Safe Cloud Storage Act

Sponsored by Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) · 9 active : 4 Republicans, 5 Democrats

Latest action: Held at the desk.

Read the summary

Where it standsBefore the Senate

Passed Senate

Senate: passedMay 20, 2026
House: next
President: not yet

9 senators score as swing votes

Summary

, via Congress.gov

Summary on Congress.gov

Safe Cloud Storage Act

This bill limits the civil and criminal liability of vendors that contract with law enforcement agencies to provide digital storage services (e.g., remote or cloud-based storage) for storing, maintaining, and processing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in investigations of online child sexual exploitation.

Read full summary

Under current law, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) receives reports of online child sexual exploitation via its CyberTipline, evaluates and prioritizes the reports, and refers the reports to law enforcement agencies to investigate. Currently, federal law limits the liability of vendors that contract directly with the NCMEC to store and transfer CSAM. However, federal law does not limit the liability of vendors that contract with law enforcement agencies to assist in investigations.

This bill establishes liability protections for vendors that contract with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies to store, maintain, and process CSAM in investigations of online child sexual exploitation. Specifically, the bill prohibits a civil claim or criminal charge in federal or state court against such a vendor, so long as the vendor has not engaged in intentional misconduct or negligent conduct, acted with malice or reckless disregard, or acted for a purpose unrelated to its contractual duties.

The bill requires vendors to comply with cybersecurity requirements for CSAM that is stored, maintained, or processed. The bill also requires vendors to comply with storage requirements for CSAM that is retained as evidence.

How the projections held up

Each member’s recorded vote compared with their swing projection from before the vote. A member by voting against most of their own party.

Senate

Passed by voice vote or unanimous consent: no individual votes recorded.

Committees and subjects

Committees

Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to

Subjects

Civil actions and liability
Computer security and identity theft
Computers and information technology
Domestic violence and child abuse
Evidence and witnesses
Law enforcement administration and funding
Pornography
Public contracts and procurement
Sex offenses

Senate · 100 House · 433

Model

v3defaultv2

Directional: count only breaks toward the other party Why do scores change?

How the House breaks down

45Swing 70–100
206Middle 30–70
180Entrenched 0–30
2Insufficient data not ranked

Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.

Key players in the House

Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional

: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.

Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.

Similar past votes, House

Earlier behind swing-v3’s input

Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 24.0 (needs 5.0).

H.R. 9576 · Sep 16, 2026 · Roll call 669On PassageNational Fraud Enforcement Division Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 5625 · May 14, 2026 · Roll call 531On PassageCashless Bail Reporting Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 6260 · May 14, 2026 · Roll call 529On PassageKeeping Violent Offenders Off Our Streets Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 96 · May 13, 2026 · Roll call 525On Agreeing to the ResolutionExpressing support for law enforcement officers
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 2853 · May 12, 2026 · Roll call 517On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as AmendedCombating Organized Retail Crime Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 2189 · Feb 12, 2026 · Roll call 430On PassageLaw-Enforcement Innovate to De-Escalate Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 3492 · Dec 17, 2025 · Roll call 350On PassageProtect Children’s Innocence Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 4371 · Dec 16, 2025 · Roll call 339On PassageKayla Hamilton Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5

Show 17 more

H.R. 5107 · Nov 19, 2025 · Roll call 298On PassageCLEAN DC Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 5214 · Nov 19, 2025 · Roll call 297On PassageDistrict of Columbia Cash Bail Reform Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 5143 · Sep 17, 2025 · Roll call 274On PassageDistrict of Columbia Policing Protection Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 5140 · Sep 16, 2025 · Roll call 270On PassageTo lower the age at which a minor may be tried as an adult for certain criminal offenses in the District of Columbia to 14 years of age

Cosponsors

9 active

Show all 9 cosponsors

How the swing score works

Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.

Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.

Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.

Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.

Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.

Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.