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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 10263 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                               H. R. 10263

  To clarify the applicability of certain Federal and State laws for 
      conducting routine digital commerce, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 3, 2026

 Mr. Fulcher introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                       Committee on the Judiciary

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                                 A BILL

 
  To clarify the applicability of certain Federal and State laws for 
      conducting routine digital commerce, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Halt Abusive Internet Lawsuits Act 
of 2026''.

SEC. 2. APPLICABILITY OF CERTAIN LAWS TO COLLECTION, PROCESSING, OR 
              DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION OR COMMUNICATIONS FOR A 
              COMMERCIAL PURPOSE.

    (a) Applicability.--
            (1) In general.--The collection, processing, or disclosure 
        of information or communications for a commercial purpose shall 
        give rise to no claim or enforcement action under Federal or 
        State law with respect to pen registers, wiretapping, trap and 
        trace, or eavesdropping, including chapter 1.5 of the Penal 
        Code of California (commonly known as the ``California Invasion 
        of Privacy Act'').
            (2) Expiration of certain claims and actions.--Any such 
        claim or enforcement action in progress as of the date of the 
        enactment of this Act may not be maintained, adjudicated, or 
        arbitrated after such date.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Commercial purpose.--The term ``commercial purpose'' 
        includes the use of digital commerce for--
                    (A) the operations of a business or a service 
                provider or contractor to a business;
                    (B) marketing or advertising;
                    (C) prompting, receiving, or responding to consumer 
                input;
                    (D) facilitating the sale or purchase of goods or 
                services; or
                    (E) any commercial or business purpose as defined 
                under law or regulation of a State in which the 
                collection, processing, or disclosure of information 
                occurs.
            (2) Digital commerce.--The term ``digital commerce'' means 
        the promotion, sale, purchase, delivery, or support of products 
        or services through connected digital networks and tools, 
        including through the use of cookies, pixels, session replay, 
        chatbots, tags, and analytics.
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Halt Abusive Internet Lawsuits Act of 2026

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