Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act
Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary
Makes it a crime to intentionally disclose, or threaten to disclose, digitally altered depictions of a person engaging in sexually explicit conduct.
Model-rated AI relevance 75%: It targets digitally manipulated intimate images, which are a key harm from generative AI. (claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026)
Sponsored by
Joseph MorelleDemocratNYData as of: bills Oct 22, 2026 · votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 2026. What changed
Progress
Introduced
Mar 6, 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 · March 6, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
What members said
Releases that cite this bill first, then releases on the same topics.
Courtney criticizes Speaker Johnson for blocking votes on bipartisan AI safeguard bills like the AI Kill Switch Act and the Preventing Deepfakes of Intimate Images Act.
Source ↗Clarke reintroduced legislation requiring disclosure when generative AI is used in political advertising to protect election transparency.
Source ↗Tlaib introduces a bill to ban federal funding for AI-enabled mass surveillance and facial recognition technologies like Flock cameras.
Source ↗Cortez Masto and Horsford call for worker privacy protections against the sale of employee data to Google for training AI, warning de-identification safeguards may be insufficient.
Source ↗Reed is seeking legislation to ban AI-enabled personalized price discrimination against consumers.
Source ↗Horsford urges enforceable privacy safeguards before employee data can be sold to train AI systems.
Source ↗Merkley co-introduced the Ban Flock Act to prohibit government use of AI-powered license plate surveillance cameras.
Source ↗Sanders introduced the Ban Flock Act to ban AI-powered surveillance cameras tracking Americans without consent.
Source ↗Bill data read 2026-10-22T14:48:01.167Z