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H.R. 908

U.S. House•In House Committee

Summary

H.R. 908, the Stop the Censorship Act, was introduced in the House on Feb 4, 2025 by Rep. Paul Gosar (R) with 10 co-sponsors. It was referred to Energy And Commerce, and last saw action on Feb 4, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Record

Text

H.R. 908 has 10 co-sponsors.

hb908/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 908 IH: Stop the Censorship Act
 U.S. House of Representatives
 2025-02-04
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 Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
 I  119th CONGRESS  1st Session  H. R. 908  IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES   February 4, 2025   Mr. Gosar  (for himself,  Ms. Boebert ,  Mr. Collins ,  Ms. Hageman ,  Mrs. Miller of Illinois ,  Mr. Nehls ,  Mr. Norman ,  Mr. Tiffany , and  Mr. Biggs of Arizona ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the  Committee on Energy and Commerce    A BILL
To amend section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (commonly referred to as the Communications Decency Act) to stop censorship, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Stop the Censorship Act  .
2.
Revocation of immunities
Section 230(c) of the Communications Act of 1934 ( 47 U.S.C. 230(c) ) is amended—
(1)
in the heading, by striking
and Screening of Offensive Material   and inserting
of unlawful or objectionable material  ; and
(2)
in paragraph (2)—
(A)
in subparagraph (A)—
(i)
by striking  material that the provider or user considers to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected  and inserting  unlawful material ; and
(ii)
by striking  ; or  and inserting a semicolon;
(B)
in subparagraph (B), by striking  paragraph (1).  and inserting  subparagraph (A); or ; and
(C)
by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
(C)
any action taken to provide users with the option to restrict access to any other material, whether or not such material is constitutionally protected.
 .

Tracker

The tracker indicates the progress of this legislation as it moves through the legislative process.

  1. Introduced2025-02-04
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Feb 4, 2025

hb908/introduced-in-house.md

Shown Here:
Introduced in House (02/04/2025)

Stop the Censorship Act

This bill limits the federal liability protection afforded to providers and users of interactive computer services (e.g., social media companies) for their efforts to screen and block objectionable content. This liability protection is often referred to as Section 230 protection.

Specifically, the bill eliminates the existing liability protection for providers and users that take voluntary, good faith action to screen and block material they deem obscene, lewd, lascivious, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable (or that make available the technical means to screen and block such content).

The bill instead provides liability protection to providers and users (1) that take voluntary, good faith action to screen and block unlawful material (or that make available the technical means to do so), or (2) that provide users with the option to screen or block any other material.

Sponsors

Rep. Paul Gosar (R) sponsors H.R. 908, and 10 members have co-sponsored it, 8 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 908 went before 1 committee: Energy and Commerce.

Energy and Commerce
Energy and Commerce
Referred To · Feb 4, 2025 · 1,636 Bills

Actions

H.R. 908 has taken 2 actions since Feb 4, 2025.

ChamberAction
Feb 4, 2025
House
Introduced in House
Feb 4, 2025
House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.Energy and Commerce Committee

Votes

H.R. 908 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

H.R. 908 goes by 3 titles, 1 of them short titles.

  • Stop the Censorship Act — Display Title
  • Stop the Censorship Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 (commonly referred to as the Communications Decency Act) to stop censorship, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

1 client hired 1 firm and 2 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 908 in 4 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Copyright/Patent/Trademark, Consumer Issues/Safety/Products, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Science/Technology, Telecommunications.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICESTechnology CompanyCalifornia14$180K

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

RegistrantClientsFilingsReported
THE MADISON GROUP14$180K

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

LobbyistFirmsClientsFilings
GLADYS BARCENA114
MARCUS MASON114

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICESTHE MADISON GROUP2026 second_quarter$45K2nd Quarter - Report
GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICESTHE MADISON GROUP2026 first_quarter$45K1st Quarter - Report
GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICESTHE MADISON GROUP2025 fourth_quarter$45K4th Quarter - Report
GOOGLE CLIENT SERVICESTHE MADISON GROUP2025 third_quarter$45K3rd Quarter - Amendme…

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 908 under Science, Technology, Communications, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 908’s is Science, Technology, Communications.

hr908/policy-areas.txt
Science, Technology, CommunicationsAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceGovernment Operations and PoliticsHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 908, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 2025)][House][Pages H459-H460]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. GOSAR:H.R. 908.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:[[Page H460]]Article I, Section 8

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com