AI Whistleblower Protection Act (HR3460)
Current understanding
HR3460 would establish federal whistleblower protections for workers who report concerns about artificial intelligence systems, extending existing anti-retaliation frameworks into the AI domain. For workers, this would create a protected channel to raise AI safety, bias, or misuse concerns without fear of adverse employment action; for employers deploying or developing AI, it would add compliance obligations around handling internal AI-related disclosures. Status: introduced and referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
Evidence log
- 2026-05-04 — Expanding Whistleblower Protections for Contractors Act of 2025: cross-connection with whistleblower-protections-federal-contractors: Both introduce sector-specific whistleblower protections with limits on predispute arbitration and expanded coverage of protected disclosures. (novelty: 3)
- 2025-10-09 — Right to Override Act: cross-connection with right-to-override-act: Both establish anti-retaliation protections tied to AI systems — the AI Whistleblower Protection Act shields workers reporting AI harms, while Right to Override Act shields clinicians who override AI recommendations in clinical settings. (novelty: 4)
- 2026-06-18 — No Robot Bosses Act: cross-connection with no-robot-bosses-act: Both address AI/algorithmic accountability in the workplace: S4833 restricts employer use of automated employment decisions, while HR3460 protects workers who disclose AI-related harms — complementary front-end restrictions and back-end whistleblower protections. (novelty: 3)
- 2025-12-17 — Whistleblower Protection Act of 2025: cross-connection with whistleblower-protection-act-2025: Both bills expand federal whistleblower anti-retaliation protections; HR4646 provides a general framework while HR3460 targets AI-specific disclosures. (novelty: 2)