Disclosure required1 AI call rule2 political AI laws
Since January 1, 2026, any Nevada political communication that includes AI-manipulated images, video, or audio of a real person must carry the disclosure "This (image/video/audio) has been manipulated.", and Nevada robocalls with recorded messages must open with a natural voice explaining the call and who is calling.
Political ad AI law
Disclosure
When it applies
Anytime
Required AI disclaimer
Exact wording set by law
Criminal penalty
No, civil only
Candidate can sue
Yes
AI voice calls
1 state rule + TCPA
Political ads and deepfakes
Does Nevada regulate AI in political ads?
Yes. AB 73 (2025), codified at NRS 294A.3493 and effective January 1, 2026, requires any communication made or paid for by a person, organization, candidate, campaign committee, PAC, or party committee that supports or opposes a candidate or party, provides information on political or social issues with intent to influence an election, or solicits contributions, and that includes synthetic media, to disclose clearly and conspicuously that it has been manipulated. Video must show the disclosure for the entire video; audio-only must speak it at the beginning, at the end, and every 2 minutes if longer than 2 minutes. A depicted candidate can sue in district court for an injunction or other equitable relief. There is no pre-election window and no penalty in the section itself, although chapter 294A's general civil penalty (NRS 294A.420, up to $10,000 per violation, enforced by the Secretary of State) may apply. Key law (AB 73 (2025), Statutes of Nevada 2025, chapter 224, NRS 294A.3493).
AB 73 (2025), Statutes of Nevada 2025, chapter 224: Disclosure of synthetic media in political communications
In effect
Required disclaimer, word for word
“This (image/video/audio) has been manipulated.”
Citation
NRS 294A.3493
Enacted
June 3, 2025
Effective
January 1, 2026
When it applies
anytime
Media covered
synthetic media: an image, audio recording, or video of a person's appearance, speech, or conduct intentionally manipulated with generative adversarial network techniques, AI, or generative AI to create a realistic but false depiction that a reasonable person would take as real or that gives a fundamentally different impression than the original
Who it covers
any person, organization, candidate, personal campaign committee, committee for political action, or political party committee that makes or pays for a covered communication (supporting or opposing a candidate or party, providing information on political or social issues with intent to influence an election, or soliciting contributions)
Rule
disclosure required
Intent required
None stated for the disclosure duty.
Disclaimer format
Clear and conspicuous on the communication. Video: the disclosure must appear for the entire duration. Audio only: read in a clearly spoken manner, at a pitch the average listener can easily hear, in the same language as the rest of the audio, at the beginning, at the end, and if longer than 2 minutes at intervals of not more than 2 minutes.
Exemptions
no liability for streaming services, interactive computer service providers, cloud service providers, or internet service providers
no liability for radio or TV broadcast stations, telecommunications networks, or cable or satellite operators
no liability for programmers or producers of radio or TV content
no liability for a person who publishes synthetic media as entertainment that is satire or parody
Civil penalty
None in NRS 294A.3493 itself. NRS 294A.420(2) makes anyone who violates an applicable provision of chapter 294A subject to a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per violation plus costs and fees in an action by the Secretary of State; whether the Secretary applies it to 294A.3493 is untested.
Who can sue
A candidate depicted in a communication that lacks the disclosure may seek an injunction or other equitable relief in district court against whoever made or paid for it.
Injunction available
Yes
Court challenges
No court challenge found.
Notes
Text confirmed from the enrolled bill (AB73_EN) and the current NRS 294A. Approved by the Governor June 3, 2025 (chapter 224). Expressly covers audio, so AI-voiced political robocalls depicting real people need the spoken disclosure. Earlier reports of a $50,000 penalty and a Secretary of State filing repository describe sections deleted by amendment (secs. 3 to 5) and are not law.
None pending: Nevada's legislature meets in odd years; the next regular session begins February 2027. AB 271 (2025), another election AI bill, failed in April 2025 per Public Citizen.. No regular session in 2026
For campaigns and consultants
Before an AI ad runs in Nevada
Label any AI-manipulated image, video, or audio of a real person in a Nevada political communication with "This (image/video/audio) has been manipulated." filling in the media type.
Video: keep the label on screen for the entire video. Audio and robocalls: speak it at the start, at the end, and every 2 minutes if longer, in the same language as the message.
Expect a depicted candidate to seek a fast court order to pull undisclosed content.
For any recorded or AI-voice robocall, start with a natural voice (recorded or live) that explains the nature of the call, says an automated message will play, and gives the organization's name, address, and phone number. Call only between 9 a.m. and 8 p.m. Nevada time.
Satire or parody published as entertainment is shielded, but label anything a reasonable person could take as real.
AI voice calls and texts
Can a campaign use AI voice calls in Nevada?
Nevada's automatic dialing and announcing device law (NRS 597.814) is not limited to sales calls: before a prerecorded message is played, a recorded or unrecorded natural voice must tell the person the nature of the call (including that an automatic dialing and announcing device will deliver the message if they stay on the line) and give the name, address, and phone number of the business or organization being represented. Calls may not be placed between 8 p.m. and 9 a.m., and the device may not call back after the person hangs up. Violations are crimes (misdemeanor, then gross misdemeanor, then felony). Calls made exclusively for a nonprofit organization are exempt. Whether an AI-synthesized voice counts as a 'natural voice' for the opening is untested; the safe course is a human-recorded or live intro. AI-manipulated depictions of real people in political robocalls also need the NRS 294A.3493 spoken disclosure.
Use of automatic dialing and announcing devices
In effect
Citation
NRS 597.814
When it applies
anytime
Media covered
devices for automatic dialing and announcing that play prerecorded messages
Who it covers
any person using such a device to call Nevada numbers (not limited to commercial calls on its face)
Rule
disclosure required
Disclaimer format
Before the message, a recorded or unrecorded natural voice must (a) inform the person of the nature of the call, including that an automatic dialing and announcing device will be used to disseminate the message if they remain on the line, and (b) provide the name, address, and telephone number of the business or organization, if any, the caller represents. No calls to Nevada phones between 8 p.m. and 9 a.m. No call-backs or second calls after the recipient terminated the call.
Exemptions
calls to a person with whom the caller or an affiliated person has a preexisting business relationship
calls made exclusively on behalf of a school or school district, a nonprofit organization, a video service provider, or a public utility for listed purposes (NRS 597.816)
Criminal penalty
NRS 597.818: first offense misdemeanor; second offense gross misdemeanor; third and later offenses category E felony.
Notes
Text confirmed on the official NRS chapter 597. Not limited to commercial calls on its face. NRS 597.816 exempts calls made exclusively on behalf of a nonprofit organization, which may cover some advocacy groups but not candidate committees as such. Federal TCPA rules on artificial or prerecorded voices (including the FCC's 2024 AI voice ruling) apply independently.
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 Nevada
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.
Voter contact that clears Nevada's AI rules before the first dial.
Live professional callers and AI voice programs for voter ID, persuasion, ballot chase and GOTV, scripted to the disclosure and consent rules on this page, with every call graded and a real time dashboard.
Yes. AB 73 (2025), codified at NRS 294A.3493 and effective January 1, 2026, requires any communication made or paid for by a person, organization, candidate, campaign committee, PAC, or party committee that supports or opposes a candidate or party, provides information on political or social issues with intent to influence an election, or solicits contributions, and that includes synthetic media, to disclose clearly and conspicuously that it has been manipulated. Video must show the disclosure for the entire video; audio-only must speak it at the beginning, at the end, and every 2 minutes if longer than 2 minutes. A depicted candidate can sue in district court for an injunction or other equitable relief. There is no pre-election window and no penalty in the section itself, although chapter 294A's general civil penalty (NRS 294A.420, up to $10,000 per violation, enforced by the Secretary of State) may apply. Key law (AB 73 (2025), Statutes of Nevada 2025, chapter 224, NRS 294A.3493).
What AI disclaimer does Nevada require on political ads?
AB 73 (2025), Statutes of Nevada 2025, chapter 224, NRS 294A.3493 requires: "This (image/video/audio) has been manipulated." Format: Clear and conspicuous on the communication. Video: the disclosure must appear for the entire duration. Audio only: read in a clearly spoken manner, at a pitch the average listener can easily hear, in the same language as the rest of the audio, at the beginning, at the end, and if longer than 2 minutes at intervals of not more than 2 minutes.
What is the penalty for a deceptive political deepfake in Nevada?
Civil: None in NRS 294A.3493 itself. NRS 294A.420(2) makes anyone who violates an applicable provision of chapter 294A subject to a civil penalty of up to $10,000 per violation plus costs and fees in an action by the Secretary of State; whether the Secretary applies it to 294A.3493 is untested. Private lawsuits: A candidate depicted in a communication that lacks the disclosure may seek an injunction or other equitable relief in district court against whoever made or paid for it.
When does the Nevada political deepfake law apply?
anytime. It covers synthetic media: an image, audio recording, or video of a person's appearance, speech, or conduct intentionally manipulated with generative adversarial network techniques, AI, or generative AI to create a realistic but false depiction that a reasonable person would take as real or that gives a fundamentally different impression than the original.
Can a campaign use an AI voice for robocalls in Nevada?
Nevada's automatic dialing and announcing device law (NRS 597.814) is not limited to sales calls: before a prerecorded message is played, a recorded or unrecorded natural voice must tell the person the nature of the call (including that an automatic dialing and announcing device will deliver the message if they stay on the line) and give the name, address, and phone number of the business or organization being represented. Calls may not be placed between 8 p.m. and 9 a.m., and the device may not call back after the person hangs up. Violations are crimes (misdemeanor, then gross misdemeanor, then felony). Calls made exclusively for a nonprofit organization are exempt. Whether an AI-synthesized voice counts as a 'natural voice' for the opening is untested; the safe course is a human-recorded or live intro. AI-manipulated depictions of real people in political robocalls also need the NRS 294A.3493 spoken disclosure. 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 Nevada have?
This tracker counts 2 Nevada AI laws touching politics and elections as of October 5, 2026: 1 on elections, 1 on AI or artificial voice calls.
Are there pending AI election bills in Nevada?
None pending (Nevada's legislature meets in odd years; the next regular session begins February 2027. AB 271 (2025), another election AI bill, failed in April 2025 per Public Citizen.): No regular session in 2026.