119th Congress · introduced in the Senate · Jan 9, 2025
COLLUDE Act
Official title from Congress.gov
Latest action (Jan 9, 2025): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
View on Congress.govPolicy area: Science, Technology, Communications
Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in Senate (Jan 9, 2025)
Curtailing Online Limitations that Lead Unconstitutionally to Democracy's Erosion Act or the COLLUDE Act
This bill limits federal liability protection, sometimes referred to as Section 230 protection, that generally precludes providers and users of an interactive computer service (e.g., a social media company) from being held legally responsible for content provided by a third party.
Specifically, the bill removes the protection if a provider restricts access to or availability of content containing political speech because of a governmental request unless the request serves a legitimate law enforcement or national security purpose.
In addition, the bill changes legal procedures for applying the protection. Currently, the protection serves as broad immunity that typically allows the early dismissal of lawsuits, thereby preempting lawsuits and statutes that impose liability for third-party content. This bill makes the protection an affirmative defense, which means the provider or user must prove that the protection applies before the lawsuit may be dismissed.
No cosponsors.
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
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13 citations.
ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION
2026 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2026) · posted Oct 20, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$1,370,000
Spent on own lobbying
Monitor S. 69 -- the Curtailing Online Limitations that Lead Unconstitutionally to Democracy's Erosion Act (the COLLUDE Act); Monitor S. 3546, H.R. 10322 -- Sunset Section 2…
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
ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION
2026 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2026 – Jun 30, 2026) · posted Jul 20, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$1,390,000
Spent on own lobbying
Monitor S. 69 -- the Curtailing Online Limitations that Lead Unconstitutionally to Democracy's Erosion Act (the COLLUDE Act); Monitor S. 3546 -- Sunset Section 230 Act; Moni…
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
ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION
2026 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2026 – Mar 31, 2026) · posted Apr 20, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$1,520,000
Spent on own lobbying
Monitor S. 69 -- the Curtailing Online Limitations that Lead Unconstitutionally to Democracy's Erosion Act (the COLLUDE Act); Monitor S. 3546 -- Sunset Section 230 Act; Moni…
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
ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 20, 2026 · issue area: Telecommunications
$1,420,000
Spent on own lobbying
Monitor S. 69 -- the Curtailing Online Limitations that Lead Unconstitutionally to Democracy's Erosion Act (the COLLUDE Act); Monitor S. 3546 -- Sunset Section 230 Act; Moni…
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
ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 18, 2025 · issue area: Telecommunications
$1,290,000
Spent on own lobbying
Monitor S. 69 -- the Curtailing Online Limitations that Lead Unconstitutionally to Democracy's Erosion Act (the COLLUDE Act).
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
HCH ENTERPRISES, LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: CAPITOL CITY GROUP, LTD.
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 16, 2025 · issue area: Computer Industry
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
issues elative to computer/IT technology. H.R.1623, S737 SCREEN Act; S.69 COLLUDE Act; H.R.2449 FUTURE Networks Act; H.R.866,S244 ROUTERS Act; H.R.1766 - NTIA Policy and Cybersecurity Coordination Act; S2533 Pick up After DOGE Act; S…
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
HCH ENTERPRISES, LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: CAPITOL CITY GROUP, LTD.
2025 Q3 report (Jul 1, 2025 – Sep 30, 2025) · posted Oct 16, 2025 · issue area: Small Business
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
issues elative to computer/IT technology. H.R.1623, S737 SCREEN Act; S.69 COLLUDE Act; H.R.2449 FUTURE Networks Act; H.R.866,S244 ROUTERS Act,H.R.825, S1047 Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act; H.R.1959 To amend the Interna…
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
ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 18, 2025 · issue area: Telecommunications
$1,490,000
Spent on own lobbying
Monitor S. 69 -- the Curtailing Online Limitations that Lead Unconstitutionally to Democracy's Erosion Act (the COLLUDE Act).
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
HCH ENTERPRISES, LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: CAPITOL CITY GROUP, LTD.
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 11, 2025 · issue area: Computer Industry
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
issues elative to computer/IT technology. H.R.1623, S737 SCREEN Act; S.69 COLLUDE Act; H.R.2449 FUTURE Networks Act; H.R.866,S244 ROUTERS Act; H.R.1766 - NTIA Policy and Cybersecurity Coordination Act.
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
HCH ENTERPRISES, LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: CAPITOL CITY GROUP, LTD.
2025 Q2 report (Apr 1, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025) · posted Jul 11, 2025 · issue area: Small Business
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
issues elative to computer/IT technology. H.R.1623, S737 SCREEN Act; S.69 COLLUDE Act; H.R.2449 FUTURE Networks Act; H.R.866,S244 ROUTERS Act,H.R.825, S1047 Assisting Small Businesses Not Fraudsters Act; H.R.1959 To amend the Interna…
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
ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION · lobbying firm or registrant: ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 18, 2025 · issue area: Telecommunications
$1,550,000
Spent on own lobbying
Monitor S. 69 -- the COLLUDE Act
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
HCH ENTERPRISES, LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: CAPITOL CITY GROUP, LTD.
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 16, 2025 · issue area: Computer Industry
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
issues elative to computer/IT technology. H.R.1623, S737 SCREEN Act; S.69 COLLUDE Act; H.R.2449 FUTURE Networks Act; H.R.866,S244 ROUTERS Act; H.R.1766 - NTIA Policy and Cybersecurity Coordination Act.
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
HCH ENTERPRISES, LLC · lobbying firm or registrant: CAPITOL CITY GROUP, LTD.
2025 Q1 report (Jan 1, 2025 – Mar 31, 2025) · posted Apr 16, 2025 · issue area: Small Business
$10,000
Paid to lobbying firm
issues elative to computer/IT technology. H.R.1623, S737 SCREEN Act; S.69 COLLUDE Act; H.R.2449 FUTURE Networks Act; H.R.866,S244 ROUTERS Act; H.R.1766 - NTIA Policy and Cybersecurity Coordination Act; HR825, S1047 Assisting Small Bu…
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