Informing Consumers About Smart Devices Act

This bill requires manufacturers of certain internet-connected devices to disclose, clearly and conspicuously and before purchase, whether the device contains a camera or microphone. A covered device is an internet-capable consumer product with a camera or microphone. It excludes devices a consumer would reasonably expect to have a camera or microphone, such as phones, laptops, and tablets, devices marketed as cameras, microphones, or telecommunications devices, and certain devices covered by the Communications Act of 1934. A violation is treated as an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the FTC Act, and the Federal Trade Commission enforces the bill with its usual powers and penalties. Within 180 days of enactment the Commission must issue guidance to help manufacturers comply, including best practices for clear, age-appropriate, and pictorial disclosure. Manufacturers may petition for tailored guidance. That guidance confers no rights and does not bind the Commission or any person, and enforcement must allege a specific violation of the Act. The requirement applies to covered devices manufactured more than 180 days after the Commission issues its guidance.

At least 3 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 15 quarterly reports filed by 1 lobbying firm and by 2 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.

The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.

The organizations named: Competitive Carriers Association; Google Client Services LLC; Lg Electronics USA, Inc. Listed as filed. They are every client name on the filings counted here.

From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.