# 119-hr-3562: DEFIANCE Act of 2025

119-hr-3562, DEFIANCE Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-30).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-3562
- Congress: 119
- Title: DEFIANCE Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-05-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria [D-NY-14] (D-NY)
- Cosponsors: 69
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-30

## Summary

**This bill would create new federal civil protections for victims of non-consensual intimate images and AI-made "intimate digital forgeries,"** updating federal law to define deepfakes, set who can sue, and specify remedies and limits for those harms. It preserves existing federal, State, and Tribal laws and lets States or Tribes adopt rules that are at least as protective.

## Cosponsors (69)

- Rep. Lee, Laurel M. [R-FL-15] (R-FL), 2025-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Cammack, Kat [R-FL-3] (R-FL), 2025-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2025-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dingell, Debbie [D-MI-6] (D-MI), 2025-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lawler, Michael [R-NY-17] (R-NY), 2025-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2025-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1] (R-SC), 2025-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Max L. [R-OH-7] (R-OH), 2025-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8] (D-MD), 2025-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pettersen, Brittany [D-CO-7] (D-CO), 2025-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Drew, Jefferson [R-NJ-2] (R-NJ), 2025-05-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Velázquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-7] (D-NY), 2025-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fitzpatrick, Brian K. [R-PA-1] (R-PA), 2025-06-25T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Balint, Becca [D-VT-At Large] (D-VT), 2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Turner, Michael R. [R-OH-10] (R-OH), 2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller, Carol D. [R-WV-1] (R-WV), 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Subramanyam, Suhas [D-VA-10] (D-VA), 2026-10-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24] (R-NY), 2026-01-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crockett, Jasmine [D-TX-30] (D-TX), 2026-01-08T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Malliotakis, Nicole [R-NY-11] (R-NY), 2026-01-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2026-01-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11] (R-NC), 2026-01-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46] (D-CA), 2026-01-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carey, Mike [R-OH-15] (R-OH), 2026-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Harder, Josh [D-CA-9] (D-CA), 2026-01-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5] (R-TX), 2026-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Adelita S. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2026-01-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Luna, Anna Paulina [R-FL-13] (R-FL), 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ), 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Kean, Thomas H. [R-NJ-7] (R-NJ), 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12] (D-MI), 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Evans, Dwight [D-PA-3] (D-PA), 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McBride, Sarah [D-DE-At Large] (D-DE), 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moran, Nathaniel [R-TX-1] (R-TX), 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moskowitz, Jared [D-FL-23] (D-FL), 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Houchin, Erin [R-IN-9] (R-IN), 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Landsman, Greg [D-OH-1] (D-OH), 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bost, Mike [R-IL-12] (R-IL), 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-01-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. De La Cruz, Monica [R-TX-15] (R-TX), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Costa, Jim [D-CA-21] (D-CA), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Letlow, Julia [R-LA-5] (R-LA), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17] (D-CA), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Timmons, William R. [R-SC-4] (R-SC), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Auchincloss, Jake [D-MA-4] (D-MA), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Davis, Donald G. [D-NC-1] (D-NC), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] (R-IA), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wagner, Ann [R-MO-2] (R-MO), 2026-01-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Titus, Dina [D-NV-1] (D-NV), 2026-01-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. LaLota, Nick [R-NY-1] (R-NY), 2026-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Foushee, Valerie P. [D-NC-4] (D-NC), 2026-02-02T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bresnahan, Robert P. [R-PA-8] (R-PA), 2026-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] (D-CA), 2026-01-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2026-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dean, Madeleine [D-PA-4] (D-PA), 2026-02-04T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Garbarino, Andrew R. [R-NY-2] (R-NY), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Suozzi, Thomas R. [D-NY-3] (D-NY), 2026-06-30T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Moore, Blake D. [R-UT-1] (R-UT), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ross, Deborah K. [D-NC-2] (D-NC), 2026-07-20T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Salazar, Maria Elvira [R-FL-27] (R-FL), 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6] (D-NY), 2026-08-03T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fuller, Clay [R-GA-14] (R-GA), 2026-08-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McGarvey, Morgan [D-KY-3] (D-KY), 2026-08-13T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4] (R-IN), 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Omar, Ilhan [D-MN-5] (D-MN), 2026-08-27T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Joyce, David P. [R-OH-14] (R-OH), 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA), 2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New protections from AI intimate forgeries: benefit, low. If enacted, this would expand the federal civil action on nonconsensual intimate images to cover AI-made intimate forgeries. It would define who counts as an identifiable person by face, unique marks, or info shown with the image. It would define an intimate digital forgery as a fake intimate image…

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## Sources
- [119-hr-3562 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/3562)

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- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
- [119-hr-909: Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-909)
- [119-hr-1993: 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1993)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3562 (as of 2026-10-30).