Connecticut AI laws for political campaigns

Political ads and deepfakes

Does Connecticut regulate AI in political ads?

No. As of October 5, 2026, Connecticut has no state law that specifically regulates artificial intelligence or deepfakes in political ads or election communications. Connecticut has not enacted a law regulating deepfakes or AI-generated content in political communications. Bills to restrict deceptive synthetic media in the 90 days before an election or primary cleared committees in 2025 (HB 6846) and 2026 (HB 5342) but were never called for a House vote, and the 2024 comprehensive AI bill with election provisions (SB 2) died in the House. Normal Connecticut campaign finance attribution rules still apply to any ad, AI-made or not.

For campaigns and consultants

Before an AI ad runs in Connecticut

• No state AI disclaimer is required on Connecticut political ads today, but standard Connecticut attribution (paid for by) rules still apply.
• Expect the 90-day deceptive synthetic media bill to return in 2027; it has advanced out of committee two years running.
• AI voice calls into Connecticut still fall under federal TCPA rules that treat AI voices as artificial voices requiring prior express consent for calls to cell phones.
• Deepfakes of real people can still create defamation and false light exposure under general Connecticut law.

AI voice calls and texts

Can a campaign use AI voice calls in Connecticut?

Connecticut has no statute specific to AI voices in phone calls or political robocalls. Its recorded-message device law (C.G.S. 16-256e) covers only unsolicited recorded calls for a commercial, business or advertising purpose, and campaign calls are generally outside state do-not-call coverage. Federal TCPA rules, including the FCC's 2024 ruling that AI-generated voices are artificial voices, govern AI voice calls into the state.

Federal floor everywhere: AI-generated voices are “artificial” voices under the TCPA (FCC, February 2024), so they need prior express consent to cell phones and must identify the caller at the start of the call. AI robocall laws in every state

Federal layer

Federal rules that apply in Connecticut

At the federal level, the binding rules that hit AI in campaigns today are the TCPA and FCC robocall rules, not any AI-specific election law. Since February 2024 the FCC treats AI-generated voices as "artificial" voices, so AI voice calls to cell phones need prior express consent (political calls included), AI or prerecorded political calls to landlines are limited to three per 30 days without consent, and every such message must identify the caller, give a callback number and offer an opt-out. The FEC says its existing fraudulent misrepresentation ban covers AI, but it has had no quorum since April 2025 and cannot enforce. Proposed FCC rules on AI disclosure in broadcast political ads and in AI calls were never adopted, and no federal AI political ad disclaimer bill has passed. Federal efforts to preempt state AI laws (a 2025 moratorium the Senate struck 99 to 1, and Executive Order 14365) have not displaced any state election or robocall law as of October 2026.

FCC, FEC and the federal preemption fight

How Connecticut compares

19 other jurisdictions share Connecticut's status (no law):

Alaska · Arkansas · District of Columbia · Georgia · Illinois · Iowa · Kansas · Massachusetts · Missouri · Nebraska · New Jersey · North Carolina · Ohio · Oklahoma · Pennsylvania · South Carolina · Virginia · West Virginia · Wyoming

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