NO FAKES Act of 2025
Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary
Creates a federal property right over a person's voice and likeness against unauthorized digital replicas, which are largely produced with generative AI. It sets up civil liability, First Amendment exemptions, a notice-and-takedown system, and preempts most state digital replica laws.
Model-rated AI relevance 95%.
Sponsored by
Christopher CoonsDemocratDEData as of: bills Sep 9, 2026 · votes Sep 11, 2026 · statements Sep 9, 2026. What changed
Progress
Introduced
Apr 9, 2025
Reported by committee
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became law
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Latest action · April 9, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
What members said
Releases that cite this bill first, then releases on the same topics.
Warnock calls for a statewide moratorium on AI data center construction unless projects guarantee no utility cost hikes, no NDAs, no tax giveaways, and no pollution.
Source ↗Hawley is investigating AI surveillance camera companies, arguing Congress never authorized these invasive AI-driven networks and that corporate self-policing is an inadequate safeguard.
Source ↗Barrett's bipartisan Doctors Not AI Act would bar AI from making medical-necessity insurance denials and require disclosure of AI use.
Source ↗Evans promotes American open-source AI leadership against China while adding commonsense consumer guardrails and mandated federal risk assessments of adversary models.
Source ↗Landsman's Doctors Not AI Act would keep licensed clinicians, not algorithms, in charge of medical-necessity decisions with transparency for patients.
Source ↗Schrier's Doctors Not AI Act would require doctors rather than AI systems to make health coverage decisions, with oversight and disclosure.
Source ↗Harrigan backs bipartisan monitoring of self-improving AI through NIST while stressing the bill imposes no new mandates and won't impede innovation.
Source ↗Jacobs introduces bipartisan legislation creating a DoD-wide AI incident and vulnerability reporting program to make military AI safer and more accountable.
Source ↗Bill data read 2026-09-09T02:09:45.522Z