S 245 Ordered Reported Favorably in Senate - Insure Cybersecurity Act

Yesterday, the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee held a business meeting to consider 17 pieces of legislation. Among those bills was S 245, the Insure Cybersecurity Act of 2025. According to yesterday’s Congressional Record the bill was ordered reported favorably without any amendments. No word is available in the CR or the meeting record about the type vote held on that order.

Once the Committee report is published (which could be months), the bill would be cleared for consideration before the full Senate. It is unlikely to be considered under regular order (too time consuming with too many nominations to consider). If it is considered it would be under the Senate’s unanimous consent process.

No committee action was taken on a similar bill, S 513, last session. This is not a Republican vs Democrat issue since the sponsor of the bill, Sen Hickenlooper (D,CO), is a Democrat. This seems more likely to be a change in focus of the new Republican Committee Chair, Sen Cruz (R,TX).