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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Establishes criminal penalties for production or dissemination of deceptive audio or visual media, commonly known as \"deepfakes.\""
+description: "Establishes criminal penalties for production or dissemination of deceptive audio or visual media, commonly known as \"deepfakes.\""
+jurisdiction: "us/states/nj"
+legislature: "New Jersey Legislature"
+session: "221"
+identifier: "A 3540"
+citation: "New Jersey A 3540 (221)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMES", "SCI AND TECH"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Conaway, Herb", "Corrado, Kristin M.", "Greenwald, Louis D.", "Moriarty, Paul D.", "Park, Ellen J."]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 17
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00"
+last_action: "2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ad49677-bd57-496b-aa74-b26f7b158dfa"
+source_url: "https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/"
+source_hash: "1ed9647fd20d329c7d286015383539edfec135fdf3a0ddafa889821cab93f551"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-nj"]
+---
+
+# New Jersey A 3540 (221) — Establishes criminal penalties for production or dissemination of deceptive audio or visual media, commonly known as "deepfakes."
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Assembly Committee Substitute AJU 5/20/24 ACS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4000/3540_U1.HTM)
+2. **Introduced Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4000/3540_I1.HTM)
+3. **Reprint AST 3/4/24 1R** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4000/3540_R1.HTM)
+4. **Reprint of Substitute AAP 6/24/24 1R ACS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4000/3540_R1a.HTM)
+5. **Reprint of Substitute ABU 6/26/24 2R ACS** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4000/3540_R2.HTM)
+6. **Reprint of Substitute Assembly 3/20/25 3R ACS Conditional Veto** (committee substitute) — [source](https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/Bills/2024/A4000/3540_R3.HTM)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CONCUR GOV REC — **64–13** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **5–2** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **9–0** (pass) · lower
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **37–0** (pass) · upper
+- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **60–14** (pass) · lower
+- CONCUR GOV REC — **39–0** (pass) · upper
+- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **7–4** (pass) · lower
+- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **4–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Conaway, Herb — primary (person)
+- Corrado, Kristin M. — primary (person)
+- Greenwald, Louis D. — primary (person)
+- Moriarty, Paul D. — primary (person)
+- Park, Ellen J. — primary (person)
+- Amato, Carmen F. — cosponsor (person)
+- Bagolie, Rosaura — cosponsor (person)
+- Bramnick, Jon M. — cosponsor (person)
+- Haider, Shama A. — cosponsor (person)
+- Hall, Garnet R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Hutchison, Dan — cosponsor (person)
+- Karabinchak, Robert J. — cosponsor (person)
+- Lampitt, Pamela R. — cosponsor (person)
+- Miller, Cody D. — cosponsor (person)
+- Quijano, Annette — cosponsor (person)
+- Ramirez, Jessica — cosponsor (person)
+- Sampson, William B. — cosponsor (person)
+- Scutari, Nicholas P. — cosponsor (person)
+- Speight, Shanique — cosponsor (person)
+- Stanley, Sterley S. — cosponsor (person)
+- Swain, Lisa — cosponsor (person)
+- Tully, Chris — cosponsor (person)
+- Turner, Shirley K. — cosponsor (person)
+- Wimberly, Benjie E. — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00** Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee `introduction, referral-committee`
+- **2024-03-04T05:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-05-20T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Senate Committee with Amendments and Referred to Assembly Appropriations Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-24T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Recommitted to Assembly Budget Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2024-06-26T04:00:00+00:00** Reported out of Assembly Committee with Amendments, 2nd Reading `committee-passage`
+- **2024-06-28T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (60-14-1) `passage`
+- **2024-09-19T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate without Reference, 2nd Reading
+- **2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Substituted for S2544 (SS)
+- **2025-01-30T05:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (37-0) `passage`
+- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** Conditional Veto, Received in the Assembly `executive-veto`
+- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** First Reading/Governor Recommendations Only
+- **2025-03-17T04:00:00+00:00** 2nd Reading in the Assembly on Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
+- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Assembly (64-13-0) `passage`
+- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Received in the Senate, 2nd Reading - Concur. w/Gov's Recommendations
+- **2025-03-24T04:00:00+00:00** Passed Senate (Passed Both Houses) (39-0) `passage`
+- **2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00** Approved P.L.2025, c.40. `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ad49677-bd57-496b-aa74-b26f7b158dfa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).
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