republic-os/legislation/us/states/nj/221/a-3540.md

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Bill	Establishes criminal penalties for production or dissemination of deceptive audio or visual media, commonly known as "deepfakes."	Establishes criminal penalties for production or dissemination of deceptive audio or visual media, commonly known as "deepfakes."	us/states/nj	New Jersey Legislature	221	A 3540	New Jersey A 3540 (221)	bill	CRIMES SCI AND TECH	enacted	Conaway, Herb Corrado, Kristin M. Greenwald, Louis D. Moriarty, Paul D. Park, Ellen J.	6	17	8	2024-02-05T05:00:00+00:00	2025-04-02T04:00:00+00:00	openstates	ocd-bill/5ad49677-bd57-496b-aa74-b26f7b158dfa	https://pub.njleg.state.nj.us/leg-databases/	1ed9647fd20d329c7d286015383539edfec135fdf3a0ddafa889821cab93f551	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Introduced Version (committee substitute) — source
3. Reprint AST 3/4/24 1R (committee substitute) — source
4. Reprint of Substitute AAP 6/24/24 1R ACS (committee substitute) — source
5. Reprint of Substitute ABU 6/26/24 2R ACS (committee substitute) — source
6. Reprint of Substitute Assembly 3/20/25 3R ACS Conditional Veto (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/5ad49677-bd57-496b-aa74-b26f7b158dfa. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official New Jersey legislature records).