S. 1837
119th Congress
Senate
DEFIANCE Act of 2025
Official title: A bill to improve rights to relief for individuals affected by non-consensual activities involving intimate digital forgeries, and for other purposes.
Crime and Law Enforcement
Advanced technology and technological innovationsAssault and harassment offensesCivil actions and liabilityComputer security and identity theft
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Computers and information technologyDigital mediaFraud offenses and financial crimesPhotography and imagingPornographyRight of privacySex offenses
Everywhere this bill has been
8 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 13, 2026
Held at the desk.
Jan 13, 2026
Senate Committee on the Judiciary discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Jan 13, 2026
Received in the House.
Jan 13, 2026
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Jan 13, 2026
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S143-147; text: CR S145-146)
Jan 13, 2026
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
May 21, 2025
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text: CR S3059-3060)
May 21, 2025
Introduced in Senate
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Held at the desk.
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Committees of jurisdiction
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Lobbying activity
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- NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER ACTION FUND
- VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC. AND VARIOUS SUBSIDIARIES
- AVOQ, LLC
- UNITED STATES TELECOM ASSN
- KELSAY STRATEGIES LLC
- MERCURY STRATEGIES, LLC
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Executive Office of the President (EOP)
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- White House Office
- Natl Telecommunications & Information Administration (NTIA)
- Treasury, Dept of
- Commerce, Dept of (DOC)
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1837: DEFIANCE Act of 2025. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1837/
"S. 1837: DEFIANCE Act of 2025." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1837/.
S. 1837, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-S-1837/.
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