HB230 • 2026

CONSUMERS/PROTECTION: Provides for disclosure of artificial intelligence-generated content (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Technology

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor: Mike Bayham
Last action: 2026-03-09
Official status: Pending House Commerce
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on enforcement mechanisms beyond fines and civil actions by the Attorney General, so this information was removed from the 'what_it_does' section.

Law for Telling When AI Made Content

This bill requires any artificial intelligence system that makes images, videos, audio, or multimedia content to clearly label the content as made by AI.

What This Bill Does

Defines what 'artificial intelligence' and 'artificial intelligence system' mean in this law.
Requires AI systems making certain types of media content to put a clear label on it saying it was made by AI.
Makes breaking this rule an unfair trade practice, which can lead to fines up to $10,000 per violation.

Who It Names or Affects

People and companies that use artificial intelligence to create images, videos, audio, or multimedia content.
The Louisiana Attorney General's office, which can enforce this law.

Terms To Know

Artificial Intelligence: A machine-based system designed to make decisions and generate outputs like predictions, recommendations, or content based on the input it receives.
Unfair Trade Practice: An action that is considered deceptive or harmful to consumers in business transactions.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what form the disclosure must take, only that it needs to be clear and conspicuous.
It's unclear how strictly this law will be enforced or how many violations there might be initially.

Bill History

2026-03-09 H
Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Commerce.
2026-02-20 H
First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/20/2026.
2026-02-19 H
Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Commerce.
2026-02-19 H
Prefiled.

Official Summary Text

CONSUMERS/PROTECTION: Provides for disclosure of artificial intelligence-generated content (OR SEE FISC NOTE GF EX)

Current Bill Text

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HLS 26RS-296 ORIGINAL
2026 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 230
BY REPRESENTATIVE BAYHAM
CONSUMERS/PROTECTION: Provides for disclosure of artificial intelligence-generated
content
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 51:1430, relative to artificial intelligence-generated content; to provide
3 relative to disclosure; to provide for penalties; and to provide for related matters.
4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
5 Section 1. R.S. 51:1430 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
6 §1430. Disclosure of artificial intelligence-generated content
7 A. For purposes of this Section:
8 (1) "Artificial intelligence" has the same meaning as provided in R.S.
9 14:73.14.
10 (2) "Artificial intelligence system" means a machine-based system that is
11 designed to operate with varying levels of autonomy that infers, from the input it
12 receives, how to generate outputs such as predictions, content, recommendations, or
13 decisions that can influence physical or virtual environments.
14 B. Any artificial intelligence system that produces images, videos, audio, or
15 multimedia artificial intelligence-generated content shall include on such artificial
16 intelligence-generated content a clear and conspicuous disclosure that identifies the
17 content as generated by artificial intelligence.
18 C. A violation of this Section is a deceptive and unfair trade practice and
19 subjects the violator to a civil fine of up to ten thousand dollars per violation
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.
HLS 26RS-296 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 230
1 enforceable by the attorney general by filing a civil enforcement action in a court of
2 competent jurisdiction.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 230 Original 2026 Regular Session Bayham
Abstract: Provides for the disclosure of artificial intelligence-generated content.
Proposed law (R.S. 51:1430) defines "artificial intelligence" and "artificial intelligence
system".
Proposed law requires any artificial intelligence system that produces images, videos, audio,
or multimedia artificial intelligence-generated content to include a clear and conspicuous
disclosure that identifies the content as generated by artificial intelligence.
Proposed law provides that a violation of proposed law is a deceptive and unfair trade
practice.
Proposed law provides that a violator of proposed law is subject to a civil fine of up to
$10,000 per violation enforceable by the attorney general by filing a civil enforcement action
in a court of competent jurisdiction.
(Adds R.S. 51:1430)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
are additions.