NO FAKES Act of 2025
Latest action · Apr 9, 2025 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.
- IntroducedApr 9, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2025 or the NO FAKES Act of 2025
This bill creates a federal intellectual property right to protect individuals from unauthorized digital replicas (e.g., digital content made using generative artificial intelligence) of their voice and visual likeness.
Specifically, the bill gives each individual or right holder the right to authorize the use of the individual's voice or visual likeness (1) in a digital replica, or (2) for a product or service requiring authorization to avoid liability under the bill. This property right is not assignable during the individual’s lifetime but is licensable and does not expire upon the death of the individual.
Generally, any individual or entity that engages in specified prohibited activities (e.g., distributing a digital replica without authorization) shall be liable in a civil action and subject to related penalties. The bill exempts specified uses from liability, such as categories of conduct likely to involve protected speech under the First Amendment (e.g., news reporting, sports broadcasts, and satire).
The bill establishes a notice-and-takedown process for unauthorized digital replicas. The bill establishes penalties related to false or deceptive notice.
The bill expressly preempts state laws related to digital replicas except for causes of action under state statutes or common law in existence as of January 2, 2025.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 9, 2025 to Apr 14, 2026; 3 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MN | Amy Klobuchar | Original | Apr 9, 2025 |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Original | Apr 9, 2025 |
| R-NC | Thom Tillis | Original | Apr 9, 2025 |
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | May 14, 2025 | |
| R-LA | Bill Cassidy | May 14, 2025 | |
| R-TN | Bill Hagerty | May 14, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Richard J. Durbin | May 14, 2025 | |
| R-FL | Ashley Moody | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Jun 3, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Elissa Slotkin | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| R-AL | Katie Boyd Britt | Apr 14, 2026 | |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Apr 14, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Judiciary Committee | Referred Apr 9, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 9, 2025Introduced in Senate
- Apr 9, 2025Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Related bills 3
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 2794 | NO FAKES Act of 2025 | Related bill | Apr 9, 2025 |
| S 4591 | NO FAKES Act of 2026 | Related bill | Jun 24, 2026 |
| HR 8915 | NO FAKES Act of 2026 | Related bill | May 20, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to protect intellectual property rights in the voice and visual likeness of individuals, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- NO FAKES Act of 2025
- Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act of 2025
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Administrative remedies
- Art, artists, authorship
- Civil actions and liability
- Commerce
- Computers and information technology
- Department of Commerce
- Digital media
- Federal preemption
- Intellectual property
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Music
- Photography and imaging
- Sound recording
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 9, 2025Introduced in Senate
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