KIDS Act
Summary, written by a model from the CRS summary
Requires online platforms to put safeguards in place for minors, including age verification for sexual content and parental controls on social media and games. It also requires AI chatbots to tell minors they are not human and to provide crisis hotline information.
Model-rated AI relevance 60%: The bill includes direct AI chatbot disclosure rules within a broader child online safety bill. (claude-opus-5-5, Oct 22, 2026)
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Brett GuthrieRepublicanKYData as of: bills Oct 22, 2026 · votes Oct 21, 2026 · statements Oct 19, 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.
Jacobs argues Congress should pursue both AI innovation and safety guardrails, addressing societal, model, deployer, and impact-level risks rather than prioritizing speed over safety.
Source ↗Clarke reintroduced legislation requiring disclosure when generative AI is used in political advertising to protect election transparency.
Source ↗Ricketts supports strengthening American AI innovation and export controls on chips to China while backing 'commonsense guardrails' for safety without stifling innovation.
Source ↗Tlaib introduces a bill to ban federal funding for AI-enabled mass surveillance and facial recognition technologies like Flock cameras.
Source ↗Ocasio-Cortez and colleagues urge the FAA to pause its AI air traffic management tool until safety testing, oversight, and accountability questions are answered.
Source ↗Blunt Rochester describes meetings with AI experts and OpenAI leadership to discuss national security threats and recent AI safety issues, without stating a specific policy position.
Source ↗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 ↗Kelly advocates legislation requiring human oversight and accountability for military AI, ensuring servicemembers can operate when AI systems fail.
Source ↗Bill data read 2026-10-22T14:48:01.167Z