HR 859introduced119th Congress

Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act

Introduced Jan 31, 2025House billPolicy area: CommerceLast action Apr 30, 2025Sponsor: Russ Fulcher(R-ID)

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Energy and Commerce Committee

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Official summaryUpdated Apr 30, 2025

What the bill does

Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act This bill requires manufacturers of internet-connected devices (e.g., smart appliances) that are equipped with a camera or microphone to disclose to consumers prior to purchase that a camera or microphone is part of the device. The bill does not apply to mobile phones, laptops, or other devices that a consumer would reasonably expect to include a camera or microphone.

Latest official action

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 64.

Lobbying Filings Citing It

$6.5M

Reported on Those Filings, All Issues

Lobbying Clients

100

Recorded Votes

Timeline

Jan 31, 2025bill

Bill introduced

Apr 11, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION

Apr 21, 2025lobbying

Lobbying filed by GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC

Apr 29, 2025vote

Mike Carey voted yea

Apr 29, 2025vote

Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick voted yea

Apr 29, 2025vote

Mike Collins voted yea

Official Congressional Actions

Apr 30, 2025Calendars

Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 64.

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Apr 29, 2025Floor

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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Apr 29, 2025Floor

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 415 - 9 (Roll no. 109). (text: 04/28/2025 CR H1666-1667)

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Apr 29, 2025Floor

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 415 - 9 (Roll no. 109). (text: 04/28/2025 CR H1666-1667)

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Lobbying Activity

Registrant	Client	Amount	Filed	Period	Issues
GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC	GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC	$3.2M	Jul 21, 2025	2025Q2	ADVCPTCSP
GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC	GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICES LLC	$3.0M	Apr 21, 2025	2025Q1	ADVCPTCSP
COMPETITIVE CARRIERS ASSOCIATION

Votes on This Bill

Member	Party	Position	Date
Mike Carey	R	yea	Apr 29, 2025
Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick	D	yea	Apr 29, 2025
Mike Collins	R	yea	Apr 29, 2025
Pramila Jayapal	D	yea	Apr 29, 2025

About this page

The lobbying table lists Senate LDA quarterly reports (LD-2) that cite this bill by number and cover a quarter of the 119th Congress. An LD-2 names a bill as “H.R. 1234” with no Congress, so a report on another Congress, which can only concern a different bill with the same number, is left out, even when it was filed after this Congress began. The amount is what the registrant reported for the whole filing, across every issue on it, not spending on this bill. Official actions and the bill summary come from Congress.gov, and votes from the roll-call record. This page no longer pairs the bill with members' stock trades: matching lobbying clients to traded companies by name, and trades to a bill by date, is not something the records establish.