# 119-hr-4628: AI Impersonation Prevention Act of 2025

119-hr-4628, AI Impersonation Prevention Act of 2025, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-07-19).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-4628
- Congress: 119
- Title: AI Impersonation Prevention Act of 2025
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-07-23
- Sponsor: Rep. Ansari, Yassamin [D-AZ-3] (D-AZ)
- Cosponsors: 6
- Policy area: Crime and Law Enforcement
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-07-19

## Summary

**Ban on using AI to impersonate federal officers without a clear disclosure.** This bill would make it a federal crime to knowingly use artificial intelligence to impersonate, falsely assume, or pretend to be a United States officer or employee by mimicking their voice, likeness, or other identifying traits and producing materially false or misleading content. - Creates legal protection for federal officers and employees against AI that mimics their voice, image, or identity. - Aims to reduce materially false or misleading audio, video, or text that would lead people to believe a federal official authored or endorsed the content. - Would subject anyone who knowingly creates such impersonations without an explicit disclaimer to fines or to imprisonment for up to 3 years, or both. - Preserves First Amendment protection for satire, parody, and other expressive works when they include a clear disclosure that the content is not authentic.

## Cosponsors (6)

- Rep. Bonamici, Suzanne [D-OR-1] (D-OR), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9] (D-NY), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17] (D-PA), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Horsford, Steven [D-NV-4] (D-NV), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Morrison, Kelly [D-MN-3] (D-MN), 2025-07-23T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hamadeh, Abraham J. [R-AZ-8] (R-AZ), 2025-09-03T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New penalties for AI federal impersonation: benefit, high. This bill would make it a crime to use AI to pretend to be a U.S. federal officer or employee. It would apply only if someone acts knowingly and the content is materially false or misleading. It would cover AI that makes human-like audio, video, or text, including mimicking an official’s voice or i…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026
- 119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act
- 119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act
- 119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage Act
- 119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026
- 119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-4628 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/4628)

## Related
- [119-hr-9877: Health Equity and Accountability Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9877)
- [119-hr-7977: Energy Bills Relief Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7977)
- [119-hr-7973: Momnibus Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7973)
- [119-hr-842: Nancy Gardner Sewell Medicare Multi-Cancer Early Detection Screening Coverage A…](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-842)
- [119-hr-7853: PrEP Access and Coverage Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-7853)
- [119-hr-2102: Major Richard Star Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2102)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-4628 (as of 2026-07-19).