The record

LegislationLegislation· May 2026
S 3023 Passed Senate — in House

Sponsored by Marsha Blackburn (R)

Safe Cloud Storage Act

Shields cloud storage vendors from lawsuits when they store evidence of child exploitation for police.

Tradeoff

Protects companies handling sensitive child abuse material from civil and criminal liability, provided they meet cybersecurity standards and don't act recklessly or with malice. Vendors must comply with federal security frameworks and annual audits.

What's in it

See official bill text

Reduces federal revenues and spending by less than $500,000 over 2026-2036.

The $500,000 federal cost is just DOJ's administrative expense to update policies — the bill's real effect is shielding storage companies from legal liability for handling evidence of child sexual abuse, removing a barrier that currently prevents most companies from offering these services to law enforcement.

S. 3023, Safe Cloud Storage Act · Jun 2026

Passed the Senate by on May 20, 2026 — sitting in the House.

  1. Senate

    Introduced

    (Oct 21, 2025)

  2. Senate

    Committee on the Judiciary(Oct 21, 2025)

  3. Senate

    The Committee on the Judiciary voted to send it to the floor

    Reported(Feb 5, 2026)

  4. Senate · Amended

    Senator Blackburn's

    Agreed to by (S.Amdt. 5444 · May 20, 2026)

    Expands the law enforcement cloud storage and limited vendor liability rules to cover intimate visual depictions of minors, including digital forgeries, not just child pornography and child obscenity.

    No individual votes were recorded.

  5. Senate

    Passage of the bill

    Passed by (May 20, 2026)

    No individual votes were recorded.

  6. House

    Received from the Senate

    Received(May 21, 2026)