S. 3062 · 119th Congress

GUARD Act

Introduced on Oct 28, 2025 by Josh Hawley (R-MO). 20 cosponsors, 14 of them from another party. Latest action (May 11, 2026): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 406.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Oct 28, 2025
Cosponsors
20
14 from the other party
Policy area
Crime and Law Enforcement
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

A bill to require artificial intelligence chatbots to implement age verification measures and make certain disclosures, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Child safety and welfare
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Computers and information technology
  • Criminal procedure and sentencing
  • Data collection, sharing, protection
  • Department of Justice
  • Internet, web applications, social media
  • Pornography
  • Sex offenses
  • State and local government operations

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to Senate, May 11, 2026). Public domain.

Guidelines for User Age-verification and Responsible Dialogue Act of 2026 or the GUARD Act

This bill establishes requirements for and limitations on entities that provide publicly available artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots, including AI companions.

Under the bill, an AI chatbot is an application or program that simulates human conversation by generating responses to user prompts. An AI companion is a type of AI chatbot that simulates a sustained interpersonal relationship or emotional interaction with the user.

The bill makes it a federal crime to provide an AI chatbot that exposes minors to sexual content or encourages minors to commit suicide or carry out nonsuicidal self-injury, unlawful physical or sexual violence, or homicide. A violation is subject to a criminal fine of up to $250,000 per offense.

Additionally, the bill prohibits minors from accessing AI companions. Under the bill, an entity that provides an AI chatbot must require each individual who accesses an AI companion to set up a user account and must also verify that the user is an adult. A violation is subject to a civil penalty of up to $250,000 per violation.

Finally, the bill requires an AI chatbot that is publicly available to disclose that the AI chatbot is not a human and is not a licensed professional (e.g. doctor, lawyer, or therapist). A violation is subject to a civil penalty of up to $250,000 per violation.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Josh HawleyR-MOSponsor

Democrats · 14

Republicans · 6

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Oct 28, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Oct 28, 2025 · SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
  3. Apr 30, 2026 · SenateCommittee on the Judiciary. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
  4. May 11, 2026Committee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  5. May 11, 2026 · SenateCommittee on the Judiciary. Reported by Senator Grassley with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. Without written report.
  6. May 11, 2026 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 406.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

Analisa's mapping of committee jurisdiction to federal agencies; the bill may touch others, or none of these.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. THE ALLIANCE FOR SECURE AI ACTION5 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  2. American Association for Justice3 reports
    $5.1M reported (all issues)
  3. ENTERTAINMENT SOFTWARE ASSOCIATION3 reports
    $4.3M reported (all issues)
  4. Google Client Services LLC3 reports
    $9.8M reported (all issues)
  5. IBM Corporation3 reports
    $240K reported (all issues)
  6. National Domestic Violence Hotline3 reports
  7. CTIA - THE WIRELESS ASSOCIATION2 reports
    $3.6M reported (all issues)
  8. ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)
  9. General Federation of Women's Clubs2 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  10. MICROSOFT CORPORATION2 reports
    $5.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: MICROSOFT CORPORATION$443M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  11. Peace Officers Research Association of California2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  12. TWILIO INC.2 reports
    Federal contractor: TWILIO INC.AI match · 100%
  13. VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.2 reports
    $3.1M reported (all issues)
  14. AI Integrators Council1 report
    $60K reported (all issues)
  15. ALLIANCE DEFENDING FREEDOM1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)
  16. Anthropic1 report
    $2M reported (all issues)
  17. Bria Artificial Intelligence Inc.1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)
  18. COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION1 report
  19. Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE)1 report
    $15K reported (all issues)
  20. Heritage Action for America1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  21. META PLATFORMS, INC.1 report
    $6M reported (all issues)
  22. MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION, INC.1 report
    $640K reported (all issues)
  23. PINTEREST, INC.1 report
    $140K reported (all issues)
  24. Rego Payment Architectures, Inc.1 report
    $75K reported (all issues)
  25. Snap Inc.1 report
    $240K reported (all issues)
  26. Software & Information Industry Association1 report
    $1.4M reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

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  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 8, 2026 · loaded Oct 8, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 7, 2026 · loaded Oct 7, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.