U.S. Congress · H.R. 8382 · Bill

AI Children's Toy Safety Act

Introduced; sponsor remarks recordedRecorded action: April 21, 2026

Related educational robotics: a friendly NAO humanoid at MakerLand, Warsaw, March 2014. — Related child-friendly robotics: a NAO educational humanoid at MakerLand in 2014. This is not identified as a generative-AI chatbot toy covered by the proposed prohibition. Image: Stephen Chin / Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0 · 4096 × 2734 · Downsampled where needed to 4K or larger and WebP optimized; smaller card preview. No upscaling.

What happened

Introduced April 20 and referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce; the sponsor gave introductory remarks in the Congressional Record on April 21.

What the bill proposes

The proposal would prohibit manufacturing for sale, importing, selling, conveying, offering, or distributing any children's toy or child care article that incorporates an artificial-intelligence chatbot. It would treat a violation as a Consumer Product Safety Act violation.

This proposal is not law. Its prohibition would begin 180 days after enactment and would apply to the bill's defined children's toys, child care articles, and conversational AI chatbots—not every AI-enabled product.

Verified October 27, 2026. This is a RobotMe summary of the official record; it is not legal advice.