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S. 3062119th CongressCrime and Law Enforcement
GUARD Act
Sponsored by Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) · 20 active : 6 Republicans, 14 Democrats
Latest action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 406.
Where it standsBefore the Senate8 senators score as swing votes
Hasn’t passed either chamber
- Senate: next
- House: not yet
- President: not yet
Summary
, via Congress.govGuidelines for User Age-verification and Responsible Dialogue Act of 2026 or the GUARD Act
This bill establishes requirements for and limitations on entities that provide publicly available artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, including AI companions.
Under the bill, an
AI chatbot
is an application or program that simulates human conversation by generating responses to user prompts. An
AI companion
is a type of AI chatbot that simulates a sustained interpersonal relationship or emotional interaction with the user.
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The bill makes it a federal crime to provide an AI chatbot that exposes minors to sexual content or encourages minors to commit suicide or carry out nonsuicidal self-injury, unlawful physical or sexual violence, or homicide. A violation is subject to a criminal fine of up to $250,000 per offense.
Additionally, the bill prohibits minors from accessing AI companions. Under the bill, an entity that provides an AI chatbot must require each individual who accesses an AI companion to set up a user account and must also verify that the user is an adult. A violation is subject to a civil penalty of up to $250,000 per violation.
Finally, the bill requires an AI chatbot that is publicly available to disclose that the AI chatbot is not a human and is not a licensed professional (e.g. doctor, lawyer, or therapist). A violation is subject to a civil penalty of up to $250,000 per violation.
Committees and subjects
Committees
- Senate Committee on the Judiciary · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
Subjects
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Advanced technology and technological innovations
- Child safety and welfare
- Civil actions and liability
- Computers and information technology
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Data collection, sharing, protection
- Department of Justice
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Pornography
- Sex offenses
- State and local government operations
Model
Directional: count only breaks toward the other partyWhy do scores change?v3default (selected)v2 model swing-v2
How the Senate breaks down
- 8Swing 70–100
- 49Middle 30–70
- 43Entrenched 0–30
Members fall into . All 100 senators have enough data to score.
Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3, directional: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, Senate
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Cosponsors
20 activeShow all 20 cosponsors
- Christopher Murphy (D-CT)
- Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL)
- Mark Kelly (D-AZ)
- Mark R. Warner (D-VA)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Ruben Gallego (D-AZ)
- Mike Lee (R-UT)
- James Lankford (R-OK)
- Tom Cotton (R-AR)
- Peter Welch (D-VT)
- Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV)
- Tim Kaine (D-VA)
- Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Pete Ricketts (R-NE)
- Marsha Blackburn (R-TN)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Richard J. Durbin (D-IL)
- Christopher A. Coons (D-DE)
- Cory A. Booker
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
