2025A 3540

Overly Broad Ban On Deepfake AI Content

2025 - New Jersey General Assembly

Conservatives Oppose

Description

This bill creates criminal penalties for using AI to create deepfakes. CPAC believes the bill is overly broad and could be used to crack down on political satire and other forms of Constitutionally protected speech. CPAC opposed the bill. The bill passed the Assembly on March 24, 2025 by a vote of 64-13 and the bill also passed the Senate.

65

Voted Yes

13

Voted No

3

Did Not Vote

Legislators · 81

LegislatorVote
Alla "Al" Abdelaziz

NJ

Leftist
John Allen

NJ

Leftist
Reginald Atkins

NJ

Leftist
Robert Auth

NJ

Conservative
John Azzariti

NJ

Conservative
Rosy Bagolie

NJ

Leftist
David Bailey

NJ

Leftist
Al Barlas

NJ

Leftist
Christian Barranco

NJ

Leftist
Brian Bergen

NJ

Leftist
Clinton Calabrese

NJ

Leftist
Linda Carter

NJ

Leftist
Robert Clifton

NJ

Did Not Vote
Alixon Collazos-Gill

NJ

Leftist
Craig Coughlin

NJ

Leftist
Joe Danielsen

NJ

Leftist
Wayne DeAngelo

NJ

Leftist
Christopher DePhillips

NJ

Leftist
John DiMaio

NJ

Conservative
Margie Donlon

NJ

Leftist
Mitchelle Drulis

NJ

Leftist
Aura Dunn

NJ

Leftist
Kevin Egan

NJ

Leftist
Dawn Fantasia

NJ

Conservative
Victoria Flynn

NJ

Conservative
Roy Frieman

NJ

Leftist
Louis Greenwald

NJ

Leftist
Donald Guardian

NJ

Leftist
Shama Haider

NJ

Leftist
Garnet Hall

NJ

Leftist
Dan Hutchison

NJ

Leftist
Michael Inganamort

NJ

Conservative
Melinda Kane

NJ

Leftist
Paul Kanitra

NJ

Leftist
Robert Karabinchak

NJ

Leftist
Andrea Katz

NJ

Leftist
Sean Kean

NJ

Leftist
James Kennedy

NJ

Did Not Vote
Yvonne Lopez

NJ

Leftist
Julio Marenco

NJ

Leftist
Eliana Pintor Marin

NJ

Leftist
Michele Matsikoudis

NJ

Leftist
Barbara McCann Stamato

NJ

Leftist
Antwan McClellan

NJ

Conservative
Tennille McCoy

NJ

Leftist
Gregory McGuckin

NJ

Conservative
Cody Miller

NJ

Leftist
William Moen

NJ

Leftist
Carmen Morales

NJ

Leftist
Nancy Munoz

NJ

Leftist
Carol Murphy

NJ

Leftist
Gregory Myhre

NJ

Conservative
Ellen Park

NJ

Leftist
Luanne Peterpaul

NJ

Leftist
Erik Peterson

NJ

Conservative
Annette Quijano

NJ

Leftist
Jessica Ramirez

NJ

Leftist
Verlina Reynolds-Jackson

NJ

Leftist
Gabriel Rodriguez

NJ

Leftist
Brian Rumpf

NJ

Conservative
William Sampson

NJ

Leftist
Alex Sauickie

NJ

Leftist
Gary Schaer

NJ

Leftist
Gerald Scharfenberger

NJ

Conservative
Alexander Schnall

NJ

Leftist
Heather Simmons

NJ

Leftist
Erik Simonsen

NJ

Did Not Vote
Balvir Singh

NJ

Leftist
William Spearman

NJ

Leftist
Shanique Speight

NJ

Leftist
Sterley Stanley

NJ

Leftist
Shavonda Sumter

NJ

Leftist
Lisa Swain

NJ

Leftist
Claire Swift

NJ

Leftist
Michael Torrissi

NJ

Leftist
Cleopatra Tucker

NJ

Leftist
Chris Tully

NJ

Leftist
Michael Venezia

NJ

Leftist
Anthony Verrelli

NJ

Leftist
Jay Webber

NJ

Conservative
Phil Murphy Leftist

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