YourVoice.Now Summary
Criminal Justice & Due ProcessCivil LibertiesTransparency & AccountabilityApps, email, and cloud services would have to report fentanyl and fake-pill sales to the Justice Department — fines up to $380,000.
Criminal Justice & Due Process
Social media, email, and cloud firms must report sales of fentanyl, meth, or fake pills once they know of them. Illegal sales of pain pills or stimulants count too. They may also report a sale they only suspect.
A company that knowingly skips a required report can be fined up to $190,000, or $380,000 for repeat failures. A false report, or one missing account details the company has, brings a civil fine of $50,000 to $100,000.
Civil Liberties
Police may not pose as users, or ask others to, in order to send a tip that sets off a company report. Any evidence from a report started that way cannot be used in court.
Federal privacy law limits when firms may give your messages to the government. This bill adds an exception for these drug reports. A report may include your messages, photos, and where you are. The Justice Department must delete reports it no longer needs, unless they may be used as proof later.
Each report makes the company save your account data for 90 days. The company cannot tell you until it warns the Justice Department and then waits 45 business days.
Transparency & Accountability
Within a year, the Justice Department must start posting yearly counts. They show reports per company, how many led to a conviction, and how many had no useful leads.
More about this bill
Apps and websites you use would have to report drug sales they find to the Justice Department. This covers social media, email, and cloud storage companies. They must report sales of fentanyl or meth once they actually know about them. The same goes for fake pills and illegal sales of prescription painkillers or stimulants. Each report is due within 60 days of the company finding out. A company may also report when it only has a reasonable belief that such a sale is happening. A report must include account details, such as your name, email, screen name, and IP address (your internet location). The company may also choose to send your messages, photos, location, and whether you used a VPN. Federal privacy law now limits when companies may share your messages with the government. This bill adds an exception for these reports. Regular phone texts and home internet service are not covered. Companies do not have to scan your messages, and they can keep using end-to-end encryption. A company that knowingly fails to report faces a fine of up to $190,000. Repeat failures cost up to $380,000. A false report, or one missing account details the company has, costs $50,000 to $100,000. Each report makes the company save your account data for 90 days. The company cannot tell you about this until it warns the Justice Department and waits 45 business days. Police may not pose as users to send tips that set off a report. Evidence from such tips cannot be used in court. The Justice Department must delete reports it no longer needs and publish a yearly count of them.
Congressional Summary
Cooper Davis and Devin Norring Act This bill requires electronic communication service providers and remote computing service providers to report knowledge of offenses involving the creation, manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of counterfeit controlled substances (including counterfeit prescription drugs), fentanyl, methamphetamine, or prescription pain medications or stimulants to the Drug Enforcement Administration. Providers are subject to criminal and civil penalties for failing to comply with these requirements.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-07-17
- Date Added
- 2026-10-03
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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