Florida · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
SB 702: Provenance of Digital Content
Did not advance Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
- Did not advance
Last official action: ·Record last updated:
Plain-language summary
SB 702 is a bill introduced in the Florida Senate on February 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Provenance of Digital Content. Primary sponsor: Danny Burgess (Republican), Commerce and Tourism. Most recent recorded action (June 16, 2025): Died in Ethics and Elections.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
Provenance of Digital Content; Requiring that certain content created by generative artificial intelligence purporting to depict an electoral candidate include digital provenance data; creating a digital content provenance pilot program within the Division of Emergency Management; requiring the division to include a conspicuous indicator with an encoded link on the digital images and videos it creates after a specified date to allow users to access provenance data; requiring a provider of a generative artificial intelligence tool to apply provenance data, either directly or through a third-party technology, to synthetic content wholly generated by the provider’s generative artificial intelligence tool, etc.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Burgess | Primary sponsor | Republican | Senate | 23 |
| Commerce and Tourism | Primary sponsor | Not applicable (committee) | — | — |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Died in Ethics and Elections
- Indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration
- CS by Commerce and Tourism read 1st time
- Now in Ethics and Elections
- Remaining references corrected to Ethics and Elections; Fiscal Policy
- Original reference(s) removed: Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development
- Pending reference review under Rule 4.7(2) - (Committee Substitute)
- CS by Commerce and Tourism; YEAS 7 NAYS 1
- On Committee agenda-- Commerce and Tourism, 03/10/25, 1:30 pm, 110 Senate Building
- Introduced
- Referred to Commerce and Tourism; Appropriations Committee on Transportation, Tourism, and Economic Development; Fiscal Policy
- Filed