“Authored and is championing the CHAT Act, which would require AI companion chatbot operators to verify users' ages, bar minors from sexually explicit content, and obtain verifiable parental consent for minors.”
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Adversarial verification confirms real leadership on the CHAT Act. (1) The husted.senate.gov press release (PRIMARY) was fetched directly and states Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) introduced the Children Harmed by AI Technology (CHAT) Act of 2025, includes his first-person championing statement ("I wrote this bill to help parents keep their kids safe..."), and describes the bill requiring parental registration/consent for minors, blocking minors from sexually explicit content, age verification via minimal confidential data, self-harm parental notification, and hourly AI-disclosure pop-ups. (2) The Congress.gov S.2714 text URL returned HTTP 403 to the fetcher (a routine automated-access block, not evidence the page is absent or the quote is wrong). I confirmed the identical official bill text through the GPO/govinfo.gov version of the same document, which carries the cited sponsorship line verbatim: "Mr. Husted introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation," with short title "Children Harmed by AI Technology Act"/"CHAT Act." Because the exact quoted line is verified through the identical primary GPO source, I do not treat the citation as unreachable/fabricated. Husted is the lead sponsor and author actively advocating the bill — real LEADERSHIP beyond a mere vote — which is exactly what CHAMPIONED requires. The bill's substance matches the promise's three named requirements (age verification, barring minors from sexually explicit content, verifiable parental consent). The bill remains pending in committee and is not enacted, so FULL is not warranted; the promise was to author and champion, an act he has verifiably completed and is continuing. CHAMPIONED is the correct rating.
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