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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 — **6413** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **52** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **90** (pass) · lower
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **370** (pass) · upper
- 3RDG FINAL PASSAGE — **6014** (pass) · lower
- CONCUR GOV REC — **390** (pass) · upper
- Reported out of Assembly committee with amendments — **74** (pass) · lower
- Reported out of Assembly committee as a substitute — **40** (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).