfake" to be added to the definition of power-based vio… ([source](https://openstates.org/la/bills/2026/SB347/)) - **Maryland SB 141** — Election Law - Election Misinformation, Election Disinformation, and Deepfakes ([source](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0141?ys=2026RS)) - **Maryland SB 8** — Criminal Law - Identity Fraud - Artificial Intelligence and Deepfake Representations ([source](https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/sb0008?ys=2026RS)) - **Tennessee SB 1624** — Election Laws - As enacted, requires political advertisements to include a disclaimer if the advertisements include d… ([source](https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1624&ga=114)) - **Tennessee HB 1513** — Election Laws - As enacted, requires political advertisements to include a disclaimer if the advertisements include d… ([source](https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1513&ga=114)) - **Idaho H 727** — SEX CRIMES – Amends existing law to revise a provision regarding video voyeurism and to revise a penalty for disclosi… ([source](https://openstates.org/id/bills/2026/H727/)) - **Vermont S 23** — An act relating to the use of synthetic media in elections ([source](https://openstates.org/vt/bills/2025-2026/S23/)) - **California AB 621** — Deepfake pornography. ([source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=202520260AB621)) - **Montana SB 25** — Revise election laws regarding disclosure requirements for the use of AI in elections ([source](https://openstates.org/mt/bills/2025/SB25/))

…and 6 more enacted instruments in the tracker.

### Every jurisdiction with something on the books New Jersey (10) · Maryland (8) · Iowa (7) · Louisiana (4) · Missouri (4) · United States (Federal) (4) · Massachusetts (3) · New Hampshire (3) · New York (3) · Tennessee (3) · Virginia (3) · Alaska (2) · Arkansas (2) · Connecticut (2) · Hawaii (2) · +19 more

### How this count is built Counted from the ALT AI-law corpus on 2026-08-09: records classified AI-specific or AI-relevant, not marked duplicates, whose own title or summary matches this topic, and which deep-link to an official source. **"Enacted" means the tracker records the instrument as signed or in force — a signed act may still carry a later effective date, so do not read this as "already binding on you today."** Topic matching is by subject-matter keyword over the instrument's own text, so this is a coverage floor, not a legal opinion about what any instrument requires.