She will require chatbot providers to clearly disclose when minors are interacting with an artificial intelligence system and not a real person, prohibit chatbots from falsely claiming to be licensed professionals, require crisis hotline information for self-harm topics, mandate break prompts after extended sessions, and require policies to keep minors from accessing sexual content, gambling, and illegal substances.

The SAFEBOTs Act builds on that framework by requiring chatbot providers to clearly disclose to minors when they are interacting with an artificial intelligence system and not a real person. The bill also prohibits AI chatbots from falsely claiming to be licensed professionals such as doctors or therapists, requires crisis hotline information to be provided when a minor raises the topic of suicide or self-harm, and mandates break prompts after extended chatbot sessions. The bill requires reasonable policies to prevent minors from accessing sexual content, gambling, and illegal substances through AI chatbot platforms.

Houchin’s bill would impose child-safety requirements on AI chatbot providers, including disclosure, crisis resources, break prompts, and content restrictions.

Houchin Bills to Protect Children from AI Dangers Pass Energy & Commerce Committee | Congresswoman Erin Houchin
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I am proud to see these bills move forward, and I won’t stop fighting until they are signed into law.

Houchin says she will keep pushing until the child-safety bills become law.

Houchin Bills to Protect Children from AI Dangers Pass Energy & Commerce Committee | Congresswoman Erin Houchin
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introduced the bipartisan Screen-time Management And Recommendations for Teens (SMART) and Kids Act . The bill would require the United States Surgeon General to develop evidence-informed screen time recommendations for children.

Houchin co-introduced legislation directing the Surgeon General to issue evidence-based screen time guidance for children.

Press Releases | Congresswoman Erin Houchin
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The article says Houchin co-led the Parents Over Platforms Act and introduced two additional bills aimed at making AI chatbots safer for kids, while also forming a Kids Online Safety Caucus.

Direct evidence that she took concrete legislative steps toward youth online safety and AI chatbot safeguards, but only at the introduction stage, not enactment.

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Lawmakers Unveil New Bills to Curb Big Tech’s Power and Profit
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Houchin and three House colleagues introduced the ON TIME Act to expand awareness and access to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline for students and young adults.

Recent same-term action on crisis-line access, but it does not implement the chatbot disclosure, impersonation, break-prompt, or content-blocking requirements in the claim.

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Houchin, Trahan, Valadao, Pocan Introduce Bipartisan Campus Lifeline Act | Congresswoman Erin Houchin
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Houchin and Deluzio introduced the SMART Kids Act, which would direct the Surgeon General to publish evidence-informed screen-time recommendations for children.

Her closest recent youth-digital-safety bill addresses screen time only; it does not directly deliver the promised chatbot-specific disclosures, professional-impersonation ban, crisis prompts, or content restrictions.

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Houchin, Deluzio Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Study Screen Time and Youth Development | Congresswoman Erin Houchin
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