# 119-hr-9016: Email Privacy Act

119-hr-9016, Email Privacy Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-06-27).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-9016
- Congress: 119
- Title: Email Privacy Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-05-22
- Sponsor: Rep. DelBene, Suzan K. [D-WA-1] (D-WA)
- Cosponsors: 8
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-06-27

## Summary

**Modernizes privacy for emails and other stored electronic communications.** It updates who counts as a covered provider, clarifies when providers can disclose stored messages, and adds a user notice option when services receive legal demands. - Families and individual users: Clarifies that providers may disclose messages to the originator, addressee, intended recipient, the account subscriber or customer, or an agent of any of these people. It also permits providers to notify subscribers when they receive a warrant, court order, or subpoena. - Tech companies and cloud services: Expands coverage to explicitly include electronic communication services and remote computing services and updates storage language to cover data that is "stored, held, or maintained" in electronic storage. This aligns the law with modern cloud practices. - Law enforcement and courts: Changes how the government can get stored communications by requiring warrants in many cases while also expanding the list of legal processes that can compel disclosure, including administrative subpoenas, grand jury and civil discovery subpoenas.

## Cosponsors (8)

- Rep. Davidson, Warren [R-OH-8] (R-OH), 2026-05-22T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2026-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Pingree, Chellie [D-ME-1] (D-ME), 2026-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Watson Coleman, Bonnie [D-NJ-12] (D-NJ), 2026-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" [R-TN-3] (R-TN), 2026-06-09T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Ruiz, Raul [D-CA-25] (D-CA), 2026-06-10T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Perry, Scott [R-PA-10] (R-PA), 2026-06-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Lieu, Ted [D-CA-36] (D-CA), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New rules for email and cloud privacy: mixed, high. If enacted, the bill would update federal privacy rules for email and cloud (remote computing) services. It would make cloud and remote computing providers explicitly covered. It would expand the legal papers that can force providers to give stored messages and records, including administrative sub…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026

## Sources
- [119-hr-9016 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/9016)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9016 (as of 2026-06-27).