Synthetic digital content fraud and defamation act: reenactment condition

AI-use reference. Substantive provisions conditioned on 2026 reenactment; do not treat as operative current criminal or civil provisions. Applies to: Proposed synthetic-content fraud and defamation provisions; Attorney General workgroup directive Requirements or purpose: Second enactment directed an Attorney General workgroup and report on synthetic-content law enforcement. First enactment would have expanded defamation provisions and added § 18.2-213.3, but third enactment expressly made those substantive changes contingent on reenactment. Limits: Current § 8.01-45 inspected October 26, 2026 retains earlier text; § 18.2-213.3 was not obtained in the current code and no 2026 reenactment was located in this bounded search. Do not publish the proposed standalone synthetic-fraud misdemeanor or civil remedy as effective based solely on passage of the 2025 act.