House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
PROTECT Act
Official title: To repeal section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Jimmy Patronis R-FLWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 13, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jan 13, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 7045.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. PATRONIS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 9, January 13, 2026, Page H718):Article I, Section 8, Clause 3 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record January 13, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 64 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 7045, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/7045
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 22, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
306a417dfd578e4ec85e4b1cb442008b94d305ad462afa2419a6eaafb5ace7b6
PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of September 22, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
2 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 1 Democrat
1 of 2 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Jimmy Patronis.
- H.R. 8737 (119th) Never Fight Alone Act
- H.Res. 727 (119th) Expressing support of the House of Representatives that October 14, 2025, be designated as a "National Day of Remembrance for Charlie Kirk".
- H.R. 9009 (119th) Firearm Freedom Act of 2026
- H.R. 10789 (119th) Protecting Florida's Offshore Military Readiness Act
- H.R. 10693 (119th) GI Bill Transferability Act
- H.R. 4873 (119th) To codify Executive Order 14319 (relating to preventing woke AI in the Federal Government).
Related bills
- H.R. 10332 (119th) Sunset Section 230 ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.