Virginia · 2025 Regular Session · Bill
HB 2462: Unauthorized use of name, portrait, etc.; digital replica, civil liability, statute of limitations.
Passed both chambers Official data
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed one chamber
- Passed both chambers
- Enacted
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Plain-language summary
HB 2462 is a bill introduced in the Virginia House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Unauthorized use of name, portrait, etc.; digital replica, civil liability, statute of limitations. Primary sponsor: Jackie Glass (Democratic). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (February 22, 2025): Failed to Pass from conference.
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Official summary
Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.
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. 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.
Sponsors
Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 2
| Name | Role | Party | Chamber | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackie Glass | Primary sponsor | Democratic | House | 93 |
| Nadarius Clark | Co-sponsor | Democratic | House | 84 |
“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.
Recent official actions
- Failed to Pass from conference
- No further action taken
- Delegates: Glass, Hayes, Wright
- Conferees appointed by House
- Senators: Surovell, Deeds, Reeves
- Conferees appointed by Senate
- House acceded to request
- Senate requested conference committee
- Senate insisted on substitute (39-Y 0-N)
- Fiscal Impact Statement from Department of Planning and Budget (HB2462)
- Senate substitute rejected by House (1-Y 97-N)
- Passed Senate with substitute (22-Y 17-N)
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