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# Facial Recognition Act of 2025

Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary

Title-only: the Facial Recognition Act of 2025 concerns facial recognition technology. No text is provided to describe its specific provisions.

Model-rated AI relevance 80%: Facial recognition is an AI-driven surveillance technology, but there is no text to confirm the bill's scope. (claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026)

surveillance privacy bias

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Sponsored by

[Ted LieuDemocrat CA](https://whovotedwhy.com/politicians/L000582)

Data as of: bills Oct 22, 2026 · votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 2026. [What changed](https://whovotedwhy.com/data/changes.json)

## Progress

1.  Introduced
    
    Jul 23, 2025
    
2.  Reported by committee
    
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3.  Passed House
    
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4.  Passed Senate
    
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5.  Became law
    
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Latest action · July 23, 2025

Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

## What members said

Releases that cite this bill first, then releases on the same topics.

[Rashida Tlaib](https://whovotedwhy.com/politicians/T000481) Democrat toward oversight Oct 14, 2026 · same topic

Tlaib introduces a bill to ban federal funding for AI-enabled mass surveillance and facial recognition technologies like Flock cameras.

[Source ↗](https://tlaib.house.gov/posts/rep-tlaib-introduces-bill-to-remove-and-prohibit-flock-cameras-mass-surveillance-technologies)

[Catherine Cortez Masto](https://whovotedwhy.com/politicians/C001113) Democrat toward oversight Oct 13, 2026 · same topic

Cortez Masto and Horsford call for worker privacy protections against the sale of employee data to Google for training AI, warning de-identification safeguards may be insufficient.

[Source ↗](https://www.cortezmasto.senate.gov/news/press-releases/cortez-masto-horsford-call-for-worker-privacy-protections-as-spirit-airlines-plans-to-sell-employee-data-to-train-google-ai/)

[Patty Murray](https://whovotedwhy.com/politicians/M001111) Democrat toward oversight Oct 9, 2026 · same topic

Murray and Wyden criticized the Trump administration's AI-driven Medicare prior authorization pilot for denying seniors care and called for it to end.

[Source ↗](https://www.murray.senate.gov/in-vancouver-senators-murray-wyden-affirm-commitment-to-protecting-medicare-from-ai-prior-authorization/)

[John Reed](https://whovotedwhy.com/politicians/R000122) Democrat toward oversight Oct 9, 2026 · same topic

Reed is seeking legislation to ban AI-enabled personalized price discrimination against consumers.

[Source ↗](https://www.reed.senate.gov/news/releases/reed-seeks-to-ban-exploitative-ai-enabled-price-discrimination)

[Steven Horsford](https://whovotedwhy.com/politicians/H001066) Democrat toward oversight Oct 8, 2026 · same topic

Horsford urges enforceable privacy safeguards before employee data can be sold to train AI systems.

[Source ↗](https://horsford.house.gov/media/press-releases/spirit-airlines-to-sell-employee-data-to-train-google-ai-horsford-and-warren-lead-call-for-worker-privacy-protections)

[Jeff Merkley](https://whovotedwhy.com/politicians/M001176) Democrat toward oversight Oct 2, 2026 · same topic

Merkley co-introduced the Ban Flock Act to prohibit government use of AI-powered license plate surveillance cameras.

[Source ↗](https://www.merkley.senate.gov/sanders-ocasio-cortez-merkley-unveil-ban-flock-act-to-protect-americans-right-to-privacy/)

[Bernard Sanders](https://whovotedwhy.com/politicians/S000033) Independent toward oversight Oct 2, 2026 · same topic

Sanders introduced the Ban Flock Act to ban AI-powered surveillance cameras tracking Americans without consent.

[Source ↗](https://www.sanders.senate.gov/press-releases/news-sanders-ocasio-cortez-merkley-unveil-ban-flock-act-to-protect-americans-right-to-privacy/)

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez](https://whovotedwhy.com/politicians/O000172) Democrat toward oversight Oct 2, 2026 · same topic

Ocasio-Cortez, Sanders, and Merkley introduce the Ban Flock Act to prohibit government use of AI-powered surveillance cameras like license plate readers.

[Source ↗](https://ocasio-cortez.house.gov/media/press-releases/news-ocasio-cortez-sanders-merkley-unveil-ban-flock-act-protect-americans)

Bill data read 2026-10-22T14:48:01.167Z