HR 6719

Summary

Combating Online Predators Act of 2025 or the COP Act of 2025 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. 

Bill status

Status

Reported

Sponsor

Rep. Laurel M. Lee [R-FL-15]

Cosponsors

2

Policy area

Crime and Law Enforcement

Introduced

2025-12-15

Latest action

2026-03-02: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 346.

Committee referrals

• Judiciary Committee: Senate · Reported By · 2026-03-02
• Judiciary Committee: Senate · Markup By · 2026-02-26
• Judiciary Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2026-01-13
• Judiciary Committee: House · Markup By · 2025-12-18
• Judiciary Committee: House · Referred To · 2025-12-15

Recent actions

• 2026-03-02: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 346.
• 2026-03-02: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
• 2026-03-02: Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
• 2026-02-26: Committee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
• 2026-01-13: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.