119th Congress · HOUSE BILLBILL

H.R. 6715Child Predators Accountability Act

To prohibit sexual exploitation and sexually explicit depictions of minors, and for other purposes.

Crime and law enforcement
Introduced Dec 15, 2025
Last action Jan 13, 2026
Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Dec 15, 2025
Step 2
Referred
Dec 15, 2025
Judiciary · the Judiciary
Step 3
Committee
Dec 18, 2025
Reported out
Step 4
House floor
Jan 12, 2026
Passed House
Step 5
Senate
Jan 13, 2026
Step 6
Resolve Changes
Step 7
Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

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...

Provisions · 2 sectionsEngrossed in House
3 versions
Engrossed in House · 2 provisions
AmendmentAI
Timeline · 13 actions
Jan 13, 2026
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 12, 2026
Mr. Harris (NC) moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Jan 12, 2026
Considered under suspension of the rules.
Jan 12, 2026
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 6715.
Jan 12, 2026
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Jan 12, 2026
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Jan 12, 2026
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H630)
Jan 12, 2026
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H630)
Jan 12, 2026
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H630-632)
Dec 18, 2025
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Dec 18, 2025
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Voice Vote.
Dec 15, 2025
Introduced in House
Dec 15, 2025
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.