Oregon Senate Bill 1571

• Authority: Oregon
• Parent authority: State governments
• Jurisdiction: United States
• Collections: U.S. state and local documents
• Most recent activity: Enacted
• Most recent activity date: 2024-03-27

Risk subdomain coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the risk subdomain are explicitly described.

• False or misleading information
• Disinformation, surveillance, and influence at scale
• Fraud, scams, and targeted manipulation

Minimal coverage — Brief mention but no specific mitigations, recommendations or governance measures relating to the risk subdomain are described.

• Pollution of information ecosystem
• Governance failure
• Lack of transparency or interpretability

All other risk subdomains had no coverage in this document.

Risk Coverage Summary

The document primarily addresses risks related to malicious actors using AI for disinformation and manipulation in political campaigns (4.1, 4.3), with some coverage of misinformation risks (3.1, 3.2). It also touches on governance mechanisms (6.5) through its enforcement and rule-making provisions. Coverage is concentrated in the malicious actors and misinformation domains.

Sector coverage

Good coverage — Comprehensive governance measures or mitigations with clear procedures relating to the sector are explicitly described.

• Information
• Public Administration (excl. National Security)

All other sectors had no coverage in this document.

Sectors Summary

This document primarily governs the Information sector (broadcasting, telecommunications, publishing) and Public Administration excluding National Security (political campaigns, elections). It regulates how AI-generated synthetic media can be used in political campaign communications across various media platforms.

Legislative Status

Hard Law

Legislative Status Summary

This is a binding state statute with mandatory disclosure requirements, civil penalties up to $10,000, and enforcement mechanisms through the Secretary of State and Attorney General with court injunctions.

Actors

Proposer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Oregon State Legislature; People of the State of Oregon
• Summary: The document is enacted by the People of the State of Oregon through their legislative body, as indicated by the enacting clause and the bill designation as Oregon Senate Bill 1571.

Target

• Entity Types: AI_Deployer, AI_User
• Entities: Political campaigns; Candidates; Political committees; Persons creating campaign communications
• Summary: The bill targets those who create and distribute campaign communications using synthetic media, including candidates, political committees, and any persons involved in campaign communications supporting or opposing candidates or measures.

Enforcer

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of State; Attorney General; Circuit Court
• Summary: The Secretary of State and Attorney General are explicitly designated as enforcement authorities with power to institute proceedings and enjoin violations. Circuit courts have authority to issue injunctions and impose civil penalties.

Monitor

• Entity Types: AI_Governance_Actor
• Entities: Secretary of State; Attorney General; Filing officers; Electors
• Summary: The Secretary of State and Attorney General receive and investigate complaints. Filing officers process complaints and have authority to initiate investigations. Any elector may file complaints alleging violations.

AI Lifecycle Stages

Lifecycle stages covered by the documents, as defined in the OECD Framework for the Classification of AI Systems

• Deploy
• Operate and Monitor

AI Lifecycle Summary

The document focuses primarily on the Deploy and Operate and Monitor stages of the AI lifecycle, requiring disclosure when synthetic media is deployed in campaign communications and establishing monitoring/enforcement mechanisms. It does not address earlier stages like planning, data collection, or model development.

Technical Scope

Terms relating to technical scope that are mentioned or implicitly referenced in the document

• Generative AI

Technical Scope Summary

The document explicitly mentions AI techniques and synthetic media but does not reference specific AI model types, systems architectures, or technical thresholds. It focuses on the output (synthetic media) rather than the underlying AI technology.