RESPECT Act

Bill: 119-hr-4600
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Mace, Nancy [R-SC-1]
Introduced: 2025-07-22
Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Subjects: Criminal procedure and sentencing

Digital media

Right of privacy
Latest action: action_date: 2025-07-22
text: Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Summaries:

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 4600 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 22, 2025 Ms. Mace introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to increase the penalties related to intentional disclosure of nonconsensual intimate visual depictions, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Responding to Exploitation and Sharing of Private Explicit Content and Threats Act or the RESPECT Act . 2. Increased penalties related to intentional disclosure of nonconsensual intimate visual depictions Section 223(h) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 223(h) ) is amended— (1) in paragraph (4)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking 2 years and inserting 5 years ; and (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking 3 years and inserting 10 years ; and (2) in paragraph (6)(B)— (A) in clause (i), by striking 18 months and inserting 3 years ; and (B) in clause (ii), by striking 30 months and inserting 5 years .