Will require developers to build safety standards into AI chatbot models before they interact with children.

George Whitesides · California · Democratic

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Commitment kind: action. Promised action: Require developers to build safety standards into AI chatbot models before they interact with children.. Promised outcome: Ensure AI tools are trained in ways that do not negatively affect children's mental health or personal relationships.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. U.S. House press release announcing Rep. George Whitesides' Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act during his current term representing California's 27th District.

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By requiring developers to build safety standards into their models before they start interacting with children, we can ensure that these tools are trained correctly, in a way that does not negatively impact their mental health or personal relationships.

Whitesides said his bill would require developers to build child-safety standards into AI models before they interact with children.

Rep. Whitesides Introduces Bipartisan Legislation To Protect Children from Human-Like Chatbots | Representative George Whitesides
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Evidence

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Last Action Date Listed October 1, 2026 Action Mr. Whitesides (for himself, Mr. Kennedy of Utah, Ms. Matsui, and Mrs. Miller-Meeks) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official GovInfo status shows Whitesides introduced H.R. 10719 and it was referred to committees, with no enacted-law action listed. This is concrete effort but not delivery.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 10719 (IH) - Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act - BILLS-119hr10719ih | Content Details | GovInfo
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Except as provided in subsection (f)(3), it shall be unlawful for a developer to make a chatbot that does not satisfy the requirements of paragraph (2) available as a service for deployment to consumers that such developer knows, or reasonably should know, will be available to, or is reasonably likely to be used by, a minor.

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): The introduced bill text directly targets developers of chatbots likely to be used by minors and would require compliant safety/default design before deployment, matching the commitment if enacted.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H. R. 10719 (Introduced-in-House)
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Public state: pending As of 2026-10-12 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

The verified commitment was to require developers to build safety standards into AI chatbot models before use by children. The verified bill text would make it unlawful for developers to make noncompliant chatbots available where minors are likely users, which matches the proposed policy mechanism. However, the verified evidence shows only introduced bill language, not enactment or an implemented legal requirement. With no deadline expired as of 2026-10-12, this is an attributable same-term effort, but the promised requirement has not been verified as delivered.

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