Since my last update, only this one has appeared. Pending...
US Federal
S 3942 / HR 7799: New criminal and civil liability for fiscal sponsors of projects involving #protest activity
Would expose fiscal sponsors to expanded criminal and civil liability for conduct by groups or projects they support, including protest-related activity. The bill, entitled the “Stop Proxy Organizations Nurturing Subversive Operations and Riots (#SPONSOR) Act,” would make 501(c)(3) organizations that provide fiscal sponsorship criminally liable for offenses “related to or arising from” the sponsorship. It would also create civil liability for any “covered activity” that is “related to or arising from” the sponsorship. The bill defines “covered activity” to include “physically blocking” any article in #commerce “to intentionally prevent the lawful movement” of commerce. Because #StreetProtests may delay traffic or #CommercialActivity, this provision could sweep in nonviolent protest activity. Under current law, in some fiscal sponsorship arrangements, the sponsors may already bear liability for unlawful conduct by the sponsored project. The bill would expand such liability to all models of fiscal sponsorship, including arrangements where the sponsor merely provides grants or administrative support to a separate entity. It would also create new grounds for civil liability linked to protest-related activity. As a result, if a fiscally sponsored project organized a peaceful protest that temporarily blocked traffic, the sponsor could face civil lawsuits or potential criminal exposure. Sponsors of the bill described it as legislation to “hold sponsors of violent protests accountable.”
Status: pending
Introduced 26 Feb 2026.
Source:
https://www.icnl.org/usprotestlawtracker/#
Text of full bill:
https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3942
#ProtestSupporters or #ProtestFunders, #TrafficInterference #USProtestLaws #USPol