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Read. Follow. Verify.New Mexico bill regulates generative AI, mandates synthetic content disclosures, and imposes penalties for deceptive media
Last action · January 22, 2026: Not PrintedSponsor: Linda Serrato
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What This Bill Proposed
New Mexico House Bill 141 enacts the Artificial Intelligence Accountability Act, requiring covered AI providers and large online platforms to embed s and offer provenance detection tools, while establishing civil and criminal penalties for deceptive . The bill mandates capture device manufacturers to embed latent disclosures by default starting January 1, 2028, and increases prison sentences for noncapital felonies assisted by generative AI.
The measure establishes enforceable transparency standards for AI companies and creates new legal liabilities and $15,000 per-day civil penalties for disseminating deceptive synthetic media, while allowing individuals to sue for damages of $1,000 per view or actual damages.
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
covered providers
Covered providers must offer manifest disclosures, embed permanent latent disclosures, provide free provenance detection tools, and maintain strict contract requirements with third-party licensees.
large online platforms
Large online platforms must detect and append system provenance data, provide user interfaces for inspecting data and requesting takedowns, and respond to takedown requests within 72 hours.
capture device manufacturers
Capture device manufacturers must embed default latent disclosures in devices produced for sale on or after January 1, 2028, while providing users an opt-out option.
depicted persons
Depicted persons gain the right to request takedowns of deceptive synthetic content and may pursue private rights of action for statutory or actual damages.
Key Facts
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · introduced in the House.
Procedural history
1 action- Jan 22, 2026New Mexico LegislatureNot Printed
Version history
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Integration of AI Use into Criminal Sentencing
The bill amends criminal law to directly increase prison sentences by one year when generative artificial intelligence is used to assist in committing a noncapital felony.
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Sources
www.nmlegis.gov
Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 85)
- Controversy65Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz75Current news / social attention level
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