A bill to require entities to include human-controlled shutdown mechanisms in all artificial intelligence systems.
Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary
This bill would require entities to build human-controlled shutdown mechanisms into all artificial intelligence systems. It is a direct AI safety mandate aimed at ensuring humans retain the ability to stop AI systems.
Model-rated AI relevance 97%: It imposes a substantive technical safety requirement on AI systems, squarely within AI regulation. (claude-opus-5, Sep 21, 2026)
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John KennedyRepublicanLAData as of: bills Sep 21, 2026 · votes Sep 21, 2026 · statements Sep 21, 2026. What changed
Progress
Introduced
Sep 16, 2026
Reported by committee
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became law
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Latest action · September 16, 2026
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
What members said
Releases that cite this bill first, then releases on the same topics.
Gottheimer announced bipartisan legislation mandating pre-deployment national security testing of frontier AI models to prevent cyberattacks and weapons development.
Source ↗Blunt Rochester and Curtis called for congressional hearings with AI executives and swift regulation of AI systems.
Source ↗Ansari led House colleagues demanding Trump initiate international negotiations to establish global rules restraining AI development risks.
Source ↗Carson and 107 House Democrats demanded Congress stay in session to pass legislation creating AI safeguards against cybersecurity and rogue agent risks.
Source ↗Jayapal held a hearing on harms of surveillance AI and Big Tech monopoly power, calling for structural regulatory solutions to break up AI oligopoly control.
Source ↗Lawler and Gottheimer pushed their Stop Rogue AI Act directing NIST to set national standards for monitoring and controlling autonomous AI agents.
Source ↗Booker calls for a special session of Congress to urgently address catastrophic AI risks, existing harms, and AI's benefits.
Source ↗Hickenlooper calls for Senate hearings and stronger AI guardrails, including independent audits and accountability for harms.
Source ↗Bill data read 2026-09-21T12:57:38.683Z