# 119-s-4855: SAFE KIDS Act

119-s-4855, SAFE KIDS Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT] (R-UT); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-09-10).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-s-4855
- Congress: 119
- Title: SAFE KIDS Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2026-06-23
- Sponsor: Sen. Curtis, John R. [R-UT] (R-UT)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Commerce
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-09-10

## Summary

**Protecting children from harmful AI chatbots.** This bill would make the Federal Trade Commission the main regulator for AI chatbots aimed at kids and would require strict age checks, parental controls, safety testing, limits on data use, bans on child-targeted ads and sexualized content, and penalties for violations. - Families and parents would get mandatory parental controls available via a browser or a separate parental app, with PINs, alerts for tampering, time and usage limits, and options to limit what the chatbot remembers or uses for training. Providers must promote these settings and run usability testing with parents and child users. - Children and other users would face enforced age-estimation rules that treat an age signal as the child’s age, require periodic re-evaluation, and prioritize the youngest indicated age when signals conflict. The bill would ban child-targeted advertising, prohibit creating or providing sexualized content involving minors, and bar manipulative design aimed at kids. - Providers and researchers would need child-safety risk assessments before launch, after major updates, and annually, plus red-teaming and independent audits with reports due within 90 days. The FTC would get enforcement authority and civil penalties of $1,000 per violation per user and $10,000 per willful violation, while whistleblowers gain protections and researchers can access anonymized audit data.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Sen. Schiff, Adam B. [D-CA] (D-CA), 2026-06-23T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- Age checks, safety tests, and parental controls: benefit, medium. If enacted, providers would have to use age-estimation tools and treat an age signal as the user's age unless they actually know otherwise. Providers would re-check ages periodically and limit, encrypt, and quickly delete age-estimation data. Providers would conduct child-safety risk assessments be…
- Annual chatbot safety audits and reports: benefit, medium. If enacted, providers would pay for yearly independent child-safety audits. Auditors would need relevant expertise and could not have been paid by the provider in the prior three years. Providers would submit audit reports to the Commission within 90 days of completion and post a redacted summary o…
- Ban on child ads, harmful content, fines: benefit, medium. If enacted, providers would be barred from advertising to child users or using or selling a child's personal information without verifiable parental consent. The bill would ban chatbots from giving children sexualized content, graphic violence, or material that encourages eating disorders or illega…
- Child-safety incident reports and protections: benefit, low. If enacted, the Commission would set up a way to report child-safety incidents within 180 days and publish standards for what counts as a reportable incident. The Commission would host a public page linking to each chatbot's child safety policy. Providers would also have to accept reports directly…

## Related bills

- 119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-1462: Fix Our Forests Act
- 119-s-4949: Water Resources Development Act of 2026
- 119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025
- 119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026
- 119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act

## Sources
- [119-s-4855 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/4855)

## Related
- [119-s-3923: Weather Research and Forecasting Innovation Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3923)
- [119-s-1462: Fix Our Forests Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1462)
- [119-s-4949: Water Resources Development Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4949)
- [119-s-1541: SHIPS for America Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1541)
- [119-s-3597: National Quantum Initiative Reauthorization Act of 2026](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-3597)
- [119-s-1748: Kids Online Safety Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-1748)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-s-4855 (as of 2026-09-10).