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HR 4894 · in committee · significant

Deceptive Practices and Voter Intimidation Prevention Act of 2025

What this bill does

  • Prohibits false information about voting in federal elections within 60 days before Election Day.
  • Applies to anyone spreading election misinformation or using AI to create false voting information.
  • Creates private lawsuits and criminal penalties; DOJ must correct false information if state/local officials don't.

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Community Threads

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  1. 01

    How would authorities distinguish between false voting information and protected political speech or satire during campaigns?

  2. 02

    What evidence suggests that false voting information significantly impacts election outcomes enough to warrant criminal penalties?

  3. 03

    Who bears the costs of defending against private lawsuits under this act, and could frequent litigation chill legitimate election discourse?

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Sponsor · D-VA-4

Jennifer L. McClellan

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Introduced 2025-08-05

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Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-08-05 · house · IntroReferral

    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.

  2. 2025-08-05 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

  3. 2025-08-05 · IntroReferral

    Introduced in House

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