House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
Protect Elections from Deceptive AI Act
Official title: To prohibit the distribution of materially deceptive AI-generated audio or visual media relating to candidates for Federal office, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Julie Johnson D-TXWhere it went
- IntroducedSep 10, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Sep 10, 2025 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 5272.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Ms. JOHNSON of Texas, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 148, September 10, 2025, Page H4239):Necessary and Proper Clause--Article 1, Section 8, Clause 18Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record September 10, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 60 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 5272, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/5272
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 16, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
5d2245a3b51d93876756336e888961fdf6926d8f8536a20f6476220b12f8d760
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 16, 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
10 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 6 Democrats
4 of 10 cosponsors (40%) are from the other party.
Mark Alford (R-MO), Michael Baumgartner (R-WA), Ed Case (D-HI), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), Valerie Foushee (D-NC), Tony Gonzales (R-TX), Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA), Val Hoyle (D-OR), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Eugene Vindman (D-VA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Julie Johnson.
- H.R. 7182 (119th) VOTE Act
- H.R. 8320 (119th) USA 6G Global Leadership Act
- H.R. 5062 (119th) Pipeline Security Act
- H.R. 4888 (119th) Reproductive Rights are Human Rights Act of 2025
- H.Con.Res. 26 (119th) Calling for the end of impunity of unpunished Serbian sexual war crimes during the 1999 Kosovo war in the case of United States citizen…
- H.R. 8817 (119th) FORTIFY Act
Related bills
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.