House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
SAFE BOTs Act
Official title: To ensure that providers of chatbots clearly and conspicuously disclose to users who are minors that chatbots are artificial intelligence systems, not natural person, and do not provide advice from licensed professionals, and for other proposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Erin Houchin R-INWhere it went
- IntroducedDec 5, 2025
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Dec 11, 2025 — Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 6489.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. HOUCHIN, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 171, No. 204, December 5, 2025, Page H5057):Article I, Section 8.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record December 5, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 21 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 6489, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/6489
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- February 24, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 13, 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 February 24, 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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Erin Houchin.
- H.R. 9191 (119th) National Fossil Act of 2026
- H.R. 5184 (119th) Affordable HOMES Act
- H.R. 7890 (119th) Science of Reading Act of 2026
- H.R. 2399 (119th) Rural Broadband Protection Act of 2025
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- H.Res. 1333 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8646) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 13, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.