In one paragraph
Alaska's SB 2 (2025-26) would have required a disclosure statement on election-related communications that include a deepfake, set rules for state agency use of generative AI in consequential decisions (inventory, impact assessments, notice, consent, appeal, and bans on some uses), and addressed transfers of data about individuals between state agencies. It was heard and held in Senate State Affairs on April 29, 2025 and died May 20, 2026.
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What it means for business
None: the bill died and never became law. It would have required a disclosure statement on election communications with deepfakes and limited state AI contracts to vendors meeting NIST SP 800-53.
Key provisions
- Would bar making, or hiring another to make, an election-related communication that the person knows or reasonably should know includes a deepfake of a candidate or proposition without the statement "This communication has been manipulated or generated by artificial intelligence or by another means." (AS 15.80.009(a))
- Would make a violator liable to a candidate or proposition group for damages, full reasonable attorney fees and costs, and allow injunctive relief; satire, parody, certain news broadcasts and paid broadcasts of another person's communication would be exempt
- Would require the department to inventory, every two years, state agency systems that use generative AI for consequential decisions, and publish the inventory (AS 44.99.700)
- Would require an agency head to conduct an impact assessment of such a system at least every two years (AS 44.99.710)
- Would require agencies using generative AI for consequential decisions to notify affected individuals, get consent before acquiring sensitive personal data, provide an appeal with manual human review, and tell prospective employees about AI video interviews and get consent (AS 44.99.720(a))
- Would bar agencies from using AI for consequential decisions that involves biometric identification, emotion recognition, cognitive behavioral manipulation or social scoring, or data hosted in a designated foreign adversary country
- Would allow agency contracts for such systems only with persons that have implemented NIST Special Publication 800-53, Revision 5 security and privacy controls
- Heard and held in Senate State Affairs April 29, 2025 (referred also to Judiciary); the captured text is cut off before the data-transfer provisions; died when the session ended May 20, 2026
Latest legislative action
Apr 29, 2025. (S) Minutes (SSTA); died when the 34th Alaska Legislature's 2026 session ended May 20, 2026
Sponsors (showing 5 of 9)
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| DUNLEAVY | Primary |
| GRAY-JACKSON | Primary |
| Shower | Primary |
| STEVENS | Primary |
| Begich | Cosponsor |
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