House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act
Official title: To establish age-appropriate design standards and safety safeguards for artificial intelligence chatbots accessed by minors, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. George Whitesides D-CAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 1, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Oct 1, 2026 — Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 10719.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. WHITESIDES, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 156, October 1, 2026, Page H6020):U.S. Constitution, Article 1, Sec. 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record October 1, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 36 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 10719, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/10719
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 23, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 23, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of October 23, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
2 of 3 cosponsors (67%) are from the other party.
Mike Kennedy (R-UT), Doris Matsui (D-CA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. George Whitesides.
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- H.R. 9534 (119th) Wildfire Response Modernization Act
- H.R. 4907 (119th) Statistical Agency Integrity and Independence Act of 2025
- H.R. 5615 (119th) To amend title 32, United States Code, to establish the FireGuard Program as a program of record of the National Guard.
- H.Res. 1557 (119th) Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the rollout of Space Shuttle Enterprise from the Rockwell International plant in Palmdale, California.
- H.R. 5416 (119th) Contract Postal Unit Transparency Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 23, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.