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A4729 FISCAL ESTIMATE
LEGISLATIVE FISCAL ESTIMATE
ASSEMBLY, No. 4729
STATE OF NEW JERSEY
222nd LEGISLATURE
DATED: JUNE 1, 2026
SUMMARY
Synopsis:
Requires disclosure to be made when generative artificial
intelligence is used to operate chatbots that provide election related
information.
Type of Impact:
Potential annual State revenue and expenditure increases.
Agencies Affected:
Office of the Attorney General in the Department of Law
and Public Safety
Office of
Legislative Services Estimate
Annual Fiscal Impact
Potential State Expenditure Increase
Indeterminate
Potential State Revenue Increase
Indeterminate
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The Office of Legislative Services (OLS) finds that imposing a
penalty of up to $6,000 for the first offense and a penalty of up to $12,000
for any subsequent offense when a person fails to disclose that disseminated election
related information is provided by a generative artificial intelligence system
may result in indeterminate annual revenue increases to the State for each
penalty incurred.
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To the extent that enforcing this policy increases the volume or
complexity of the Office of the Attorney General or any other State agency�s
work, one-time and annual indeterminate expenditure increases are also
possible.
BILL DESCRIPTION
����� This bill requires that any artificial intelligence
chatbot that utilizes generative artificial intelligence to create audio,
video, text, or print content with the purpose of providing voters with
election related information or information concerning the accomplishments,
policy positions, or qualifications of a candidate for election in this State
must include, prior to the provision of any content related to the candidate, a
clear and conspicuous disclosure that identifies the content as being provided
by a generative artificial intelligence system. �Such disclosure must be
permanent or difficult to remove by subsequent users, to the extent technically
feasible. �If the disclosure required pursuant to this bill is not provided,
the person or entity responsible for the oversight of the artificial
intelligence chatbot will be liable to a penalty of not more than $6,000 for
the first offense and not more than $12,000 for the second and each subsequent
offense.
FISCAL ANALYSIS
EXECUTIVE BRANCH
����� None received.
OFFICE OF LEGISLATIVE SERVICES
����� The OLS finds that imposing a penalty of up to $6,000
for the first offense and a penalty of up to $12,000 for any subsequent offense
when a person or entity responsible for the oversight of an artificial
intelligence chatbot that disseminates election related information or other information
concerning a candidate for elected office fails to disclose that the
disseminated content is provided by a generative artificial intelligence system
may result in indeterminate annual revenue increases to the State for each
penalty incurred.� The revenue increase cannot be estimated because the number
of violations in a given year, if any, cannot be forecasted.
����� To the extent that enforcing this policy increases the
volume or complexity of the Office of the Attorney General or any other State
agency�s work, one-time and annual indeterminate expenditure increases are also
possible.
Section:
State Government
Analyst:
Anna Harris
Associate Fiscal Analyst
Approved:
Thomas Koenig
Legislative Budget and Finance Officer
This legislative fiscal estimate has been produced by the
Office of Legislative Services due to the failure of the Executive Branch to
respond to our request for a fiscal note.
This fiscal estimate has been prepared pursuant to P.L.1980,
c.67 (C.52:13B-6 et seq.).