Preventing AI Censorship Act
Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary
This bill targets alleged suppression of lawful speech by AI systems, likely restricting government involvement in AI content moderation or requiring disclosure of model restrictions. It matters for the free-speech debate over model outputs.
Model-rated AI relevance 95%.
Sponsored by
Harriet HagemanRepublicanWYData as of: bills Sep 9, 2026 · votes Sep 11, 2026 · statements Sep 9, 2026. What changed
Progress
Introduced
Jun 11, 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 · June 11, 2026
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
What members said
Releases that cite this bill first, then releases on the same topics.
Warnock calls for a statewide moratorium on AI data center construction unless projects guarantee no utility cost hikes, no NDAs, no tax giveaways, and no pollution.
Source ↗Burlison would bar federal funds for AI-augmented license plate readers and biometric surveillance cameras to protect Fourth Amendment privacy rights.
Source ↗Hawley is investigating AI surveillance camera companies, arguing Congress never authorized these invasive AI-driven networks and that corporate self-policing is an inadequate safeguard.
Source ↗Barrett's bipartisan Doctors Not AI Act would bar AI from making medical-necessity insurance denials and require disclosure of AI use.
Source ↗Evans promotes American open-source AI leadership against China while adding commonsense consumer guardrails and mandated federal risk assessments of adversary models.
Source ↗Landsman's Doctors Not AI Act would keep licensed clinicians, not algorithms, in charge of medical-necessity decisions with transparency for patients.
Source ↗Schrier's Doctors Not AI Act would require doctors rather than AI systems to make health coverage decisions, with oversight and disclosure.
Source ↗Harrigan backs bipartisan monitoring of self-improving AI through NIST while stressing the bill imposes no new mandates and won't impede innovation.
Source ↗Bill data read 2026-09-09T02:09:45.522Z