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Intimate Imagery and Privacy Protection Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-4994| Senate 
| Updated: 12/9/2020
Margaret Wood Hassan

Margaret Wood Hassan

Democratic Senator

New Hampshire

Cosponsors (3)
Thomas Tillis (Republican)Brian Schatz (Democratic)Josh Hawley (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Intimate Imagery and Privacy Protection Act of 2020 This bill establishes a civil cause of action against a person that discloses an intimate image of an individual without the depicted individual's consent, if the person disclosed the image knowing about or with reckless disregard for the lack of consent. Under the bill, a depicted individual may recover damages and obtain other relief, such as an injunction ordering the defendant to stop disclosing the image. A court may use a pseudonym to protect a depicted individual's confidentiality when granting an injunction. Evidence that a depicted individual consented to the capturing of the intimate image shall not by itself constitute consent for disclosure of the image. Similarly, evidence that a depicted individual provided an intimate image to a person shall not by itself constitute consent to further disclosure of that image.
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Timeline
Dec 9, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Dec 9, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • December 9, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • December 9, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

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Intimate Imagery and Privacy Protection Act of 2020

USA116th CongressS-4994| Senate 
| Updated: 12/9/2020
Intimate Imagery and Privacy Protection Act of 2020 This bill establishes a civil cause of action against a person that discloses an intimate image of an individual without the depicted individual's consent, if the person disclosed the image knowing about or with reckless disregard for the lack of consent. Under the bill, a depicted individual may recover damages and obtain other relief, such as an injunction ordering the defendant to stop disclosing the image. A court may use a pseudonym to protect a depicted individual's confidentiality when granting an injunction. Evidence that a depicted individual consented to the capturing of the intimate image shall not by itself constitute consent for disclosure of the image. Similarly, evidence that a depicted individual provided an intimate image to a person shall not by itself constitute consent to further disclosure of that image.
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Timeline
Dec 9, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Dec 9, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  • December 9, 2020
    Introduced in Senate


  • December 9, 2020
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Margaret Wood Hassan

Margaret Wood Hassan

Democratic Senator

New Hampshire

Cosponsors (3)
Thomas Tillis (Republican)Brian Schatz (Democratic)Josh Hawley (Republican)

Judiciary Committee

Law

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted