House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Introduced
AI Transparency in Elections Act of 2026
Official title: To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide further transparency for the use of content that is substantially generated by artificial intelligence in political advertisements by requiring such advertisements to include a statement within the contents of the advertisements if generative AI was used to generate any image, audio, or video footage in the advertisements, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Joseph Morelle D-NYWhere it went
- IntroducedJul 23, 2026
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2026 — Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 9922.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. MORELLE, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 121, July 23, 2026, Page H5198):This bill is enacted pursuant to the power granted to Congress under Article 1, Section 4, Clause 1 and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the United States Constitution.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record July 23, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 170 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 9922, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/9922
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- August 14, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 12, 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 August 14, 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
5 cosponsors — 5 Democrats
0 of 5 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Ed Case (D-HI), Julie Johnson (D-TX), Rick Larsen (D-WA), Terri Sewell (D-AL), Norma Torres (D-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Joseph Morelle.
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- H.R. 2148 (119th) Veteran Caregiver Reeducation, Reemployment, and Retirement Act
- H.J.Res. 108 (119th) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing that there is no immunity from criminal prosecution for an act…
- H.R. 2381 (119th) SCREENS for Cancer Act of 2025
- H.R. 4708 (119th) Spotted Lanternfly Research and Development Act
Related bills
- H.R. 8668 (118th) AI Transparency in Elections Act of 2024Cross-Congress related bill
- S. 3875 (118th) AI Transparency in Elections Act of 2024Cross-Congress related bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 25, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.