U.S. House · 117th Congress · H.R. 6998
SHIELD Act of 2022
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide that it is unlawful to knowingly distribute private intimate visual depictions with reckless disregard for the individual's lack of consent to the distribution, and for other purposes.
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- Sponsor
- Jackie SpeierD-CA-14
- Introduced
- March 8, 2022, in the House
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Crime and Law Enforcement (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
Votes on this bill (0)
Neither the House nor the Senate has held a roll-call vote on this bill.
Cosponsors (68)
64 Democrats, 4 Republicans. Each member is shown with the party they were counted with on the day they signed on. How we count these
Original cosponsors
- Pete AguilarD-CA-31
- Colin Z. AllredD-TX-32
- Cynthia AxneD-IA-3
- Nanette Diaz BarragánD-CA-44
- Earl BlumenauerD-OR-3
- Julia BrownleyD-CA-26
- Cheri BustosD-IL-17
- André CarsonD-IN-7
- John R. CarterR-TX-31
- Sean CastenD-IL-6
- Kathy CastorD-FL-14
- Sheila Cherfilus-McCormickD-FL-20
- Emanuel CleaverD-MO-5
- Steve CohenD-TN-9
- Jim CooperD-TN-5
- Jim CostaD-CA-16
- Danny K. DavisD-IL-7
- Peter A. DeFazioD-OR-4
- Madeleine DeanD-PA-4
- Suzan K. DelBeneD-WA-1
- Debbie DingellD-MI-12
- Veronica EscobarD-TX-16
- Anna G. EshooD-CA-18
- Brian K. FitzpatrickR-PA-1
- Bill FosterD-IL-11
- Lois FrankelD-FL-21
- Sylvia R. GarciaD-TX-29
- Jesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaD-IL-4
- Carlos A. GimenezR-FL-26
- Josh GottheimerD-NJ-5
- Chrissy HoulahanD-PA-6
- Mondaire JonesD-NY-17
- John KatkoR-NY-24
- William R. KeatingD-MA-9
- Derek KilmerD-WA-6
- Ann M. KusterD-NH-2
- Brenda L. LawrenceD-MI-14
- Barbara LeeD-CA-13
- Alan S. LowenthalD-CA-47
- Stephen F. LynchD-MA-8
- Tom MalinowskiD-NJ-7
- Carolyn B. MaloneyD-NY-12
- Betty McCollumD-MN-4
- Gregory W. MeeksD-NY-5
- Grace MengD-NY-6
- Gwen MooreD-WI-4
- Seth MoultonD-MA-6
- Stephanie N. MurphyD-FL-7
- Eleanor Holmes NortonD-DC-AL
- Ilhan OmarD-MN-5
- Tom O’HalleranD-AZ-1
- Jimmy PanettaD-CA-20
- Chellie PingreeD-ME-1
- Stacey E. PlaskettD-VI-AL
- Katie PorterD-CA-45
- Ayanna PressleyD-MA-7
- David E. PriceD-NC-4
- Jamie RaskinD-MD-8
- Mary Gay ScanlonD-PA-5
- Adam B. SchiffD-CA-28
- Darren SotoD-FL-9
- Haley M. StevensD-MI-11
- Eric SwalwellD-CA-15
- Mike ThompsonD-CA-5
- Paul TonkoD-NY-20
- Bonnie Watson ColemanD-NJ-12
Signed on later
- Alma S. AdamsD-NC-12March 15, 2022
- Dina TitusD-NV-1March 15, 2022