Sen. Warner files new legislation on AI regulations

Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., along with two other Democrats, filed The Artificial Intelligence Risk Management and Security Act of 2026, according to a report by whsv.com. The report states that the bill was filed to create new AI guardrails. The report's headline describes the filing as new legislation on AI regulations. The report attributes the filing to Warner and two other Democrats, without naming the other two.

According to the report, the bill would create a federal AI safety board. The report states that the board would have responsibility for enforceable guardrails. The bill would also create a new database that logs AI security flaws and safety incidents. The report does not quote any senator on the record about the bill, and it does not describe how the database or the board would operate in practice.

The report is dated October 3, 2026, and appears on whsv.com. Taken together, the two provisions it describes are a federal oversight body and a record-keeping system for AI security flaws and safety incidents. The report does not say how incidents would be submitted to the database, which parties would be required to report them, or how the board's guardrails would be enforced. It also does not indicate whether the bill has been referred to a committee, whether it has support from any senator outside the three Democrats who filed it, or when it might receive a vote.