SAD Act
Latest action · Jan 31, 2025 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.
- IntroducedJan 31, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stop Antiabortion Disinformation Act or the SAD Act
This bill prohibits deceptive advertising for reproductive health services.
Specifically, the bill makes it unlawful for a person (i.e., individual, partnership, corporation, association, or organization) to deceptively advertise the reproductive health services they offer, including by misrepresenting that the person (1) offers or provides contraception or abortion services (or referrals for such contraception or abortion services), or (2) employs or offers access to licensed medical personnel.
The bill provides for enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission.
In addition to any other penalty, violations are subject to a civil penalty that may not exceed the greater of $100,000 (adjusted annually for inflation) or 50% of the revenue earned during the preceding 12-month period by the ultimate parent entity of the person who violated the bill.
Cosponsors 86
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 31, 2025 to Mar 12, 2026; 53 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-WA | Adam Smith | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-NY | Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-NC | Alma S. Adams | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-OR | Andrea Salinas | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-MN | Betty McCollum | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-CO | Brittany Pettersen | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-IL | Danny K. Davis | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-FL | Debbie Wasserman Schultz | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-CA | Doris O. Matsui | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-PA | Dwight Evans | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-OH | Emilia Strong Sykes | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-FL | Frederica S. Wilson | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-VA | Gerald E. Connolly | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-TX | Greg Casar | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-WI | Gwen Moore | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-GA | Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-TX | Jasmine Crockett | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-VA | Jennifer L. McClellan | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-HI | Jill N. Tokuda | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-CA | Judy Chu | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-FL | Kathy Castor | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-MN | Kelly Morrison | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-NJ | LaMonica McIver | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-TX | Lizzie Fletcher | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-MA | Lori Trahan | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-IL | Nikki Budzinski | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-NY | Nydia M. Velázquez | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-NY | Paul Tonko | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-WA | Pramila Jayapal | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-IL | Raja Krishnamoorthi | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-NY | Ritchie Torres | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-FL | Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-TN | Steve Cohen | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-PA | Summer L. Lee | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-WA | Suzan K. DelBene | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-NM | Teresa Leger Fernandez | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-NY | Yvette D. Clarke | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
| D-NJ | Bonnie Watson Coleman | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Delia C. Ramirez | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-CT | John B. Larson | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Rashida Tlaib | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Sylvester Turner | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Feb 4, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Sean Casten | Feb 5, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Robin L. Kelly | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| D-KS | Sharice Davids | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Feb 10, 2025 | |
| D-NY | George Latimer | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Joaquin Castro | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Maxwell Frost | Feb 13, 2025 | |
| D-OH | Greg Landsman | Mar 3, 2025 | |
| D-WI | Mark Pocan | Mar 4, 2025 | |
| D-CO | Joe Neguse | Mar 5, 2025 | |
| D-WA | Marilyn Strickland | Mar 10, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Apr 1, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Mikie Sherrill | Jun 17, 2025 | |
| D-GA | Nikema Williams | Jun 24, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Aug 5, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Lauren Underwood | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Aug 12, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Lateefah Simon | Aug 15, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Sep 2, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Shri Thanedar | Oct 17, 2025 | |
| D-NC | Deborah K. Ross | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Jan 12, 2026 | |
| D-OH | Joyce Beatty | Jan 21, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Mark DeSaulnier | Mar 12, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Jan 31, 2025 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 31, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 31, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2990 | Emilia Strong Sykes D-OH | Apr 20, 2026 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1137 | Suzanne Bonamici D-OR | Jan 21, 2026 |
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
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 21, January 31, 2025, page H433.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 589 | SAD Act | Identical bill | Feb 13, 2025 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit disinformation in the advertising of abortion services, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- SAD Act
- Stop Antiabortion Disinformation Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 31, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
