Intimate Imagery and Privacy Protection Act of 2020
Latest action · Dec 9, 2020 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedDec 9, 2020
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Intimate Imagery and Privacy Protection Act of 2020
This bill establishes a civil cause of action against a person that discloses an intimate image of an individual without the depicted individual's consent, if the person disclosed the image knowing about or with reckless disregard for the lack of consent.
Under the bill, a depicted individual may recover damages and obtain other relief, such as an injunction ordering the defendant to stop disclosing the image. A court may use a pseudonym to protect a depicted individual's confidentiality when granting an injunction.
Evidence that a depicted individual consented to the capturing of the intimate image shall not by itself constitute consent for disclosure of the image. Similarly, evidence that a depicted individual provided an intimate image to a person shall not by itself constitute consent to further disclosure of that image.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 9, 2020 to Dec 15, 2020, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-MO | Josh Hawley | Original | Dec 9, 2020 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Dec 9, 2020 |
| D-HI | Brian Schatz | Dec 15, 2020 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2020Introduced in Senate
- Dec 9, 2020Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Law.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 9, 2020Introduced in Senate
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