TAKE IT DOWN Act
Latest action · Dec 4, 2024 Held at the desk.
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.
- IntroducedJun 18, 2024
- Passed SenateDec 3, 2024
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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 online publication of intimate visual depictions of individuals, both authentic and computer-generated, and requires covered online platforms to promptly remove such depictions upon 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 created 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 criminal penalties including mandatory restitution and 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 online platforms must establish a mechanism 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 online platforms must remove such depictions within 48 hours of notification. Under the bill, covered online platforms are defined as public websites, online services, or applications that primarily provide a forum for user-generated content.
Cosponsors 20
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 18, 2024 to Nov 20, 2024; 13 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Jun 18, 2024 |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | Original | Jun 18, 2024 |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | Original | Jun 18, 2024 |
| D-NV | Jacky Rosen | Original | Jun 18, 2024 |
| D-WV | Joe Manchin III | Original | Jun 18, 2024 |
| R-WY | John Barrasso | Original | Jun 18, 2024 |
| D-CO | John W. Hickenlooper | Original | Jun 18, 2024 |
| D-CA | Laphonza R. Butler | Original | Jun 18, 2024 |
| D-NM | Martin Heinrich | Original | Jun 18, 2024 |
| D-CT | Richard Blumenthal | Original | Jun 18, 2024 |
| R-WV | Shelley Moore Capito | Original | Jun 18, 2024 |
| R-NC | Ted Budd | Original | Jun 18, 2024 |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Original | Jun 18, 2024 |
| R-SD | John Thune | Jun 20, 2024 | |
| R-MS | Roger F. Wicker | Jun 20, 2024 | |
| R-FL | Marco Rubio | Jul 11, 2024 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Jul 29, 2024 | |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Sep 9, 2024 | |
| D-GA | Raphael G. Warnock | Sep 16, 2024 | |
| D-NJ | Cory A. Booker | Nov 20, 2024 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee | Referred Jun 18, 2024Markup Jul 31, 2024Discharged Dec 4, 2024 |
Actions 9
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Dec 4, 2024Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 4, 2024Received in the House.
- Dec 4, 2024Held at the desk.
- Dec 3, 2024Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
- Dec 3, 2024Measure laid before Senate by unanimous consent. (consideration: CR S6788-6789)
In the Congressional Record 3
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S7206 | Joe Manchin III D-WV, John Barrasso R-WY, Ted Cruz R-TX | Dec 19, 2024 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6788, S6789Amendments S6783 | Amy Klobuchar D-MN (amendment), Charles E. Schumer D-NY, Ron Wyden D-OR, Ted Cruz R-TX (amendment) | Dec 3, 2024 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S6411–S6413 | Cory A. Booker D-NJ, Ted Cruz R-TX | Sep 25, 2024 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Dec 6, 2024S. 4569, TAKE IT DOWN ActAs passed by the Senate on December 3, 2024
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SA 3309 | In the nature of a substitute | Ted Cruz R-TXfor Charles E. Schumer | Amendment SA 3309 agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent. |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 8989 | TAKE IT DOWN Act | Identical bill | Jul 10, 2024 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to require covered platforms to remove nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- TAKE IT DOWN Act
- Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed Senate
- TAKE IT DOWN Act
- Tools to Address Known Exploitation by Immobilizing Technological Deepfakes on Websites and Networks Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Dec 3, 2024Engrossed in Senate
- Jun 18, 2024Introduced in Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
