119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Feb 11, 2025
SHIELD Act of 2023
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Feb 11, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Feb 11, 2025)
Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution Act of 2025 or the SHIELD Act of 2023 [sic]
This bill establishes new federal criminal offenses related to the distribution of sexual exploitative content.
First, the bill makes it a crime to knowingly mail or distribute (or intentionally threaten to mail or distribute) an intimate visual depiction of a recognizable adult engaged in sexual conduct. To constitute a crime, certain elements must be met, including that the distribution must be nonconsensual; the depiction is not a matter of public concern; and the distribution must be intended to cause harm or cause harm. A violator is subject to a fine, a prison term of up to two years, or both; mandatory restitution; and the forfeiture of material involved in the offense, property constituting or derived from the proceeds from the offense, and property used to commit or facilitate the offense.
Second, the bill makes it a crime to knowingly mail or distribute (or intentionally threaten to mail or distribute) a visual depiction of a nude minor with intent to abuse, humiliate, harass, or degrade the minor, or to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person. A violator is subject to a fine, a prison term of up to three years, or both; mandatory restitution; and the forfeiture of material involved in the offense, property constituting or derived from the proceeds from the offense, and property used to commit or facilitate the offense.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in Senate
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Civil actions and liability · Crimes against children · Criminal procedure and sentencing · Domestic violence and child abuse · Internet, web applications, social media · Pornography · Sex offenses · Telephone and wireless communication
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AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 19, 2026 · issue area: Computer Industry
$15,000
Spent on own lobbying
…n Act (Sen. Markey); S. 962, Protecting Children Over Profits Act (Sen. Lankford); H.R. 976, 1071 Repeal to Protect Small Business Lending Act (Rep. Williams); S. 516, Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution Act (Sen. Klobuchar); H.R. 1602 Financial Privacy Act (Rep. Davidson); S. 809 Saving Privacy Act…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · amended · posted Sep 29, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…Our Fallen Heroes Act, which would categorize duty-related cancer fatalities as a line of duty death under the Public Safety Officers Benefits (PSOB) program. S. 516 (Klobuchar, D-MN) the Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution (SHIELD) Act, which would prohibit the distribution of Non-Consensually Dis…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · amended · posted Sep 29, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, which would permanently place fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. S. 516 (Klobuchar, D-MN) the Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution (SHIELD) Act, which would prohibit the distribution of Non-Consensually Dis…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · amended · posted Sep 29, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, which would permanently place fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. S. 516 (Klobuchar, D-MN) the Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution (SHIELD) Act, which would prohibit the distribution of Non-Consensually Dis…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · amended · posted Sep 29, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, which would permanently place fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. S. 516 (Klobuchar, D-MN) the Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution (SHIELD) Act, which would prohibit the distribution of Non-Consensually Dis…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · amended · posted Sep 29, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, which would permanently place fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. S. 516 (Klobuchar, D-MN) the Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution (SHIELD) Act, which would prohibit the distribution of Non-Consensually Dis…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · amended · posted Sep 29, 2026 · issue area: Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice
$100,000
Spent on own lobbying
…All Lethal Trafficking of Fentanyl Act, which would permanently place fentanyl-related substances as a class into schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act. S. 516 (Klobuchar, D-MN) the Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution (SHIELD) Act, which would prohibit the distribution of Non-Consensually Dis…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jun 30, 2026 · issue area: Computer Industry
$15,000
Spent on own lobbying
…n Act (Sen. Markey); S. 962, Protecting Children Over Profits Act (Sen. Lankford); H.R. 976, 1071 Repeal to Protect Small Business Lending Act (Rep. Williams); S. 516, Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution Act (Sen. Klobuchar); H.R. 1602 Financial Privacy Act (Rep. Davidson); S. 809 Saving Privacy Act…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 8, 2026 · issue area: Computer Industry
$15,000
Spent on own lobbying
…n Act (Sen. Markey); S. 962, Protecting Children Over Profits Act (Sen. Lankford); H.R. 976, 1071 Repeal to Protect Small Business Lending Act (Rep. Williams); S. 516, Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution Act (Sen. Klobuchar); H.R. 1602 Financial Privacy Act (Rep. Davidson); S. 809 Saving Privacy Act…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 16, 2026 · issue area: Computer Industry
$15,000
Spent on own lobbying
…n Act (Sen. Markey); S. 962, Protecting Children Over Profits Act (Sen. Lankford); H.R. 976, 1071 Repeal to Protect Small Business Lending Act (Rep. Williams); S. 516, Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution Act (Sen. Klobuchar); H.R. 1602 Financial Privacy Act (Rep. Davidson); S. 809 Saving Privacy Act…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
MICROSOFT CORPORATION · lobbying firm or registrant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 20, 2025 · issue area: Computer Industry
$2,020,000
Spent on own lobbying
…pen-Source Software Security. S. 2253, Unsubscribe Act. AI Legislation. S. 146, TAKE IT DOWN Act. Issues related to non-consensual intimate imagery. H.R. 1218, S. 516, SHIELD Act. Issues related to Cloud Act and implementing agreements. Digital replicas. S. 1367, NO FAKES Act. S. 1894, H.R. 4059, SPEED Act. S. 5618, FoRGED A…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 8, 2025 · issue area: Computer Industry
$15,000
Spent on own lobbying
…n Act (Sen. Markey); S. 962, Protecting Children Over Profits Act (Sen. Lankford); H.R. 976, 1071 Repeal to Protect Small Business Lending Act (Rep. Williams); S. 516, Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution Act (Sen. Klobuchar); H.R. 1602 Financial Privacy Act (Rep. Davidson); S. 809 Saving Privacy Act…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 17, 2025 · issue area: Computer Industry
$15,000
Spent on own lobbying
…n Act (Sen. Markey); S. 962, Protecting Children Over Profits Act (Sen. Lankford); H.R. 976, 1071 Repeal to Protect Small Business Lending Act (Rep. Williams); S. 516, Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution Act (Sen. Klobuchar); H.R. 1602 Financial Privacy Act (Rep. Davidson); S. 809 Saving Privacy Act…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION · lobbying firm or registrant: AMERICAN ADVERTISING FEDERATION
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 10, 2025 · issue area: Computer Industry
$15,000
Spent on own lobbying
…n Act (Sen. Markey); S. 962, Protecting Children Over Profits Act (Sen. Lankford); H.R. 976, 1071 Repeal to Protect Small Business Lending Act (Rep. Williams); S. 516, Stopping Harmful Image Exploitation and Limiting Distribution Act (Sen. Klobuchar); H.R. 1602 Financial Privacy Act (Rep. Davidson); S. 809 Saving Privacy Act…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing