# 116-hr-8236: CREEPER Act 2.0

116-hr-8236, CREEPER Act 2.0, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL); status Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8236
- Congress: 116
- Title: CREEPER Act 2.0
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Introduced: 2020-09-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL)
- Cosponsors: 27
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Curbing Realistic Exploitative Electronic Pedophilic Robots Act 2.0 or the CREEPER Act 2.0 This bill expands the federal prohibition on importing or transporting obscene materials to include child sex dolls and makes it a crime to buy, sell, or distribute a child sex doll in interstate or foreign commerce. An individual who imports, transports, buys, sells, distributes, or possesses these dolls is subject to a fine, a prison term, or both.

## Cosponsors (27)

- Rep. Rutherford, John H. [R-FL-5] (R-FL), 2020-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2020-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mast, Brian J. [R-FL-21] (R-FL), 2020-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2020-09-17T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2020-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Spano, Ross [R-FL-15] (R-FL), 2020-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Chabot, Steve [R-OH-1] (R-OH), 2020-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Palmer, Gary J. [R-AL-6] (R-AL), 2020-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Diaz-Balart, Mario [R-FL-26] (R-FL), 2020-09-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Soto, Darren [D-FL-9] (D-FL), 2020-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. San Nicolas, Michael F. Q. [D-GU-At Large] (D-GU), 2020-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3] (R-CO), 2020-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8] (R-GA), 2020-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moolenaar, John R. [R-MI-2] (R-MI), 2020-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Long, Billy [R-MO-7] (R-MO), 2020-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] (R-NC), 2020-09-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Shalala, Donna E. [D-FL-27] (D-FL), 2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Murphy, Stephanie N. [D-FL-7] (D-FL), 2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bacon, Don [R-NE-2] (R-NE), 2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] (R-FL), 2020-09-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Barr, Andy [R-KY-6] (R-KY), 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] (R-NE), 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Amodei, Mark E. [R-NV-2] (R-NV), 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-16] (R-PA), 2020-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Castor, Kathy [D-FL-14] (D-FL), 2020-10-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Herrera Beutler, Jaime [R-WA-3] (R-WA), 2020-10-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] (R-FL), 2020-10-23T00:00:00.000Z

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- 116-hr-2423: Women's Suffrage Centennial Commemorative Coin Act
- 116-hr-1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
- 116-hr-748: CARES Act
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- 116-hr-724: PACT Act

## Sources
- [116-hr-8236 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8236)

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- [116-hr-1865: Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1865)
- [116-hr-748: CARES Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-748)
- [116-hr-1570: Removing Barriers to Colorectal Cancer Screening Act of 2020](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-1570)
- [116-hr-724: PACT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-724)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8236 (as of 2025-11-18).