QUIET Act
Latest action · Feb 6, 2025 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H519)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 5, 2025
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Quashing Unwanted and Interruptive Electronic Telecommunications Act or the QUIET Act
This bill establishes a disclosure requirement for robocalls that use artificial intelligence (AI) to emulate a human being and increases forfeiture and fine amounts for certain violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA). (The TCPA prohibits certain telemarketing calls made without the recipient’s consent and using specified automated technologies.)
Specifically, any robocall that uses AI to emulate a human being must include a disclosure at the beginning of the message indicating that AI is being used. Under the bill, robocalls are defined as calls made or text messages sent (1) using automatic dialing technology, or (2) using an artificially generated message or an artificial or prerecorded voice. Calls or texts that are made or sent using equipment that requires substantial human intervention are excluded.
Further, the bill doubles the maximum forfeiture penalty and criminal fine that may be imposed for certain violations of the TCPA involving the use of AI to impersonate an individual or entity with the intent to defraud, cause harm, or wrongfully obtain anything of value. This provision applies to violations that occur after the bill’s enactment.
Cosponsors 28
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 5, 2025 to Oct 5, 2026; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-AZ | Juan Ciscomani | Original | Feb 5, 2025 |
| R-PA | Brian K. Fitzpatrick | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Feb 6, 2025 | |
| D-FL | Darren Soto | Feb 12, 2025 | |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Raúl M. Grijalva | Feb 21, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Eugene Simon Vindman | Feb 24, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. | Mar 25, 2025 | |
| R-IA | Zachary Nunn | Apr 8, 2025 | |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Apr 24, 2025 | |
| D-NY | Thomas R. Suozzi | Apr 24, 2025 | |
| D-NM | Melanie A. Stansbury | Apr 28, 2025 | |
| D-MI | Kristen McDonald Rivet | May 7, 2025 | |
| D-CA | Ted Lieu | May 20, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Jefferson Van Drew | Jun 4, 2025 | |
| D-PR | Pablo José Hernández | Jul 2, 2025 | |
| D-OR | Janelle S. Bynum | Jul 10, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Angie Craig | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| D-MN | Kelly Morrison | Jul 14, 2025 | |
| D-NJ | Josh Gottheimer | Aug 8, 2025 | |
| D-PA | Christopher R. Deluzio | Aug 29, 2025 | |
| D-TX | Veronica Escobar | Nov 7, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Adelita S. Grijalva | Nov 20, 2025 | |
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Nov 25, 2025 | |
| D-VA | Suhas Subramanyam | Dec 16, 2025 | |
| R-PA | Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. | Dec 18, 2025 | |
| D-NY | George Latimer | May 13, 2026 | |
| D-MI | Hillary J. Scholten | Oct 5, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Energy and Commerce Committee | Referred Feb 5, 2025 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 6, 2025Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H519)
- Feb 5, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 5, 2025Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H519 | Eric Sorensen D-IL | Feb 6, 2025 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 24, February 5, 2025, page H506.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 119-150 | PROTECTING FLORIDA'S SENIORS: FIGHTING FRAUD AND FINANCIAL EXPLOITATION49 pages | Aging (Special) Committee | Aug 7, 2025 |
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R48941 | Combating Robocalls and Robotexts: Background, Selected FCC Activity, and Legislative Activity in the 119th Congress | Report | May 12, 2026 |
| R48555 | Regulating Artificial Intelligence: U.S. and International Approaches and Considerations for Congress | Report | Jun 4, 2025 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to require disclosures with respect to robocalls using artificial intelligence and to provide for enhanced penalties for certain violations involving artificial intelligence voice or text message impersonation, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- QUIET Act
- Quashing Unwanted and Interruptive Electronic Telecommunications Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Science, Technology, Communications.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 5, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
