K–12 AI Literacy and Readiness Act of 2026
Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary
This bill funds and sets standards for teaching AI literacy in K-12 schools, including curriculum, teacher training, and grants. It aims to prepare students to use and critically evaluate AI. It matters for public understanding of AI at scale.
Model-rated AI relevance 85%.
Sponsored by
Randall FineRepublicanFLData as of: bills Sep 9, 2026 · votes Sep 11, 2026 · statements Sep 9, 2026. What changed
Progress
Introduced
May 12, 2026
Reported by committee
Jul 21, 2026
Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became law
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Latest action · July 21, 2026
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 18 - 15.
Recorded votes
Floor votes carry every member's position; committee tallies carry totals only.
What members said
Releases that cite this bill first, then releases on the same topics.
Sanders would permanently ban superintelligent AI and pause advanced AI development until a new federal regulator sets safety rules.
Source ↗Burlison would bar federal funds for AI-augmented license plate readers and biometric surveillance cameras to protect Fourth Amendment privacy rights.
Source ↗Barrett's bipartisan Doctors Not AI Act would bar AI from making medical-necessity insurance denials and require disclosure of AI use.
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 ↗Jacobs introduces bipartisan legislation creating a DoD-wide AI incident and vulnerability reporting program to make military AI safer and more accountable.
Source ↗Whitesides introduces the Self-Improving AI Monitoring Act to give federal evaluators visibility into frontier labs' automated AI R&D and reduce superintelligence risk.
Source ↗Bill data read 2026-09-09T02:09:45.522Z