# 119-s-3495: Artificial Intelligence Scam Prevention Act

119-s-3495, Artificial Intelligence Scam Prevention Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-3495
- Congress: 119
- Title: Artificial Intelligence Scam Prevention Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-12-16
- Sponsor: Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] (D-MN)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Stop AI-enabled impersonation and scams.** This bill would make it illegal to use artificial intelligence to imitate people, businesses, or government officials and require clear disclosures when AI is used in calls or texts. - Households and consumers would get mandatory start-of-call or start-of-text disclosures when AI is used, plus better FTC complaint logging and an updated consumer portal to share AI-scam information. - Older adults would be targeted with dedicated outreach by a new Seniors Fraud Advisory Office addition to focus on AI scams and get tailored information for victims. - Telemarketers and communications providers would face expanded rules that cover text messages and video calls, trigger FCC rulemaking within 270 days, and create a joint FTC-FCC advisory group that lasts 5 years and reports to Congress annually.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV] (R-WV), 2025-12-16T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Ban AI impersonation and empower FTC: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would make it illegal to use AI to impersonate a government, business, official, or another person to commit fraud. It would also ban copying someone’s voice or image with AI to defraud and ban knowingly helping others do those acts. The Federal Trade Commission would be able t…
- FTC portal, reports, and advisory group: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would require the FTC to update its public scam portal with searchable, regional information on AI-enabled scams and contacts for law enforcement and adult protective services. The FTC would log complaints about mail, TV, internet, telemarketing, and robocall fraud in the Consu…
- Require AI disclosure for calls and texts: benefit, high. If enacted, the bill would update telemarketing and communications law to cover text messages, app-to-person messages, and video conference calls. It would define AI-generated or prerecorded voice to include speech that appears to be a real person who did not speak. Any call or text that uses AI to…

## Related bills

- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-4949: Water Resources Development Act of 2026
- 119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026
- 119-s-2838: Protecting Our Democracy Act
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act
- 119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-s-3495 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/3495)

## Related
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-4949: Water Resources Development Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4949)
- [119-s-5071: Children's Safe Welcome Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-5071)
- [119-s-2838: Protecting Our Democracy Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-2838)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
- [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3495 (as of 2026-09-10).