House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Privacy Protection Updates Act
Official title: To amend the Privacy Protection Act of 1980 to update and strengthen protections for newsgathering records, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Becca Balint D-VTWhere it went
- IntroducedMar 26, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 26, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8093.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. BALINT, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 57, March 26, 2026, Page H2777):Article I, Section 8 of the U.S. ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 26, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 45 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8093, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8093
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- April 21, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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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 April 21, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Becca Balint.
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- H.R. 2487 (119th) Transgender Health Care Access Act
- H.R. 3708 (119th) No Place for LGBTQ+ Hate Act
- H.R. 6124 (119th) End Rent Fixing Act of 2025
- H.Res. 827 (119th) Expressing support for the recognition of October 26, 2025, as Intersex Awareness Day, and supporting the goals and ideals of Intersex…
Related bills
- S. 4268 (119th) Privacy Protection Updates ActIdentical bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.