SECURED Act of 2026

This bill would require websites and apps that list short-term rentals to ask property owners, before posting a listing, whether they are a registered child sex offender. If an owner says yes, the platform would have to show a clear public notice on the listing to guests before booking, with a link to a public sex offender registry. Owners who are registered child sex offenders would have to answer the request and could not give materially false information. The Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general could enforce these rules, which would take effect one year after the bill becomes law.

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Sponsors

• Diana Harshbarger Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors