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Curbing Realistic Exploitative Electronic Pedophilic Robots Act 2.0 or the CREEPER Act 2.0
This bill establishes new federal criminal offenses for conduct involving child sex dolls.
Specifically, it makes it a crime to import, transport, buy, sell, distribute, or possess a child sex doll. A violator is subject to criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term, or both.
People & committees
Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] · R–FL
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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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Based on the full Introduced in House · 2025-02-11 text. This explanation has not received human editorial review. This overview describes the proposal’s major provisions; it does not establish what its real-world effects would be.
This proposal would restrict anatomically correct dolls, mannequins, and robots that resemble minors and are intended for sexual acts. It would add them to an existing federal importation and transportation law and create crimes covering knowing purchases, sales, deliveries, distribution, and certain possession connected to commerce between states or with other countries. Violations of the new crimes could carry fines and prison terms.
3. Prohibition of importation or transportation of child sex dolls Section 1462 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
the term child sex doll means an anatomically correct doll, mannequin, or robot, with the features of, or with features that resemble those of, a minor, intended for use in sexual acts.
Whoever knowingly— (1) buys, sells, delivers, or distributes in interstate or foreign commerce any child sex doll, (2) possesses a child sex doll that has been so bought, sold, delivered, or distributed, or (3) possesses such a child sex doll with the intent to engage in any conduct prohibited by paragraph (1), shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, for the first such offense
Section 1 gives the proposal the short title “CREEPER Act 2.0.”
This Act may be cited as the Curbing Realistic Exploitative Electronic Pedophilic Robots Act 2.0 or as the CREEPER Act 2.0.
Section 2 states proposed congressional findings linking these dolls and robots to child pornography and abuse of minors. These are assertions in the proposal, not effects independently established by the supplied evidence.
The Congress finds as follows: (1) There is a correlation between possession of the obscene dolls, and robots, and possession of and participation in child pornography.
(8) The dolls and robots are intrinsically related to abuse of minors, and they cause the exploitation, objectification, abuse, and rape of minors.
The proposed definition covers an anatomically correct doll, mannequin, or robot with features of, or resembling, a minor and intended for sexual acts. Section 4 would use this same definition for the new crimes.
In this section, the term child sex doll means an anatomically correct doll, mannequin, or robot, with the features of, or with features that resemble those of, a minor, intended for use in sexual acts.
For purposes of this section, the term child sex doll has the meaning given such term in section 1462.
Section 3 would add “any child sex doll” as a listed category in the existing federal importation and transportation provision, 18 U.S.C. 1462. The existing provision is not reproduced, so this bundle does not establish its full scope or penalties.
Section 1462 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— (1) in paragraph (a), by striking or at the end; (2) in paragraph (b), by striking or at the end; (3) by inserting after paragraph (c) the following: (d) any child sex doll; or
Section 4 would create a federal crime for knowingly buying, selling, delivering, or distributing a covered item in commerce between states or with other countries.
Chapter 71 of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 1471. Trafficking in child sex dolls Whoever knowingly— (1) buys, sells, delivers, or distributes in interstate or foreign commerce any child sex doll,
The new crimes would also cover knowingly possessing an item previously bought, sold, delivered, or distributed in interstate or foreign commerce, and knowingly possessing such an item with intent to engage in the transactions prohibited by paragraph (1).
Whoever knowingly— (1) buys, sells, delivers, or distributes in interstate or foreign commerce any child sex doll, (2) possesses a child sex doll that has been so bought, sold, delivered, or distributed, or (3) possesses such a child sex doll with the intent to engage in any conduct prohibited by paragraph (1)
For the new Section 1471 crimes, a first offense would carry a fine, up to five years in prison, or both. Each subsequent offense would carry a fine, up to ten years in prison, or both. The proposal does not specify a dollar amount for these fines.
shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than five years, or both, for the first such offense and shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than ten years, or both, for each such offense thereafter.
The supplied official-actions snapshot, updated September 9, 2025, records introduction in the House and referral to the House Committee on the Judiciary on February 11, 2025.
Source snapshot updated 2025-09-09T08:05:45Z. 2025-02-11: Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary. 2025-02-11: Introduced in House
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