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COP Act
Introduced Jan 27, 2026 by Sen. Ashley Moody
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Latest action · Jan 27, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
What it does
This bill establishes new federal criminal offenses for threatening to distribute a visual depiction of a minor (or person believed to be a minor) engaging in sexually explicit conduct with the intent that the minor (or person believed to be a minor) create or transmit a visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct. (This practice is commonly referred to as sextortion.) The bill also prohibits attempts and conspiracies to commit the offenses.
Summary by the Congressional Research Service.
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