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The bill speeds and strengthens court-ordered access to communications for law enforcement and individuals (including a private right of action) at the cost of imposing tight deadlines and new liabilities on very large providers, which may lead to rushed disclosures, higher costs, and fairness/implementation challenges.
Law enforcement (and thus taxpayers) can get evidence from very large providers much faster because courts can require production within 72 hours, enabling timelier investigations and prosecutions.
Individuals whose communications are sought (including students and people with disabilities) gain faster access to court-ordered disclosures and a private right of action to enforce delays by very large providers, strengthening individuals' ability to vindicate their rights.
Providers and parties to litigation face clearer procedural deadlines because courts and providers have defined short windows (e.g., 48 hours to move to quash or modify), reducing uncertainty and speeding case resolution.
Covered providers and their workers face increased litigation exposure and potential damages, which is likely to raise costs for users or push providers to change or limit services to reduce liability.
Requiring very large providers to produce content within 72 hours may be technically infeasible and can force rushed processing that increases the risk of incomplete, erroneous, or over-disclosed sensitive information, harming privacy especially for students and people with disabilities.
Treating platforms with 1,000,000+ users differently creates equity and operational-complexity concerns about which providers qualify and how smaller providers will be treated, complicating implementation and fairness.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Requires very large online providers (≥1,000,000 users) to disclose communications/records under warrants/orders within 72 hours, allows 7-day court extensions, and gives providers 48 hours to move to quash.
Introduced February 9, 2026 by Brittany Pettersen · Last progress February 9, 2026
Requires very large online service providers (those with 1,000,000 or more users) to produce the contents of communications or related records in response to warrants or court orders within 72 hours, subject to limited court extensions. It also shortens the time such providers have to seek to quash or modify an order to 48 hours and creates a private right of action for people harmed by a covered provider’s failure to comply with the court-ordered timing rules.