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S 146 · 119th Congress

TAKE IT DOWN Act

Latest action

2025-05-19 — Became Public Law No: 119-12.

Sponsor

Ted Cruz

Cosponsors

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Action history

  • 2025-05-19 Became Public Law No: 119-12. · Library of Congress
  • 2025-05-19 Became Public Law No: 119-12. · Library of Congress
  • 2025-05-19 Signed by President. · Library of Congress
  • 2025-05-19 Signed by President. · Library of Congress
  • 2025-05-19 Presented to President. · House floor actions
  • 2025-05-19 Presented to President. · Library of Congress
  • 2025-04-28 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. · House floor actions
  • 2025-04-28 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 2 (Roll no. 104). (text: CR H1644-1645) · House floor actions
  • 2025-04-28 Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 2 (Roll no. 104). (text: CR H1644-1645: 1) · Library of Congress
  • 2025-04-28 Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1669) · House floor actions
  • 2025-04-28 At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed. · House floor actions
  • 2025-04-28 DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 146. · House floor actions
  • 2025-04-28 Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1644-1643) · House floor actions
  • 2025-04-28 Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. · House floor actions
  • 2025-02-14 Held at the desk. · House floor actions
  • 2025-02-14 Received in the House. · House floor actions
  • 2025-02-13 Message on Senate action sent to the House. · Senate
  • 2025-02-13 Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S988; text: CR S988-990) · Senate
  • 2025-02-13 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. · Library of Congress
  • 2025-02-13 Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent. · Senate
  • 2025-02-13 Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent. · Library of Congress
  • 2025-01-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. · Senate
  • 2025-01-16 Introduced in Senate · Library of Congress

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Subjects

Child safety and welfare Crimes against children Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation Digital media Fraud offenses and financial crimes Internet, web applications, social media Pornography Sex offenses

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Titles

  • Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text · Joint
    Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act
  • Short Titles from ENR (Enrolled) bill text · Joint
    TAKE IT DOWN Act
  • Short Title(s) as Introduced
    TAKE IT DOWN Act
  • Short Title(s) as Introduced
    Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act
  • Official Title as Introduced
    A bill to require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes.
  • Display Title
    TAKE IT DOWN Act
  • Short Title(s) as Passed Senate · Senate
    TAKE IT DOWN Act
  • Short Title(s) as Passed Senate · Senate
    Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act

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Summaries

Introduced in Senate · 2025-01-16

Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act or the TAKE IT DOWN Act

This bill generally prohibits the nonconsensual online publication of intimate visual depictions of individuals, both authentic and computer-generated, and requires certain online platforms to promptly remove such depictions upon receiving notice of their existence. 

Specifically, the bill prohibits the online publication of intimate visual depictions of

  • an adult subject where publication is intended to cause or does cause harm to the subject, and where the depiction was published without the subject’s consent or, in the case of an authentic depiction, was created or obtained under circumstances where the adult had a reasonable expectation of privacy; or
  • a minor subject where publication is intended to abuse or harass the minor or to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person. 

Violators are subject to mandatory restitution and criminal penalties, including prison, a fine, or both. Threats to publish intimate visual depictions of a subject are similarly prohibited under the bill and subject to criminal penalties.  

Separately, covered platforms must establish a process through which subjects of intimate visual depictions may notify the platform of the existence of, and request removal of, an intimate visual depiction including the subject that was published without the subject’s consent. Covered platforms must remove such depictions within 48 hours of notification. Under the bill, covered platforms are defined as public websites, online services, or applications that primarily provide a forum for user-generated content.

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Vote history

  • H 104 · 119th · 2025-04-28 · S 146 Passed
    On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass
    Y 409 · N 2 · NV 22

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