KIDS Act
Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary
The KIDS Act requires online platforms to protect minors through age verification for sexual material, parental controls on social media and gaming platforms, and limits on compulsive-use and messaging features. It also requires AI chatbot providers to disclose to minor users that the chatbot is not human and to provide suicide and crisis hotline information, enforced by the FTC and state attorneys general.
Model-rated AI relevance 70%: AI chatbot disclosure duties are a distinct pillar of the bill, though much of it covers non-AI child online safety. (claude-opus-5, Sep 9, 2026)
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Brett GuthrieRepublicanKYData as of: bills Sep 9, 2026 · votes Sep 11, 2026 · statements Sep 9, 2026. What changed
Progress
Introduced
Mar 3, 2026
Reported by committee
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Passed House
Jun 29, 2026
Passed Senate
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Became law
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Latest action · July 13, 2026
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
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 ↗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 ↗Foster would restore NCUA and FHFA authority over third-party tech vendors because AI makes cyberattacks on the financial system more sophisticated.
Source ↗Massie would bar federal funds for AI-augmented license plate readers and biometric surveillance cameras to stop a government surveillance state.
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 ↗Bill data read 2026-09-09T02:09:45.522Z