Enact the Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act to prohibit human-like AI chatbot interactions with minors by default and put parents in control of those protections.

Mariannette Miller-Meeks · Iowa · Republican

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Commitment kind: outcome. Promised action: Support and advance the Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act.. Promised outcome: AI chatbots used by minors would be prohibited by default from pretending to be human, expressing simulated emotions, or using relationship-building language to keep children engaged.. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired. Official congressional press release on Miller-Meeks's 2026 federal House work introducing the bipartisan Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act.

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This bill would prohibit chatbots from communicating by default in a human-like way with minors, including pretending to be human, expressing simulated emotions, or using relationship-building language to keep children engaged.

The press release says Miller-Meeks introduced legislation that would bar AI chatbots from using human-like default interactions with minors.

Miller-Meeks Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to Protect Children from Human-Like Chatbots | Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks
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Evidence

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Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Rep. George Whitesides (D-CA), Rep. Mike Kennedy (R-UT), and Rep. Doris Matsui (D-CA) introduced the bipartisan Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act

Fetched verbatim passage. AI summary (separate from source): Miller-Meeks' official House site reports that she and bipartisan House colleagues introduced the bill; this is concrete effort but not enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks |
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This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act’’.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The posted bill text identifies the measure and contains proposed statutory language, indicating the commitment remains at the legislative proposal stage absent enactment evidence.

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Public state: pending As of 2026-10-04 · verified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

The verified commitment describes an outcome the bill would achieve if enacted: prohibiting human-like chatbot interactions with minors by default. The only verified evidence shows Miller-Meeks materially contributed by introducing the bipartisan Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act in the House, which supports effort in her current term but does not show enactment or implementation of the promised protections. With no documented deadline expired as of 2026-10-04, an introduced bill without enactment remains unresolved rather than delivered or partial.

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