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

Combating Online Predators Act

Chamber: United States House of Representatives (The United States of America)
Session: 119th Congress Current
**Combating Online Predators Act of 2025 or the COP Act of 2025** This bill establishes new federal criminal offenses for threatening to distribute a visual depiction of a minor (or person believed to be a minor) engaging in sexually explicit conduct with the intent that the minor (or person believed to be a minor) create or transmit a visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct. (This practice is commonly referred to as *sextortion*.) The bill also prohibits attempts and conspiracies to commit the offenses.

Sponsors

(3)
LL
Laurel Lee
Republican · Primary
DS
Derek Schmidt
Republican · Cosponsor
LG
Laura Gillen
Democrat · Cosponsor

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