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| Bill | Synthetic digital content; definition, penalty, report, effective clause. | Synthetic digital content; penalty; work group. Expands the applicability of provisions related to defamation, slander, and libel to include synthetic digital content, defined in the bill. The bill makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to use any synthetic digital content for the purpose of committing any criminal offense involving fraud, constituting a separate and distinct offense with punishment separate and apart from any punishment received for the commission of the primary criminal offense. The bill also authorizes the individual depicted in the synthetic digital content to bring a civil action against the person who violates such prohibition to recover actual damages, reasonable attorney fees, and such other relief as the court determines to be appropriate. The bill directs the Attorney General to convene a work group to study and make recommendations on the current enforcement of laws related to the use of synthetic digital content, including deepfakes, and any further action needed to address the issue of such use in fraudulent acts. The substantive provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2026 Session of the General Assembly and the provisions directing the Attorney General to convene a work group become effective in due course. This bill is identical to SB 1053. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2025 | HB 2124 | Virginia HB 2124 (2025) |
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Virginia HB 2124 (2025) — Synthetic digital content; definition, penalty, report, effective clause.
Synthetic digital content; penalty; work group. Expands the applicability of provisions related to defamation, slander, and libel to include synthetic digital content, defined in the bill. The bill makes it a Class 1 misdemeanor for any person to use any synthetic digital content for the purpose of committing any criminal offense involving fraud, constituting a separate and distinct offense with punishment separate and apart from any punishment received for the commission of the primary criminal offense. The bill also authorizes the individual depicted in the synthetic digital content to bring a civil action against the person who violates such prohibition to recover actual damages, reasonable attorney fees, and such other relief as the court determines to be appropriate. The bill directs the Attorney General to convene a work group to study and make recommendations on the current enforcement of laws related to the use of synthetic digital content, including deepfakes, and any further action needed to address the issue of such use in fraudulent acts. The substantive provisions of the bill do not become effective unless reenacted by the 2026 Session of the General Assembly and the provisions directing the Attorney General to convene a work group become effective in due course. This bill is identical to SB 1053.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Introduced (filed) — source
- Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
- Courts of Justice Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Amendment (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled (enrolled) — source
Votes
- Senate Amendment agreed to by House (Y-88 N-7 A-0) — 88–7 (pass) · lower
- Passed Senate (39-Y 0-N) — 39–0 (pass) · upper
- Read third time and passed House (87-Y 9-N) — 87–9 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (20-Y 2-N) — 20–2 (pass) · lower
- Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N) — 9–1 (pass) · lower
- Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N) — 15–0 (pass) · upper
- Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Michelle Lopes Maldonado — primary (person)
- Elizabeth B. Bennett-Parker — cosponsor (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Jackie H. Glass — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2025-01-07 Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-13-2025 25101882D
filing, introduction - 2025-01-07 Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
referral-committee - 2025-01-16 Assigned CT & I sub: Technology and Innovation
referral-committee - 2025-01-20 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2124)
- 2025-01-22 Subcommittee recommends reporting (9-Y 1-N)
- 2025-01-27 Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation (20-Y 2-N)
committee-passage - 2025-01-29 Read first time
reading-1 - 2025-01-30 Read second time and engrossed
reading-2 - 2025-01-31 Read third time and passed House (87-Y 9-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2025-02-03 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- 2025-02-03 Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
referral-committee - 2025-02-10 Reported from Courts of Justice with amendment (15-Y 0-N)
committee-passage - 2025-02-11 Rules suspended
- 2025-02-11 Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (40-Y 0-N)
- 2025-02-11 Passed by for the day
- 2025-02-12 Read third time
reading-3 - 2025-02-12 Reading of amendment waived
- 2025-02-12 Courts of Justice Amendment agreed to
amendment-passage - 2025-02-12 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2025-02-12 Passed Senate with amendment (39-Y 0-N)
passage - 2025-02-14 Senate Amendment agreed to by House (Y-88 N-7 A-0)
amendment-passage - 2025-02-19 Enrolled
enrolled - 2025-02-19 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB2124ER)
passage - 2025-02-19 Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2124)
- 2025-02-19 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2025-02-22 Signed by President
passage - 2025-03-03 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 3, 2025
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2025-03-03 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., March 24, 2025
executive-receipt - 2025-03-24 Approved by Governor-Chapter 398 (Effective - see bill )
executive-signature - 2025-03-24 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0398)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c7e8ca71-d2bd-4b4a-a17e-1080f9e4d7df. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).