“Introduced (with Sen. Josh Hawley) the No Section 230 Immunity for AI Act, committing to strip Section 230 liability protection from AI companies so they can be sued for harms caused by generative AI products.”
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Independently verified all three cited sources are real, live, and support the outcome. Blumenthal co-introduced the No Section 230 Immunity for AI Act (S.1993) with Sen. Josh Hawley on June 14, 2023 and actively drove it publicly, arguing 'AI companies should be forced to take responsibility for business decisions as they're developing products.' He was a named co-lead/co-sponsor, not merely one supporting vote. However, the substantive goal (stripping AI firms' Section 230 immunity so they can be sued) was not enacted: the bill remained in introduced status and a December 13, 2023 unanimous-consent motion to advance it was blocked by an objection from Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX). That is textbook CHAMPIONED — actively led/sponsored the effort but it did not land as law. Nonpartisan symmetry check: the Republican co-lead (Hawley) with this identical record would earn the same CHAMPIONED label; no partisan leniency detected. Confidence set at 0.86 given strongly documented primary sourcing; not higher only because the promise's ultimate objective was not achieved, keeping this short of FULL.
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