Did not become law. It stopped in the Senate on January 30, 2025. The 2024–2025 session has ended.
2024–2025 Session
Senate Bill 2544
Establishes criminal penalties for production or dissemination of deceptive audio or visual media, commonly known as "deepfakes."
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the Senate
Sponsor from Feb 5
Chief co-sponsor from Feb 8
4 co-sponsors
Jon M. Bramnick, Shirley K. Turner, Nicholas P. Scutari, Carmen F. Amato Jr.
Its course
February 8, 2024 to January 30, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action6 actions on 5 days
In the SenateFeb 8 to Jan 30 · stopped357 days
Law and Public SafetyFeb 8 to Mar 728 days
Budget and AppropriationsMar 7 to Jun 24109 days
Votes
Yeas to nays, as the Legislature recorded them. Committee votes are set in.
Do pass as amended · Mar 7
Who voted how
Yea Angela V. McKnight, Declan J. O'Scanlon Jr., Linda R. Greenstein, Owen Henry, Vin Gopal
Do pass as amended · Jun 24
Amendments
Each amendment offered, and what became of it.
Senate committee amendmentAdopted
Adopted Mar 7
Text
Each version as the Legislature printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the Legislature published it is below.
In the Senate Feb 8 – Jan 30, 2025
- Feb 8Introduced in the Senate and sent to Law and Public Safety
- Mar 7Law and Public Safety recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Sent to Budget and Appropriations
- Jun 24Budget and Appropriations recommended it as amended
- Read a second time
- Jan 14, 2025Amended on the floor and read a second time
- Jan 30, 2025Carried on in A3540