At-risk officials, their families, staff, and some abuse survivors could ask to keep sensitive personal details off public websites. Data brokers could not sell or trade that information for covered people. Many removal requests would have a 72-hour deadline.
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Protecting Legislators and Survivors of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence from Doxing and Political Violence Act is a Senate bill committee Action. The latest recorded action: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Latest action on S. 2850: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Who this affects: This bill mainly affects people whose safety could be at risk if their home, family, travel, or location details are easy to find. It also affects government agencies, data brokers, online businesses, journalists, watchdog groups, and courts that may have to apply the bill’s privacy rules and exceptions.
Why this matters: Personal details posted online can help people target someone for threats, stalking, or violence. This bill tries to lower that risk by making home, family, travel, and location details harder to find or sell. It could also make some public records less easy to search online. The practical effect would depend on how many people use the process and how courts read the bill’s exceptions.
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Officially: Protecting Legislators and Survivors of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence from Doxing and Political Violence Act
At-risk officials, their families, staff, and some abuse survivors could ask to keep sensitive personal details off public websites. Data brokers could not sell or trade that information for covered people. Many removal requests would have a 72-hour deadline.
Use this page to support, oppose, or ask Congress to amend S2850. Modern Action explains what the bill does, helps identify the right senators or representative, and drafts a bill-specific message you can edit and send.
Where it stands
Sitting in Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
No vote scheduled. Constituent contact is what moves bills out of committee.
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Where this bill is in the process
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Senate Committee
Under Senate committee consideration
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (9/17/2025)
Senate Floor Vote
Voted on by Senate
Passed Senate
Approved by Senate
House Review
Sent to House for consideration
Passed Both Chambers
Approved by both House and Senate
Signed into Law
Signed by the President
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This page gives you an opportunity to support, oppose, or ask for changes to Protecting Legislators and Survivors of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence from Doxing and Political Violence Act, then contact the elected officials who can act. Modern Action drafts the message from your position and the reasons you select.
Modern Action keeps the action tied to the bill itself: what it does, where it is in the process (Committee Action), which office can still act, and what ask belongs in the message.
You are not starting from a blank form. Modern Action drafts the message around S2850, your stance, and the reasons you choose, then lets you edit and send when ready.
