Securing Elections From AI Deception Act

Criminal penalties for AI used to deceive voters, plus FTC-enforced disclaimers

Where it is

Referred to Energy and Commerce, October 19, 2026. No hearing, no markup, no vote scheduled. Zero cosponsors.

What would have to happen

Energy and Commerce action, House passage, Senate passage, signature. None of it is scheduled.

When it dies

January 3, 2027, the end of the 119th Congress, unless it moves.

Status: Introduced · Energy and Commerce
Sponsor: Shontel Brown (D-OH-11)
Text: Published. Unlike its neighbours in this wave, the introduced text is published and readable.
Reaches you: Developers and deployers of covered algorithms, in the narrow case of election deception. Most readers: no.
Enforcement: Who enforces: Department of Justice for the criminal provision; Federal Trade Commission for the disclaimer and duty-of-care provisions. Penalty: Fine under title 18 and up to one year imprisonment for intentional voter deception; FTC Act civil penalties for the disclosure and safety duties No private right of action. This is not an ad-disclosure bill. It is a criminal prohibition plus a disclaimer regime plus a duty of care for any covered algorithm.

Official text on Congress.gov →

Last verified October 26, 2026. We're not lawyers and this isn't legal advice. We link every document we rely on so you can check us. Corrections: [email protected].

Nothing written yet

The facts on this page are checked against the record. The plain-English write-up for this bill is still in progress — when it lands, it will appear here, and the facts above stay where they are.