# 119-hr-10719: Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act

119-hr-10719, Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-24).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-10719
- Congress: 119
- Title: Protecting Kids from Human-Like Chatbots Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-10-01
- Sponsor: Rep. Whitesides, George [D-CA-27] (D-CA)
- Cosponsors: 4
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-10-24

## Summary

**Non‑personified default for minors**: AI chatbots must start in a clearly non‑human mode for users under 18. The bill assigns design duties to developers and deployment and account duties to providers and gives parents or authorized educators control over any change. - Families, parents, and minors: Parents and legal guardians have exclusive authority to change the non‑personified default for a minor's account. Chatbots must identify as AI, avoid portraying human emotions, and cannot prompt for companionship or solicit spending. - Developers and providers: Developers must build a separable non‑personified default as the initial setting unless the system "knows or has reason to know" a user is not a minor. Providers must keep that default active for minors, offer a parental controls framework, may not "nudge" minors to switch settings, and compliant developers and providers get conditional liability protections. - Schools, standards, and enforcement: Authorized educators can adjust settings for school‑provisioned accounts. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in coordination with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), will seek public input and publish interim guidance within 6 months and final guidance within 18 months, and the FTC enforces the Act.

## Cosponsors (4)

- Rep. Kennedy, Mike [R-UT-3] (R-UT), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Matsui, Doris O. [D-CA-7] (D-CA), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Miller-Meeks, Mariannette [R-IA-1] (R-IA), 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Gottheimer, Josh [D-NJ-5] (D-NJ), 2026-10-22T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Default child-safe chatbot settings: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would require chatbots likely to be used by minors to start in a non‑personified setting by default. That setting would identify the chatbot as AI, avoid acting human or encouraging emotional attachments, and could not be disabled without deliberate account action. Parents or l…
- Federal enforcement and state lawsuits: benefit, medium. If enacted, the bill would make violations enforceable by the Federal Trade Commission under the FTC Act. Each affected minor would count as a separate violation for provider failures, and each chatbot or version would count as a separate violation for developer failures. Companies would have 30 da…
- NIST guidance and age verification: benefit, low. If enacted, the bill would direct NIST, working with the FTC, to solicit public input and hold a workshop within 120 days. NIST would publish interim voluntary technical guidance within 6 months and final voluntary guidance within 18 months. The guidance would be voluntary and would include testing…
- Liability rules and state preemption: mixed, low. If enacted, the bill would give limited liability shields to providers that deploy a developer's compliant non‑personified default without material change, and to developers who meet the bill's design rules. A developer can lose protections if a provider makes the chatbot available to minors contra…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act
- 119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2048: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-1993: 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act
- 119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-10719 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/10719)

## Related
- [119-hr-1262: Mikaela Naylon Give Kids a Chance Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1262)
- [119-hr-3514: Improving Seniors’ Timely Access to Care Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3514)
- [119-hr-2048: Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2048)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-1993: 25th Anniversary of 9/11 Commemorative Coin Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1993)
- [119-hr-1628: 761st Tank Battalion Congressional Gold Medal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1628)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-10719 (as of 2026-10-24).