TAKE IT DOWN Act
Latest action · Apr 28, 2025 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 59.
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.
- IntroducedJan 22, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot 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 nonconsensual online publication of intimate visual depictions of individuals, both authentic and computer-generated, and requires certain online platforms to promptly remove such depictions upon receiving 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 published 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 mandatory restitution and criminal penalties, including 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 platforms must establish a process 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 platforms must remove such depictions within 48 hours of notification. Under the bill, covered platforms are defined as public websites, online services, or applications that primarily provide a forum for user-generated content.
Cosponsors 41
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2025 to Apr 9, 2025; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | August Pfluger | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| D-MI | Debbie Dingell | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| D-VI | Stacey E. Plaskett | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| R-FL | Vern Buchanan | Original | Jan 22, 2025 |
| R-NJ | Christopher H. Smith | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Jim Costa | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Monica De La Cruz | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| D-NV | Susie Lee | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Craig A. Goldman | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| R-CO | Lauren Boebert | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ro Khanna | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| R-OK | Stephanie I. Bice | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| R-NJ | Thomas H. Kean, Jr. | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| R-LA | Clay Higgins | Mar 5, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Dan Crenshaw | Mar 5, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Daniel Meuser | Mar 5, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Mar 5, 2025 | |
| R-SC | Joe Wilson | Mar 5, 2025 | |
| R-AZ | Abraham J. Hamadeh | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| R-GA | Earl L. "Buddy" Carter | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| R-CO | Jeff Hurd | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| R-MS | Michael Guest | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Chuck Edwards | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Nicole Malliotakis | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Roger Williams | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Salud O. Carbajal | Mar 24, 2025 | |
| R-NY | Nick LaLota | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| R-NC | Pat Harrigan | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| R-ID | Russ Fulcher | Mar 31, 2025 | |
| R-TX | Lance Gooden | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| R-CA | Jay Obernolte | Apr 7, 2025 | |
| R-ND | Julie Fedorchak | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Ryan Mackenzie | Apr 9, 2025 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 22, 2025Markup Apr 8, 2025Reported Apr 28, 2025 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 28, 2025Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-82.
- Apr 28, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 59.
- Apr 8, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 8, 2025Ordered to be Reported by the Yeas and Nays: 49 - 1.
- Jan 22, 2025Introduced in House
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 27, 2025H.R. 633, TAKE IT DOWN ActAs reported by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on April 28
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 13, January 22, 2025, page H300.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46662 | Social Media: Content Dissemination and Moderation Practices | Report | Mar 20, 2025 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 146 | TAKE IT DOWN Act | Contained in public law | May 19, 2025 |
| HR 1768 | Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act | Related bill | Mar 3, 2025 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- 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 Reported to House
- 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.
- Apr 28, 2025Reported in House
- Jan 22, 2025Introduced in House
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