The Senate unanimously passed a bill Tuesday that would allow victims of nonconsensual deepfake pornography to sue individuals who produce and distribute such content.

The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (Defiance) Act cleared the upper chamber after Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) put the measure forward for unanimous consent.

“Give to the victims their day in court to hold those responsible who continue to publish these images at their expense,” Durbin said on the Senate floor, adding, “Today, we are one step closer to making this a reality.”

The bill, which cleared the Senate last Congress but failed to move in the House, would give victims a civil right of action to sue over deepfake pornography.

Lawmakers passed a separate deepfake bill, the Take It Down Act, last year, making it a federal crime to post nonconsensual sexually explicit deepfakes. President Trump signed the measure into law in May, after first lady Melania Trump threw her support behind the effort.

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