“The Senate will advance AI legislation as it's ready rather than wait for a mega-bill, with potential floor action as soon as this year: 'What we expect is that we would have some bills that certainly pass the Senate… by the end of the year.'”

Chuck SchumerPolicymaker

U.S. Senate Majority Leader (D-NY), co-author of the bipartisan Senate AI roadmap

The Senate did pass narrow AI bills in 2024 — most notably the DEFIANCE Act on deepfake imagery, passed by unanimous consent in July 2024 — but the committee-driven agenda in the roadmap never reached the floor, no substantive AI framework passed, and the deepfake bills died in the House that Congress.