Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act
Latest action · Apr 30, 2025 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 64.
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 HouseApr 29, 2025
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
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.
Recorded votes 1
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 109 | On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass | Passed415–9 | Apr 29, 2025 |
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jan 31, 2025.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Jan 31, 2025 |
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, 2025Markup Apr 8, 2025Reported Apr 24, 2025 |
Actions 14
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2025Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 64.
- Apr 29, 2025Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H1710-1711)
- Apr 29, 2025Passed/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)
- Apr 29, 2025Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Apr 28, 2025Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1666)
- Apr 28, 2025Mr. Bilirakis moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Apr 28, 2025DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 859.
- Apr 28, 2025At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
- Apr 24, 2025Reported by the Committee on Energy and Commerce. H. Rept. 119-72.
- Apr 24, 2025Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 49.
- Apr 8, 2025Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Apr 8, 2025Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
- Jan 31, 2025Introduced in House
- Jan 31, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 3
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senate | Debate and remarks S2097–S2099 | Rand Paul R-KY, Ted Cruz R-TX | Apr 29, 2026 |
| House | Recorded votes H1710enact | — | Apr 29, 2025 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1666–H1668Text printed H1666 | Debbie Dingell D-MI, Gus M. Bilirakis R-FL, Russ Fulcher R-ID | Apr 28, 2025 |
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 27, 2025H.R. 859, Informing Consumers about Smart Devices ActAs passed by the House of Representatives
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1768 | Lower Costs for Everyday Americans Act | Related bill | Mar 3, 2025 |
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require the disclosure of a camera or recording capability in certain internet-connected devices.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act
- Short Title(s) as Reported to House
- Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act
- Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
- Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To require the disclosure of a camera or recording capability in certain internet-connected devices.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Commerce.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 30, 2025Placed on Calendar Senate
- Apr 29, 2025Engrossed in House
- Apr 24, 2025Reported in House
- 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.
