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Arkansas · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1041: TO PROHIBIT DECEPTIVE AND FRAUDULENT DEEPFAKES IN ELECTION COMMUNICATIONS.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1041 is a bill introduced in the Arkansas House on November 20, 2024. According to its official title, it concerns: TO PROHIBIT DECEPTIVE AND FRAUDULENT DEEPFAKES IN ELECTION COMMUNICATIONS. Primary sponsor: Josh Bryant (Republican), Scott Richardson (Republican). It lists 2 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 5, 2025): Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2 · Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Josh BryantPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate32
Scott RichardsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Andrew CollinsCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse73
Clarke TuckerCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate14

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Died in House Committee at Sine Die adjournment.
  2. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  3. Amendment No. 3 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
  4. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
  5. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  6. Amendment No. 2 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
  7. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
  8. REPORTED CORRECTLY ENGROSSED
  9. Amendment No. 1 read and adopted and the bill ordered engrossed.
  10. Placed on second reading for the purpose of amendment.
  11. Read the first time, rules suspended, read the second time and referred to the Committee on STATE AGENCIES & GOVT'L AFFAIRS- HOUSE
  12. Filed

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source