Senate bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act
Official title: A bill to require the disclosure of a camera or recording capability in certain internet-connected devices.
Sponsor: Sen. Ted Cruz R-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedJan 7, 2025
- Committee actionMar 12, 2025
- Passed Senate—
- Passed House—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 2025 — Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 47.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 28.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 28, Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act” on March 31, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation on March 12, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, March 31, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61279
- CBO publication date
- March 31, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 28, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/28
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c5379ae1f9e5f200d6718452987c75d87a0dfdf1a8be68031938889e1d5a9301
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: S. Rept. 119-13 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee on April 28, 2025.Source: Congress.gov, reported April 28, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- committeeReports
- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/SRPT/13
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 28, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/28
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
c5379ae1f9e5f200d6718452987c75d87a0dfdf1a8be68031938889e1d5a9301
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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
3 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 2 Democrats
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Maria Cantwell (D-WA), John Curtis (R-UT), Raphael Warnock (D-GA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Ted Cruz.
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.