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Bill · 119th Congress · S 5135

AI Ads Act

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Introduced 2026-07-27Topic: elections democracy · technology privacy

Summary

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This bill changes the Federal Election Campaign Act, which bans pretending to speak or act for a candidate or political party and asking for money under false pretenses. It states that these bans include doing so with content made in whole or in part by generative artificial intelligence (AI). It also widens who the ban on misrepresentation applies to: today it covers candidates and their staff or agents, and the bill would apply it to any person. The bill also drops the requirement that the misrepresentation be on a matter damaging to another candidate or party. It adds real or fictitious political committees and organizations to the groups that may not be falsely represented.

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Action history

DateChamberActionStatus effect
2026-07-27SenateRead twice and referred to the Committee on Rules and Administration.refer
2026-07-27Introduced in Senateintroduce
Source: GovInfo Bill Status (Library of Congress), fetched 2026-09-11. Provisions and opinion polling arrive in a later release.