A bill to require entities to include human-controlled shutdown mechanisms in all artificial intelligence systems.
Bill status
in committee
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Introduction
Sep 2026
Committee Review
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Introduced Sep 16, 2026
Last action Sep 16, 2026
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Committee
1
Sep 16, 2026
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
upper
Sep 16, 2026
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John Kennedy
RRepublican
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