Bill Sponsor
Senate Bill 1989
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Honest Ads Act
Introduced
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Oct 19, 2017
Overview
Text
Introduced
Oct 19, 2017
Latest Action
Jun 26, 2018
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
The primary form of legislative measure used to propose law. Depending on the chamber of origin, bills begin with a designation of either H.R. or S. Joint resolution is another form of legislative measure used to propose law.
Bill Number
1989
Congress
115
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
Primary focus of measure is government administration, including agency organization, contracting, facilities and property, information management and services; rulemaking and administrative law; elections and political activities; government employees and officials; Presidents; ethics and public participation; postal service. Measures concerning agency appropriations and the budget process may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
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Senate Votes (0)
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No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

Honest Ads Act

This bill expands source disclosure requirements for political advertisements by (1) establishing that paid internet and paid digital communications may qualify as “public communications” or “electioneering communications” that may be subject to such requirements, and (2) imposing additional requirements relating to the form of such source disclosures and the information contained within. The bill also requires certain online platform companies to maintain publicly available records about qualified political advertisements that have been purchased on their platforms.

Text (1)
October 19, 2017
Actions (3)
06/26/2018
Committee on the Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism. Hearings held.
10/19/2017
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
10/19/2017
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
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