As introduced: - Creates a new, separate criminal offense for child sexual abuse or exploitation material, repealing and replacing the existing statutory framework. - Expands these offenses to include computer-generated or manipulated images that portray a purported or identifiable child engaging in a prohibited sexual act. - Increases the criminal penalties for distributing obscene material that includes a depiction of a purported child. - Lowers the threshold for the first-degree crime of leader of a network that shares child sexual abuse or exploitation material from 100,000 items to 1,000 items. - Amends the crime of invasion of privacy to prohibit the disclosure of a manipulated depiction, or deepfake, of an adult's intimate parts or sexual conduct without their consent.
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
May 4, 2026 | — | Received in the Senate, Referred to Senate Judiciary Committee |
Mar 23, 2026 | — | Passed by the Assembly (72-0-0) |
Feb 19, 2026 | A | Hearing Scheduled - Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology |
Feb 19, 2026 | — | Reported out of Assembly Committee, 2nd Reading |
Jan 13, 2026 | — | Introduced, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee |
| Last Action | May 4, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Year | 2026 |
| Bill Type | Bill |
| Created | Mar 21, 2026 |
| Updated | May 5, 2026 |