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IntroducedHB4496 · 2026 Regular Session · Updated January 19, 2026

To force any media/internet creator providing artificial intelligence created videos to have an identifying marker that allows viewers to know that the video is not real.

Filed by Bill Flanigan(R · District HD-004)Official link pending verification · co-sponsored by 10 legislators

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The purpose of this bill is to protect West Virginians by requiring artificial intelligence created media to be disclosed.

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Co-sponsor · House
Jim Butler(R · District HD-018)Official link pending verification
Primary sponsor · House
Bill Flanigan(R · District HD-004)Official link pending verification
Co-sponsor · House
Carl Martin(R · District HD-065)Official link pending verification
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Phil Mallow(R · District HD-075)Official link pending verification
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Jordan Maynor(R · District HD-041)Official link pending verification
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Jimmy Willis(R · District HD-003)Official link pending verification
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Eric Brooks(R · District HD-045)Official link pending verification
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Michael Hornby(R · District HD-093)Official link pending verification
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James Akers(R · District HD-055)Official link pending verification
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Carl Roop(R · District HD-044)Official link pending verification
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Joe Funkhouser(R · District HD-098)Official link pending verification
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Last action: To House Judiciary (January 19, 2026)

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  1. Filed for introduction
    January 19, 2026 · House
  2. To Judiciary
    January 19, 2026 · House
  3. Introduced in House
    January 19, 2026 · House
  4. To House Judiciary
    January 19, 2026 · House
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