VirginiaUnauthorized use of name, portrait, etc.; digital replica, civil liability, statute of limitations.
What it does
Unauthorized use of name, portrait, voice, likeness, or picture of any person; digital replica; civil liability; statute of limitations. Expands the existing ability for any person to maintain a suit in equity, including the accompanying remedies available, for the unauthorized use of his name, portrait, or picture for advertising purposes or for the purposes of trade to include the unauthorized use of his voice or likeness. The bill also creates civil liability for a person who produces, distributes, or makes available the digital replica, defined in the bill, of a person's voice or likeness in an expressive audiovisual work or sound recording without prior written consent, with exceptions enumerated in the bill.
More detail
The bill also extends the current statute of limitations for such civil suits from 20 years to 100 years after the death of such person.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2025
- Feb 22Failed to Pass from conferenceLatest
- Feb 22No further action taken
- Feb 20Delegates: Glass, Hayes, Wright
- Vote recorded Senate insisted on amendment (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Vote recorded Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 97-N). Result: fail.Lower
- Feb 20Conferees appointed by House
- Feb 20Senators: Surovell, Deeds, Reeves
- Feb 20Conferees appointed by Senate
- Feb 20House acceded to request
- Feb 20Senate requested conference committeeMinor
- Feb 20Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)Major
- Feb 20Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2462)
- Feb 20Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 97-N)
- Feb 19Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N)Passed Senate
- Vote recorded Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 19Engrossed by Senate - committee substituteMajor
- Feb 19Courts of Justice Substitute agreed to
- Feb 19Reading of substitute waived
- Feb 19Read third timeMinor
- Feb 18Passed by for the day
- Vote recorded Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 18Constitutional reading dispensed (on 2nd reading) (39-Y 0-N)
- Feb 18Rules suspended
- Feb 17Committee substitute printed 25107592D-S1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 5-N). Result: pass.Upper
- Feb 17Reported from Courts of Justice with substitute (10-Y 5-N)Minor
- Feb 3Referred to Committee for Courts of JusticeMinor
- Feb 3Constitutional reading dispensed (on 1st reading)
- Jan 31Read third time and passed House (55-Y 41-N)Passed House
- Vote recorded Read third time and passed House (55-Y 41-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 30Engrossed by House - committee substituteMajor
- Jan 30Communications, Technology and Innovation Substitute agreed to
- Jan 30Read second timeMinor
- Jan 29Read first timeMinor
- Jan 28Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2462)
- Jan 27Committee substitute printed 25106067D-H1Major
- Vote recorded Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with substitute (12-Y 10-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N). Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 27Reported from Communications, Technology and Innovation with substitute (12-Y 10-N)Minor
- Jan 27Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (7-Y 3-N)Major
- Jan 23Assigned CT & I sub: CommunicationsMinor
- Jan 23Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2462)
- Jan 8Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and InnovationMinor
- Jan 8Prefiled and ordered printed; Offered 01-08-2025 25100156DIntroduced