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 2024-03-27 · provision verified 2026-10-05
Synthetic Media in Elections
Chapter 62 requires disclosure for covered campaign communications using synthetic media to support or oppose a clearly identified candidate or ballot measure. It provides injunctive enforcement and civil penalties, with exceptions including specified news, carriers, satire, and parody.
Covered candidate and ballot-measure communications require disclosure.
Public enforcement
State enforcement includes injunctions and civil penalties.
Analysis · October 5, 2026
Oregon regulates the communication and its election purpose. Its ballot-measure coverage differs from candidate-only approaches. Before applying the rule, note that aggregate expenditures of any amount qualify, and review the synthetic-media definition, required presentation, and exceptions; an AI-assisted workflow alone does not establish that a communication qualifies.
Coverage still under review
Review Secretary of State implementation, current codification, subsequent amendments, selected bills, and 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.