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Bill · 119th Congress · S 4260

Child Predators Accountability Act

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Introduced 2026-03-26Topic: criminal justice · technology privacy · public safety

Summary

Summary by the Congressional Research Service

Child Predators Accountability Act This bill broadens the scope of prohibited conduct under two federal criminal statutes related to the production of child pornography. Under current law, both statutes prohibit employing, using, persuading, inducing, enticing, or coercing a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction or transmitting a live visual depiction of the conduct. This bill expands prohibited conduct to include employing, using, persuading, inducing, enticing, or coercing a minor to be depicted engaging in sexually explicit conduct. The bill also defines the term engage in to include a minor's presence in a such a depiction regardless of whether or not the minor is participating in the sexually explicit conduct.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-03-26SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.refer
2026-03-26Introduced in Senateintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.