HR 8210 · 117th Congress 2021–2023, ended

SAD Act

Introduced Jun 23, 2022 Originated House Sponsor Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Jun 23, 2022 Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedJun 23, 2022
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation Act or the SAD Act

This bill prohibits advertisements that use deceptive or misleading statements related to the provision of abortion services. Abortion services include (1) surgical and non-surgical procedures to terminate a pregnancy, or (2) providing referrals for such procedures.

The Federal Trade Commission must promulgate rules to implement the prohibition, and the bill provides for enforcement by the commission.

Cosponsors 78

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 23, 2022 to Nov 16, 2022; 58 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAdriano EspaillatOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-CAAlan S. LowenthalOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-MIAndy LevinOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-NHAnn M. KusterOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-CAAnna G. EshooOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-MDAnthony G. BrownOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-MAAyanna PressleyOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-CABarbara LeeOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-MNBetty McCollumOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-NJBonnie Watson ColemanOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-MIBrenda L. LawrenceOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-MOCori BushOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-ILDanny K. DavisOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-NCDavid E. PriceOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-FLDebbie Wasserman SchultzOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-CODiana DeGetteOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-NVDina TitusOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-PADwight EvansOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-OREarl BlumenauerOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-DCEleanor Holmes NortonOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-VAGerald E. ConnollyOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-NYGrace MengOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-WIGwen MooreOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-MIHaley M. StevensOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-GAHenry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.OriginalJun 23, 2022
D-CAJackie SpeierOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-MAJake AuchinclossOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-NYJamaal BowmanOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-ILJesús G. "Chuy" GarcíaOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-CAKaren BassOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-CAKatie PorterOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-TXLizzie FletcherOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-FLLois FrankelOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-PAMadeleine DeanOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-TXMarc A. VeaseyOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-ILMarie NewmanOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-WAMarilyn StricklandOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-WIMark PocanOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-CAMark TakanoOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-NYMondaire JonesOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-CANanette Diaz BarragánOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-GANikema WilliamsOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-NYNydia M. VelázquezOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-ORPeter A. DeFazioOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-VTPeter WelchOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-WAPramila JayapalOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-MIRashida TlaibOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-CASara JacobsOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-FLSheila Cherfilus-McCormickOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-TXSheila Jackson LeeOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-ORSuzanne BonamiciOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-CATed LieuOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-FLTheodore E. DeutchOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-NJTom MalinowskiOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-TXVeronica EscobarOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-NYYvette D. ClarkeOriginalJun 23, 2022
D-FLDarren SotoJun 28, 2022
D-MOEmanuel CleaverJun 28, 2022
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonJun 28, 2022
D-CASalud O. CarbajalJun 28, 2022
D-NCKathy E. ManningJul 1, 2022
D-TXLloyd DoggettJul 1, 2022
D-PAMary Gay ScanlonJul 1, 2022
D-ILRaja KrishnamoorthiJul 1, 2022
D-ILBill FosterAug 9, 2022
D-INAndré CarsonAug 19, 2022
D-VAA. Donald McEachinSep 6, 2022
D-NJJosh GottheimerSep 6, 2022
D-NJMikie SherrillSep 13, 2022
D-WASuzan K. DelBeneSep 30, 2022
D-VARobert C. "Bobby" ScottOct 11, 2022
D-MAKatherine M. ClarkNov 3, 2022
D-CAJulia BrownleyNov 7, 2022
D-TNSteve CohenNov 10, 2022
D-MALori TrahanNov 14, 2022
D-MAJames P. McGovernNov 16, 2022

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseEnergy and Commerce Committee
Referred Jun 23, 2022

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Jun 23, 2022Introduced in House
  2. Jun 23, 2022Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 168, no. 107, June 23, 2022, page H5878.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 4469SAD ActRelated billJun 23, 2022

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To direct the Federal Trade Commission to prescribe rules prohibiting disinformation in the advertising of abortion services, and for other purposes.
Short Title(s) as Introduced
SAD Act
Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Jun 23, 2022Introduced in House

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