119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Feb 13, 2025
SAD Act
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Feb 13, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Commerce
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Feb 13, 2025)
Stop Antiabortion Disinformation Act or the SAD Act
This bill prohibits deceptive advertising for reproductive health services.
Specifically, the bill makes it unlawful for a person (i.e., individual, partnership, corporation, association, or organization) to deceptively advertise the reproductive health services they offer, including by misrepresenting that the person (1) offers or provides contraception or abortion services (or referrals for such contraception or abortion services), or (2) employs or offers access to licensed medical personnel.
The bill provides for enforcement by the Federal Trade Commission.
In addition to any other penalty, violations are subject to a civil penalty that may not exceed the greater of $100,000 (adjusted annually for inflation) or 50% of the revenue earned during the preceding 12-month period by the ultimate parent entity of the person who violated the bill.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
No recorded roll calls on this bill in coverage.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in Senate
Actions from Congress.gov, newest first.
Abortion · Civil actions and liability · Congressional oversight · Family planning and birth control · Federal Trade Commission (FTC) · Marketing and advertising · Sex and reproductive health · Women's health
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POWER TO DECIDE · lobbying firm or registrant: POWER TO DECIDE
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · amended · posted Oct 22, 2026 · issue area: Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
$18,176
Spent on own lobbying
Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation (SAD) Act (S. 589/H.R. 846) Abortion Care Awareness Act (H.R. 2497) OPPOSE: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 21/S. 6) OPPOSE: Repeal of the FACE Act (H.R. 589)…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
POWER TO DECIDE · lobbying firm or registrant: POWER TO DECIDE
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
$21,703
Spent on own lobbying
Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation (SAD) Act (S. 589/H.R. 846) Abortion Care Awareness Act (H.R. 2497) OPPOSE: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 21/S. 6) OPPOSE: Repeal of the FACE Act (H.R. 589)…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
POWER TO DECIDE · lobbying firm or registrant: POWER TO DECIDE
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
$21,358
Spent on own lobbying
Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation (SAD) Act (S. 589/H.R. 846) Abortion Care Awareness Act (H.R. 2497) OPPOSE: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (H.R. 21/S. 6) OPPOSE: Repeal of the FACE Act (H.R. 589)…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND INC · lobbying firm or registrant: PLANNED PARENTHOOD ACTION FUND, INC.
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
$9,717
Spent on own lobbying
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 6/H.R. 21) Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation (SAD) Act (H.R. 846/S. 589) Right to Contraception Act (S. 422/H.R. 999) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that every person has the basic right to emergency health ca…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA INC · lobbying firm or registrant: PLANNED PARENTHOOD FEDERATION OF AMERICA, INC.
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 21, 2025 · issue area: Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
$109,460
Spent on own lobbying
Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act (S. 6/H.R. 21) Stop Anti-Abortion Disinformation (SAD) Act (H.R. 846/S. 589) Right to Contraception Act (S. 422/H.R. 999) HHS Reproductive and Sexual Health Ombuds Act (not yet introduced) Convenient Contraception Act (H.R. 2529/S. 123…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE · lobbying firm or registrant: GUTTMACHER INSTITUTE
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 17, 2025 · issue area: Family issues/Abortion/Adoption
$10,000
Spent on own lobbying
S.589 - SAD Act - meeting w/ Sen. Warren's office S.589 - SAD Act - review edits of legislation S.589 - SAD Act - coalition prep Senate HELP - hearing strategy prep…
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number and the title cited with it match Congress.gov records, and the bill predates the report. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing