BILL · 2019–20 SESSION

HB 2142: Digitally altered photos

Publishing digitally altered photographs.

Summary

Requires any advertisement that includes photography that has been digitally altered to materially change the appearance and physical characteristics of a person's face or body to include a written notification that digital alteration was applied.
Makes a violation a per se violation of the Consumer Protection Act.

From the House Bill Analysis 2020 (HB 2142), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to digitally altered photographs used in advertising;

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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HB 2142 (2013–14) Debt settlement services · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2142 (2011–12) Prescription monitoring prog · Did not pass · died in committee
HB 2142 (2009–10) School plant funding · Did not pass · passed House, stalled in Senate
HB 2142 (2007–08) Workplace bullying · Did not pass · died in committee