# 117-hr-8160: Political BIAS Emails Act of 2022

117-hr-8160, Political BIAS Emails Act of 2022, is a 117th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ); status Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 117-hr-8160
- Congress: 117
- Title: Political BIAS Emails Act of 2022
- Status: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Introduced: 2022-06-21
- Sponsor: Rep. Lesko, Debbie [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 36
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Political Bias In Algorithm Sorting Emails Act of 2022 or the Political BIAS Emails Act of 2022 This bill makes it unlawful for commercial email service providers to use a filtering algorithm to apply a label to an email sent to an email account from a political campaign unless the owner or user of the account took action to apply such label.

## Cosponsors (36)

- Rep. McCarthy, Kevin [R-CA-23] (R-CA), 2022-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Stefanik, Elise M. [R-NY-21] (R-NY), 2022-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Emmer, Tom [R-MN-6] (R-MN), 2022-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Scalise, Steve [R-LA-1] (R-LA), 2022-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bilirakis, Gus M. [R-FL-12] (R-FL), 2022-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3] (R-GA), 2022-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. McMorris Rodgers, Cathy [R-WA-5] (R-WA), 2022-06-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Burgess, Michael C. [R-TX-26] (R-TX), 2022-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Carey, Mike [R-OH-15] (R-OH), 2022-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] (R-NE), 2022-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pfluger, August [R-TX-11] (R-TX), 2022-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Issa, Darrell [R-CA-48] (R-CA), 2022-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Van Duyne, Beth [R-TX-24] (R-TX), 2022-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2022-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gimenez, Carlos A. [R-FL-28] (R-FL), 2022-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Higgins, Clay [R-LA-3] (R-LA), 2022-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Meuser, Daniel [R-PA-9] (R-PA), 2022-06-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Joyce, John [R-PA-13] (R-PA), 2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Duncan, Jeff [R-SC-3] (R-SC), 2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Dunn, Neal P. [R-FL-2] (R-FL), 2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Posey, Bill [R-FL-8] (R-FL), 2022-06-24T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Buchanan, Vern [R-FL-16] (R-FL), 2022-06-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Wilson, Joe [R-SC-2] (R-SC), 2022-06-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Reschenthaler, Guy [R-PA-14] (R-PA), 2022-06-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Herrell, Yvette [R-NM-2] (R-NM), 2022-06-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Allen, Rick W. [R-GA-12] (R-GA), 2022-06-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Steube, W. Gregory [R-FL-17] (R-FL), 2022-06-28T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hill, J. French [R-AR-2] (R-AR), 2022-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Bucshon, Larry [R-IN-8] (R-IN), 2022-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] (R-SC), 2022-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Crawford, Eric A. "Rick" [R-AR-1] (R-AR), 2022-07-12T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fischbach, Michelle [R-MN-7] (R-MN), 2022-07-15T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36] (R-TX), 2022-07-18T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fallon, Pat [R-TX-4] (R-TX), 2022-07-21T00:00:00.000Z
- Sen. Banks, Jim [R-IN] (R-IN), 2022-07-26T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Feenstra, Randy [R-IA-4] (R-IA), 2022-08-12T00:00:00.000Z

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## Sources
- [117-hr-8160 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/8160)

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- [117-hjres-65: Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United Stat…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hjres-65)
- [117-hres-881: Condemning the heinous terrorist attack on Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyvi…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-881)
- [117-hr-5854: Illegal Immigrant Payoff Prohibition Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5854)
- [117-hres-548: Denouncing the horrors of socialism.](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hres-548)
- [117-hr-5142: To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal, in commemoration to the servi…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/117-hr-5142)
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