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HR6715Passed House

Child Predators Accountability Act

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Introduced
In Committee
Passed One Chamber
4
Passed Both
5
Signed into Law
119th
Congress
2025-12-15
Introduced
1
Cosponsors
HR
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Type

Sponsor

Mark Harris
Mark Harris
Republican · NC · Representative
Votes with party: 92.8% (554 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/H001102

Source: Congress.gov · FEC

Cosponsors (1)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

  • Laura Gillen (D-NY-4)· 2026-01-12

Latest Action

The most recent step in the bill's legislative path. Committee Activity below shows referrals and reports; the full action-by-action history including floor proceedings lives at Congress.gov →

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

2026-01-13

Source: Congress.gov

Committee Activity

Currently in

  • Senate Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2026-01-13
  • House Committee on the JudiciaryMarkup By · 2025-12-18

Previously

  • Judiciary CommitteeReferred To · 2026-01-13
  • Judiciary CommitteeMarkup By · 2025-12-18
  • House Committee on the JudiciaryReferred To · 2025-12-15
  • Judiciary CommitteeReferred To · 2025-12-15

Plain-English Summary

Child Predators Accountability Act of 2025 This bill broadens the scope of prohibited conduct under two federal criminal statutes related to the production of child pornography. Under current law, both statutes prohibit employing, using, persuading, inducing, enticing, or coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction or transmitting a live visual depiction of the conduct. This bill expands prohibited conduct to include employing, using, persuading, inducing, enticing, or coercing a minor to be depicted engaging in sexually explicit conduct. The bill also defines the term engage in to include a minor's presence in a such a depiction regardless of whether or not the minor is participating in the sexually explicit conduct.

Plain-English rewrite of the Congressional Research Service summary published on Congress.gov. Cached and reviewed.

Subjects

Crime and Law Enforcement
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