No election AI law1 AI call rule1 political AI law
Georgia has no law on AI or deepfakes in political ads; the House version of SB 9 would have made election deepfakes within 90 days a crime and required AI disclaimers, but the Senate rejected it in January 2026 and it died when the 2025 to 2026 session ended.
Political ad AI law
No law
When it applies
No state rule
Required AI disclaimer
None required
Criminal penalty
No state rule
Candidate can sue
General law only
AI voice calls
1 state rule + TCPA
Political ads and deepfakes
Does Georgia regulate AI in political ads?
No. As of October 5, 2026, Georgia has no state law that specifically regulates artificial intelligence or deepfakes in political ads or election communications. Georgia has not enacted any law regulating AI-generated or deceptive synthetic media in political communications. In 2024 HB 986 (fraudulent election interference with AI media within 90 days of an election) passed the House but was tabled in the Senate. In 2025 the House rewrote SB 9 to carry the same election deepfake crime plus AI disclaimers on campaign ads, but the Senate disagreed to the House substitute on 2026-01-28 and the bill died at the end of the biennium. Ordinary Georgia campaign finance and defamation law still apply.
No AI disclaimer is required by Georgia statute. Ads still need Georgia's standard paid-for-by disclosures, and a deepfake that defames a candidate or misleads voters about how to vote can still create liability under general law and federal rules. If your ad also runs in a neighboring state's media market, that state's AI law can apply.
Bills to watch
SB 9 (2025 to 2026), House Rules Committee substitute LC 56 0401S: Would have created O.C.G.A. 21-2-605 crimes of fraudulent election interference (distributing AI-generated media within 90 days of an election with intent to deceive voters and influence a candidate's chances or create confusion about election administration) and required disclaimers on campaign ads using AI-generated media. Failed. Passed Senate 2025-03-04 (as an AI obscenity bill), passed House by substitute 2025-03-27 with the election provisions, Senate disagreed to House substitute 2026-01-28; session ended without agreement.
HB 478 (2025 to 2026): Commerce and trade; require AI-generated content to include a disclaimer. Failed. Stalled after House second reading 2025-02-20.
HB 986 (2024): Fraudulent election interference using AI-generated media (prior attempt). Failed. Passed House February 2024; tabled in Senate 2024-03-26.
For campaigns and consultants
Before an AI ad runs in Georgia
No Georgia AI disclaimer is required on political ads today, but expect the SB 9 election deepfake language to return in the 2027 session.
Avoid AI depictions of opponents that could support defamation or false light claims; Georgia has no safe harbor for labeled deepfakes because it has no statute at all.
Prerecorded or automated calls that conduct polls or solicit information must follow Georgia's automatic dialing and announcing device rules (8 a.m. to 9 p.m., caller name and number within 25 seconds, prior written consent) unless they fit the nonprofit or non-commercial exemption.
Federal TCPA rules on artificial and AI voices still govern robocalls to Georgia cell phones.
AI voice calls and texts
Can a campaign use AI voice calls in Georgia?
Georgia has no AI-specific calling law. Its automatic dialing and announcing device (ADAD) statute, O.C.G.A. 46-5-23, restricts equipment that automatically dials numbers and plays prerecorded messages for advertising or sales and also for conducting polls or soliciting information, unless the caller has prior written consent, calls only 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., disconnects within 10 seconds if the recipient refuses, and states the caller's name and phone number within 25 seconds. Calls by a nonprofit organization, or by an individual not for commercial profit, that do not advertise or sell are exempt; the statute does not mention political calls by name, so whether a for-profit vendor's political robocalls or polls qualify for the exemption is not settled. Whether a real-time AI voice agent counts as a prerecorded message under this law is also untested.
Automatic dialing and announcing devices (ADAD)
In effect
Citation
O.C.G.A. 46-5-23
When it applies
anytime
Media covered
automated calls that disseminate prerecorded messages
Who it covers
anyone using ADAD equipment for advertising, sales, conducting polls, or soliciting information
Rule
ban unless disclosed
Disclaimer format
Prior written consent; calls only between 8:00 a.m. and 9:00 p.m.; automatic disconnect within 10 seconds if the recipient declines; caller's name and telephone number stated within 25 seconds; no calls to unlisted numbers, hospitals, nursing homes, or emergency lines.
Exemptions
calls by a nonprofit organization, or by an individual not for commercial profit, that do not advertise or offer goods, services, or property for sale, lease, or rental
calls about payment, service, or warranty on goods or services already ordered or purchased
debt collection calls
Criminal penalty
Misdemeanor
Notes
Not AI-specific and not election-specific. The statute also provides for telephone service disconnection after notice of violations. Exact text was reviewed through FindLaw, not the official code publisher.
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 Georgia
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.
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No. As of October 5, 2026, Georgia has no state law that specifically regulates artificial intelligence or deepfakes in political ads or election communications. Georgia has not enacted any law regulating AI-generated or deceptive synthetic media in political communications. In 2024 HB 986 (fraudulent election interference with AI media within 90 days of an election) passed the House but was tabled in the Senate. In 2025 the House rewrote SB 9 to carry the same election deepfake crime plus AI disclaimers on campaign ads, but the Senate disagreed to the House substitute on 2026-01-28 and the bill died at the end of the biennium. Ordinary Georgia campaign finance and defamation law still apply.
Can a campaign use an AI voice for robocalls in Georgia?
Georgia has no AI-specific calling law. Its automatic dialing and announcing device (ADAD) statute, O.C.G.A. 46-5-23, restricts equipment that automatically dials numbers and plays prerecorded messages for advertising or sales and also for conducting polls or soliciting information, unless the caller has prior written consent, calls only 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., disconnects within 10 seconds if the recipient refuses, and states the caller's name and phone number within 25 seconds. Calls by a nonprofit organization, or by an individual not for commercial profit, that do not advertise or sell are exempt; the statute does not mention political calls by name, so whether a for-profit vendor's political robocalls or polls qualify for the exemption is not settled. Whether a real-time AI voice agent counts as a prerecorded message under this law is also untested. Under federal law, the FCC ruled in February 2024 that AI-generated voices are "artificial" voices under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, so prerecorded or AI voice calls to cell phones need prior express consent, and every such call must identify the caller at the start.
How many political AI laws does Georgia have?
This tracker counts 1 Georgia AI law touching politics and elections as of October 5, 2026: 1 on AI or artificial voice calls.
Are there pending AI election bills in Georgia?
SB 9 (2025 to 2026), House Rules Committee substitute LC 56 0401S (Would have created O.C.G.A. 21-2-605 crimes of fraudulent election interference (distributing AI-generated media within 90 days of an election with intent to deceive voters and influence a candidate's chances or create confusion about election administration) and required disclaimers on campaign ads using AI-generated media): Failed. Passed Senate 2025-03-04 (as an AI obscenity bill), passed House by substitute 2025-03-27 with the election provisions, Senate disagreed to House substitute 2026-01-28; session ended without agreement. HB 478 (2025 to 2026) (Commerce and trade; require AI-generated content to include a disclaimer): Failed. Stalled after House second reading 2025-02-20. HB 986 (2024) (Fraudulent election interference using AI-generated media (prior attempt)): Failed. Passed House February 2024; tabled in Senate 2024-03-26.