Bill requires labels on AI-made content online.
S. 4915 — AI Labeling Act of 2026 · Filed by Brian Schatz (D-HI) · 3 cosponsors · Introduced Jun 24, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
Companies that make AI systems must label content they create. Labels must show what AI system made it and when. Social media platforms must display these labels. People cannot remove or fake these labels. The FTC can fine companies up to $2,500 per violation or $25,000 total.
Who it affects
People online will see labels on AI-made content. This helps them know what is real and what is AI-made. Companies that make AI systems and social media platforms must follow the new rules.
One thing to notice
The bill defines what counts as AI-made content. The exact line between AI-made and real content may be hard to prove.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
3 cosponsors: 2 Republicans, 1 Democrats.
- Jun 24, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in Senate”
- Jun 24, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation · Congress.gov: “Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
5 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 5 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $1,892,531 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 23 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 78% of bills with any report.
Brian Schatz, who sponsored the bill, received $410,197 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Entertainment Software Association — $1,390,000 in 1 report
- Pinterest, Inc. — $330,000 in 1 report
- International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees — $135,000 in 1 report
- American Council on Education — $37,531 in 1 report
- Department for Professional Employees AFL-CIO — $0 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- AI systems — Computer programs that create new text, images, or other content.
- labels — Clear marks that show content was made by AI.
- FTC — The Federal Trade Commission, the government agency that stops unfair business practices.
- violations — Times when a company breaks a rule.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 3, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,707 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-23.
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