- jurisdiction
- US, Minnesota
- level
- state
- domain
- transparency
- status
- in-effect
- scope
- Criminalises disseminating a deepfake to influence an election within 90 days of a convention or during specified absentee-voting windows.
- obligations
- Bars disseminating a deepfake intended to influence an election within the statutory pre-election window; injunctive relief is available and a candidate whose conduct violates the section may forfeit office.
- effectiveDate
- 2023-08-01
- penalties
- Criminal, ranging up to five years' imprisonment depending on degree; a violating candidate may forfeit office.
- appliesTo
- Any person disseminating an election-influencing deepfake within the statutory window.
- notes
- Enacted 2023 (effective August 1, 2023 per Minnesota's standard effective date). Verified against the Minnesota Office of the Revisor of Statutes, July 2026. Election-deepfake facet of the voice/likeness rights space.
