3.0.0 3696 2025-12-05T08:27:23Z 2025-12-05T08:27:23Z Senate S S 2024-01-30 118 https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/senate-bill/3696 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Discharged From 2024-07-23T23:30:39Z Referred To 2024-01-31T00:17:17Z 118 7569 HR 2024-03-06 Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. Identical bill CRS 2024-07-24 16:02:58 Held at the desk. Floor H15000 2 House floor actions 2024-07-24 15:55:44 Received in the House. Floor H14000 2 House floor actions 2024-07-24 Senate Message on Senate action sent to the House. Floor 2024-07-23 Senate Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. (text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S5317-5318) Floor 2024-07-23 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote. Floor 17000 9 Library of Congress 2024-07-23 Senate Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S5318-5319) Floor 2024-07-23 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. Discharge 2024-07-23 Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent. Committee 14500 9 Library of Congress ssju00 Judiciary Committee 2024-01-30 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2024-01-30 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. N G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2024-01-30 True H001089 Sen. Hawley, Josh [R-MO] Josh Hawley R MO 2024-01-30 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2024-01-30 True K000383 Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME] Angus King I ME S. 2024-05-01 False L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2024-05-01 False S000148 Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] Charles Schumer D NY E. 2024-06-12 False H001046 Sen. Heinrich, Martin [D-NM] Martin Heinrich D NM T. 2024-07-24 False W000800 Sen. Welch, Peter [D-VT] Peter Welch D VT 2024-07-31 False Crime and Law Enforcement Advanced technology and technological innovations 2024-08-07T18:58:28Z Assault and harassment offenses 2024-08-07T18:59:01Z Civil actions and liability 2024-07-29T17:54:09Z Computer security and identity theft 2024-07-29T17:53:40Z Computers and information technology 2024-07-29T17:53:31Z Digital media 2024-08-07T18:58:34Z Fraud offenses and financial crimes 2024-08-07T18:58:48Z Photography and imaging 2024-08-07T18:58:42Z Pornography 2024-07-29T17:53:11Z Right of privacy 2024-08-07T18:58:58Z Sex offenses 2024-07-29T17:52:19Z Crime and Law Enforcement 2024-03-07T19:45:43Z

55 2024-07-23 Passed Senate 2025-08-22T17:04:20Z <p><strong>Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act of 2024 or the DEFIANCE Act of 2024</strong></p><p>This bill establishes a civil cause of action for individuals who are the subject of nonconsensual digital forgeries (commonly known as deepfakes) depicting intimate activity or nudity.</p><p>Under the bill, <em>digital forgery</em> is any intimate visual depiction of an identifiable individual created through the use of software, machine learning, artificial intelligence, or any other computer-generated or technological means that is indistinguishable from an authentic visual depiction of the individual.</p><p>Specifically, an identifiable individual who is the subject of a digital forgery may bring a civil action against any person who knowingly produces, distributes, solicits, or possesses with the intent to distribute a digital forgery without the individual's consent.</p><p>Current law provides civil remedies, including damages and injunctive relief,&nbsp;for the nonconsensual disclosure of intimate images. This bill makes all relief available for the new cause of action for nonconsensual digital forgeries&nbsp;and expands the relief available for both causes of action. For example, an identifiable individual may recover profits of the defendant that are attributable to the conduct at issue in&nbsp;the claim as part of&nbsp;actual damages.</p><p>The bill also establishes a 10-year statute of limitations, but tolls the running of the statute of limitations until the individual learns about the violation or the individual turns 18, whichever occurs later. This applies to both current law related to nonconsensual disclosure of intimate images and the new cause of action for nonconsensual digital forgeries.</p>

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