AI Chatbot Consumer Transparency & Protection (S5117)

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-07-13 — KIDS Act: cross-connection with kids-act-minor-safeguards: Shared requirement that AI chatbots disclose their non-human identity to users, with the KIDS Act adding minor-specific safeguards. (novelty: 3)
2026-07-28 — A bill to establish protections for minors who use companion artificial intelligence chatbots, and for other purposes.: cross-connection with companion-ai-chatbots-minors-protection-s5154: Both are Senate-side chatbot-specific consumer-protection bills; S5117 sets general transparency/protection duties while S5154 adds a minors-focused companion-chatbot layer. (novelty: 3)
2026-07-23 — A bill to establish consumer transparency and protection requirements for artificial intelligence chatbots, and for other purposes.: 2026-07-23 — S5117 introduced in the Senate (Commerce, Science, and Transportation) to establish consumer transparency and protection requirements for AI chatbots, adding a Senate-side chatbot-specific consumer-protection track to the 119th Congress AI governance pipeline. (novelty: 3)