Passed 1st Reading
Summary
The bill makes it illegal for any candidate, campaign, party or political committee to use artificial intelligence in political advertising, imposing fines and donation bans for violators. It also gives local school boards authority to restrict student access to AI tools and requires new middle‑school courses on critical thinking, civics and basic computer science. The goal is to protect elections from deceptive AI content and to prepare students for a technology‑driven society.
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