S. 4508

Summary

S. 4508, the BLUE Act, was introduced in the Senate on May 13, 2026 by Sen. Rick Scott (R) with 6 co-sponsors. It was referred to Judiciary, and last saw action on May 13, 2026: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Record

Text

S. 4508 has 6 co-sponsors.

119 S4508 IS: Blocking Leaks Undermining Enforcement Act
 U.S. Senate
 2026-05-13
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 II  119th CONGRESS  2d Session  S. 4508  IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES   May 13, 2026   Mr. Scott of Florida  (for himself,  Mr. Tuberville ,  Mrs. Blackburn ,  Mr. Rounds ,  Mr. Lee ,  Mr. Budd , and  Mr. Lankford ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the  Committee on the Judiciary    A BILL
To prohibit the sharing of certain information about Federal law enforcement
 officers, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the   Blocking Leaks Undermining Enforcement Act   or the   BLUE Act  .
2.
Prohibition on sharing of certain information
Section 119 of title 18, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in subsection (a)—
(A)
in paragraph (1), by striking  or  at the end;
(B)
in paragraph (2), by striking the comma at the end and inserting  ; or ; and
(C)
by inserting after paragraph (2) the following:
(3)
in the case of a covered person who is a Federal law enforcement officer, with the intent to physically obstruct, impede, interfere with, or retaliate against, or to aid another in physically obstructing, impeding, interfering with, or retaliating against, any lawful duty, investigation, operation, or official proceeding of the United States involving such officer,
 ; and
(2)
in subsection (b)—
(A)
in paragraph (1), by inserting  , and, with respect to a Federal law enforcement officer, any physical location at which such officer is or is reasonably expected to be present (whether on or off duty)  after  that individual ; and
(B)
by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
(4)
the terms  Federal law enforcement officer  and  immediate family  have the meanings given the terms in section 115.
 .

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A bill to prohibit the sharing of certain information about Federal law enforcement officers, and for other purposes.

Sponsors

Sen. Rick Scott (R) sponsors S. 4508, and 6 members have co-sponsored it, all of them from the day it was introduced.

Rick Scott

Sen. · R–FL · Sponsor

Introduced May 13, 2026

Marsha Blackburn

Sen. · R–TN · Co-sponsor

Joined May 13, 2026 · Original

Ted Budd

Sen. · R–NC · Co-sponsor

Joined May 13, 2026 · Original

James Lankford

Sen. · R–OK · Co-sponsor

Joined May 13, 2026 · Original

Mike Lee

Sen. · R–UT · Co-sponsor

Joined May 13, 2026 · Original

Mike Rounds

Sen. · R–SD · Co-sponsor

Joined May 13, 2026 · Original

Tommy Tuberville

Sen. · R–AL · Co-sponsor

Joined May 13, 2026 · Original

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Committees

S. 4508 went before 1 committee: Judiciary.

Judiciary

Judiciary

Referred To · May 13, 2026

Actions

S. 4508 has taken 2 actions since May 13, 2026.

Votes

S. 4508 has not gone to a roll call.

Titles

S. 4508 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

• BLUE Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• Blocking Leaks Undermining Enforcement Act — Short Title(s) as Introduced
• BLUE Act — Display Title
• A bill to prohibit the sharing of certain information about Federal law enforcement officers, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Lobbying

2 clients hired 2 firms and 7 registered lobbyists who named S. 4508 in 7 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 Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities, Budget/Appropriations, Government Issues, Health Issues, Law Enforcement/Crime/Criminal Justice.

Clients

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

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill.

Filings

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

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files S. 4508 under Crime and Law Enforcement, one of its 31 policy areas.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; S. 4508’s is Crime and Law Enforcement.

Source: congress.gov · legiscan.com