PILLAR Act
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-09-02
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “PILLAR Act” Read the full text
Science, Technology, Communications
What it does
Protecting Information by Local Leaders for Agency Resilience Act or the PILLAR Act This bill extends the State and Local Cybersecurity Grant Program through FY2035, expands the scope of the program, and imposes certain limits on the use of grant funds. (The program provides grants to states and Indian tribes to address cybersecurity risks to government information systems.) The bill expands the scope of systems that may be secured using grant funds to include operational technology systems and specifies that systems using artificial intelligence are included. Such systems must be maintained,
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2025-09-02
In the House.
Passed the House · 2025-11-17
Senate floor vote · next
Official documents
Full bill textread it on this site, version rfs (Referred in Senate), as published by GovInfo
officialCongressional Budget Office cost estimatewhat it would cost, by the nonpartisan CBO
officialThe on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-23. The same version at GovInfo.
The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
5
sponsors, out of 218 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCILvia INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCIL
4 filingsSENTINELONE, INC.via HILL EAST GROUP, LLC
4 filingsTENABLE INCvia TENABLE, INC.
4 filingsCISCO SYSTEMS INCvia CISCO SYSTEMS, INC
3 filingsCROWDSTRIKE, INC.via CROWDSTRIKE, INC.
3 filingsENTERGY SERVICES LLCvia TIBER CREEK GROUP
3 filingsHALCYON TECH, INC.via HILL EAST GROUP, LLC
3 filingsINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY COUNCILvia TIBER CREEK GROUP
3 filingsFrom 47 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (2025-11-18).