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TAKE IT DOWN Act

Public Law 119-12 · S. 146 · 119th Congress · began in the Senate

Signed by Donald Trump (R) on May 19, 2025 · Science, Technology, Communications

Sponsor: Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX)

Cosponsors (21): Sen. Amy Klobuchar,

Passage votesYeaNay

  • HouseRecorded vote: 409 yea, 2 nay409–2
  • SenateUnanimous consent
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The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.

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Summary

The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.

This act generally prohibits the nonconsensual online publication of intimate visual depictions of individuals, both authentic and computer-generated, and requires certain online platforms (e.g., social media platforms) to promptly remove such depictions upon receiving notice of their existence.

Specifically, the act 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 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 act, covered platforms are defined as public websites, online services, or applications that primarily provide a forum for user-generated content.

Who voted for it

Every House member of the 119th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 409 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.

409 yea2 nay22 present or did not vote

ProEstablishmentAnti
Economic left–right
More liberalMore conservative

Democrats who voted yea(202)

Republicans who voted yea(207)

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The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 103 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.

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Committees

The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.

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Related bills

2 bills the Library of Congress relates to this one.

  • H.R. 633Public law contains the text

    TAKE IT DOWN Act

  • H.R. 1768Related bill

    Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act

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Related bills are identified by the Congressional Research Service, the House and the Senate: companion and identical bills, bills with similar text, bills that were folded into this law, and rules that brought it to the floor. A bill that is itself a public law in this site’s data links here; the others link to Congress.gov.

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Timeline

From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 17 actions.

  1. May 19, 2025Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 119-12.
  2. Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
  3. FloorFloor · Presented to President.
  4. Apr 28, 2025FloorFloor · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  5. FloorFloor · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 409 - 2 (Roll no. 104).House roll call 104
  6. FloorFloor · Considered as unfinished business.
  7. FloorFloor · At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  8. FloorFloor · DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 146.
  9. FloorFloor · Considered under suspension of the rules.
  10. FloorFloor · Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  11. Feb 14, 2025FloorFloor · Held at the desk.
  12. FloorFloor · Received in the House.
  13. Feb 13, 2025FloorFloor · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  14. FloorFloor · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
  15. CommitteeCommittee · Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation discharged by Unanimous Consent.
  16. Jan 16, 2025CommitteeCommittee · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
  17. IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in Senate
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Every action the Library of Congress lists for the bill, from introduction to signing, plus the dated committee hearings. The source lists many steps twice (the chamber’s own entry and the Library of Congress copy, or a presidential and a became-law entry with the same words); those are shown once. Amendments are listed in their own section.

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Amendments

No amendments to this bill are on record.

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Amendments offered to this bill in either chamber, as the Library of Congress records them: each with a status read from its last recorded step: agreed to, rejected, withdrawn, ruled out of order, fell with another amendment, or offered with no vote recorded (most Senate amendments are only ever offered). The wording of each amendment is the source’s. Amendments to amendments and amendments to other bills are not listed.

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Official record

The bill’s full text is on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.