Senate Judiciary Committee Unanimously Advances NO FAKES Act — Bipartisan Bill Creates IP Rights Over AI Voice and Likeness With $750K Platform Penalties

The Senate Judiciary Committee advanced the NO FAKES Act by voice vote on June 18, moving bipartisan legislation that would create a novel intellectual property right over voice and visual likeness, prohibit distributing or offering services designed to create unauthorized AI replicas, and impose platform penalties up to $750,000 per unauthorized work. Sponsored by Sen. Chris Coons with 15 co-sponsors spanning both parties — including Sens. Marsha Blackburn and Amy Klobuchar — the bill carves out exemptions for parody, news, and documentaries. The bill heads next to the full Senate floor, where Blackburn is negotiating its inclusion in a broader White House AI preemption package alongside the Kids Online Safety Act and app-store age verification requirements.