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2026 Regular Session

House Bill 5312

AN ACT ESTABLISHING A CIVIL ACTION FOR THE OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND A PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION FOR VICTIMS OF UNLAWFUL DISSEMINATION OF A SYNTHETICALLY CREATED INTIMATE IMAGE.

Became law as Public Act 26-55, signed May 26, 2026, 90 days after it was filed.

What it does

The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.

To establish a private right of action and a civil action for the office of the Attorney General to pursue damages from an operator of an electronic digital platform who fails to take down a synthetically created intimate image when the operator knew or should have known that dissemination of such image was unlawful.

Sponsors

Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.

In the House of Representatives

21 co-sponsors

Hubert D. Delany, William Heffernan, Craig C. Fishbein, Nick Gauthier, Tom Delnicki, Devin R. Carney, Henry J. Genga, Dominique Johnson, Brian Lanoue, Eleni Kavros DeGraw, Tom O'Dea, Bob Godfrey, Joseph H. Zullo, William Pizzuto, Nicole Klarides-Ditria, Tina Courpas, Jason Buchsbaum, Martin Foncello, Steven J. Stafstrom, Seth Bronko, Tami Zawistowski

In the Senate

    5 co-sponsors

    John A. Kissel, Paul Cicarella, Heather S. Somers, Jason Perillo, Stephen G. Harding Jr.

    Its course

    February 25 to May 26, 2026, 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 action22 actions on 12 days

    In the House of RepresentativesFeb 25 to May 165 days

    Judiciary CommitteeFeb 25 to Mar 2326 days

    In the SenateMay 1 to May 54 days

    Waiting to be sentMay 5 to May 1510 days

    With the GovernorMay 15 to May 2611 days

    Votes

    Yeas to nays, as the General Assembly recorded them. Committee votes are set in.

    Amendments

    Each amendment offered, and what became of it.

    • House of Representatives floor amendmentAdopted

      Adopted May 1 · Adopted May 5

    Text

    Each version as the General Assembly printed it.

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    What happened

    In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.

    In the House of Representatives Feb 25 – May 1

    1. Feb 25Introduced and sent to Judiciary Committee
    2. Feb 26Heard in Judiciary Committee
    3. Mar 23Judiciary Committee recommended a substitute for it
    4. May 1The House of Representatives adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
    5. Passed the House of Representatives with House of Representatives Amendment A

    In the Senate May 1 – May 5

    1. May 1Sent to the Senate
    2. May 5The Senate adopted House of Representatives Amendment A
    3. Passed the Senate with House of Representatives Amendment A

    To the Governor May 14 – May 26

    1. May 14Numbered Public Act 26-55
    2. May 15Sent to the Secretary of the State
    3. Sent to the Governor
    4. May 26Signed by the Governor
    All 22 actions, as published
    1. Feb 25REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses
    2. Feb 26PUBLIC HEARINGBoth houses
    3. Mar 23Joint Favorable SubstituteBoth houses
    4. Mar 24FILED WITH LCOBoth houses
    5. Apr 2REFERRED TO OLR, OFABoth houses
    6. Apr 9RPTD. OUT OF LCOBoth houses
    7. Apr 9FAV. RPT., TABLED FOR HOUSE CALENDARHouse of Representatives
    8. Apr 9HOUSE CALENDAR NUMBERHouse of Representatives
    9. Apr 9FILE NO.Both houses
    10. May 1HOUSE ADOPTED HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    11. May 1HOUSE PASSED, HOUSE AMEND. SCH.House of Representatives
    12. May 1IMMEDIATE TRANSMITTAL TO THE SENATEHouse of Representatives
    13. May 2FAV. RPT., TAB. FOR CAL., SEN.Senate
    14. May 2SENATE CALENDAR NUMBERSenate
    15. May 5RULES SUSPENDEDSenate
    16. May 5SEN. ADOPTED HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    17. May 5SEN. PASSED, HO. AMEND. SCH.Senate
    18. May 5ON CONSENT CALENDAR /IN CONCURRENCESenate
    19. May 14PUBLIC ACTBoth houses
    20. May 15TRANSMITTED TO SECRETARY OF THE STATEBoth houses
    21. May 15TRANSMITTED BY SECRETARY OF THE STATE TO GOVERNORGovernor
    22. May 26SIGNED BY GOVERNORGovernor