# 116-hr-8596: Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act

116-hr-8596, Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act, is a 116th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC); status Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 116-hr-8596
- Congress: 116
- Title: Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Introduced: 2020-10-16
- Sponsor: Sen. Budd, Ted [R-NC] (R-NC)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Limiting Section 230 Immunity to Good Samaritans Act This bill requires an edge provider of an interactive computer service (e.g., social media website) to adopt and maintain written terms of service binding itself to a contractual duty of good faith in order to qualify for the statutory protection against being treated as the publisher of information distributed through the service by a third party. An edge provider is a provider of an interactive computer service through which information published by other content providers is distributed and that has more than (1) $1.5 billion in annual global revenue, and (2) 30 million monthly users in the United States or 300 million monthly users worldwide.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR), 2020-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Flores, Bill [R-TX-17] (R-TX), 2020-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5] (R-AZ), 2020-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gooden, Lance [R-TX-5] (R-TX), 2020-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bishop, Dan [R-NC-9] (R-NC), 2020-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Waltz, Michael [R-FL-6] (R-FL), 2020-10-16T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3] (R-FL), 2020-10-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 116-hr-6742: Protecting Life in Crisis Act
- 116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act
- 116-hr-8353: Women’s Public Health and Safety Act
- 116-hr-7278: JUSTICE Act
- 116-hr-6802: ALIGN Act
- 116-hr-19: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019

## Sources
- [116-hr-8596 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/8596)

## Related
- [116-hr-6742: Protecting Life in Crisis Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6742)
- [116-hr-4305: PAWS for Veterans Therapy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-4305)
- [116-hr-8353: Women’s Public Health and Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8353)
- [116-hr-7278: JUSTICE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-7278)
- [116-hr-6802: ALIGN Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-6802)
- [116-hr-19: Lower Costs, More Cures Act of 2019](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-19)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/116-hr-8596 (as of 2025-11-18).