A bounded reference to selected enacted measures and their limits, updated October 5, 2026. Provision verification dates appear separately from this analysis date.
Source status reviewed
October 5, 2026
Published analysis updated
October 5, 2026
Scope
Selected measures; statewide review incomplete
Selected laws in force
In force since 2023-08-01 · provision verified 2026-10-05
Election Candidate Deepfake Restrictions
Current section 609.771 addresses nonconsensual election deepfakes made with knowledge or reckless disregard and an intent to injure a candidate or influence an election. Its window includes the 90 days before a nominating convention or the period after absentee voting begins. Criminal and equitable remedies are distinct.
The offense turns on specified consent, knowledge, and election intent.
Election timing
Current statutory windows define the covered distribution period.
Analysis · October 5, 2026
Minnesota combines a mental-state requirement with election timing and consent. The current window should not be reduced to a generic 90 days before election day. The 2024 amendments make current codification necessary alongside the original 2023 enactment.
Coverage still under review
Map the 2024 amendment clauses, review intimate-image measures, later bills, agency action, and official litigation. Selected current and concluded bills, agency rules, enforcement, and litigation have not been comprehensively screened. An omitted measure is not a finding that no relevant law exists.
Scope and method
This update expands the existing selected-law baseline using official legislative texts, codification, bill histories, and agency material. It distinguishes the act’s effective date from later duties and does not infer implementation from the passage of a deadline.
The analysis date is not a new verification date for every provision. Earlier dates remain where final text or date evidence was inaccessible. Only the separately identified in-force records enter the national export; proposed, future, and uncertain measures are excluded.