S4216Referred to Committee

GUARDRAILS Act

Introduced

In Committee

Passed One Chamber

Passed Both

Signed into Law

119th

Congress

2026-03-26

Introduced

Cosponsors

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Type

Sponsor

Brian Schatz

Democrat · HI · Senator

Votes with party: 64.8% (321 recorded votes)

Full profile: /officials/S001194

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Cosponsors (5)

Members who have signed on to support this bill since introduction. Source: Congress.gov.

Latest Action

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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.

2026-03-26

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Committee Activity

Currently in

Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and TransportationReferred To · 2026-03-26

Previously

Commerce, Science, and Transportation CommitteeReferred To · 2026-03-26

Plain-English Summary

The GUARDRAILS Act would establish safety standards and oversight requirements for artificial intelligence systems to ensure they operate reliably and don't cause harm to the public. The legislation would likely require AI developers and companies to test their systems, report on potential risks, and follow guidelines before deploying them widely. This would affect tech companies building AI tools, as well as workers and consumers who use these systems in their daily lives.

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Subjects

Science, Technology, Communications

Full Bill Text

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4216 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4216 To repeal the Executive order entitled ``Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence''. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES March 26, 2026 Mr. Schatz (for himself, Mr. Coons, Ms. Blunt Rochester, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Kim, and Ms. Duckworth) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To repeal the Executive order entitled ``Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence''. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Guaranteeing and Upholding Americans' Right to Decide Responsible AI Laws and Standards Act'' or the ``GUARDRAILS Act''. SEC. 2. REPEAL OF EXECUTIVE ORDER. The Executive order entitled ``Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence'', issued on December 11, 2025, shall have no force or effect, and no Federal funds may be used to implement, administer, enforce, or carry out that Executive order. <all>

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