Emily Randall's Record on AI

Emily Randall's Position on AI

Randall's formal position supports specific AI restrictions. It does not establish opposition to every form of artificial intelligence.

Her documented restriction is cosponsorship of H.R. 10538, which she joined on October 1, 2026. She was not an original cosponsor, and the House record shows the bill referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform with no enactment recorded.

The bill treats its two main restrictions differently. Its advanced-AI pause is conditional, lasting until a Department of Artificial Intelligence is staffed and safety rules are issued. Its superintelligence prohibition is a separate provision.

Her record also includes supportive AI policy. She recorded yea votes on the AI for Main Street Act in January 2026 and on the TAKE IT DOWN Act in April 2025, and a yea vote on a whole bill supports that bill, not a general philosophy about AI.

The countervailing evidence here is a town hall remark. As reported by Gig Harbor Now on May 28, 2026, Randall said a blanket pause on all AI was unworkable and that no single policy would solve every AI concern. Her later cosponsorship covers a pause on advanced AI with a different scope, so the sources here do not call it a reversal.

Background at a Glance

The Congressional Directory, dated February 20, 2026, lists Emily Randall as a Democrat and the U.S. Representative for Washington's 6th congressional district.

Her birth date is October 30, 1985, so she was 41 years old on November 4, 2026.

Background and Political Leaning

Randall's official biography says she grew up in a working-class union family in Washington's 6th District. It also says her sister's disability and experience with Medicaid inform her healthcare advocacy, and that she was the first in her family to attend a four-year college.

The biography presents these as background. The sources here do not show that they caused any vote or policy position.

The Congressional Directory lists a B.A. in Spanish and women's studies from Wellesley College, in Wellesley, Massachusetts, earned in 2008. Its career history follows, and the dates describe a historical sequence rather than her current committee roles.

• Development associate, Children's Hospital, Boston, 2009 to 2010
• Major gifts officer, Wellesley College, 2010 to 2015
• Major gifts officer, San Francisco AIDS Foundation, 2015 to 2016
• Philanthropy officer, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, 2016 to 2018
• Director, Development & Communications, Legal Voice, 2020
• Member, Washington State Senate, 2019 to 2024, including deputy majority leader from 2023 to 2024

Statements and Actions on AI

A recorded AI remark in the sources here comes from a town hall in Gig Harbor on May 27, 2026, reported by Gig Harbor Now on May 28. According to that report, Randall said a blanket pause on all AI was unworkable and that no single policy would solve every AI concern.

A second action is a Minnesota shadow hearing, described in a press release from her office dated January 16, 2026. At that hearing, Randall asked a police chief about reporting that ICE used AI in decisions about agent training. The question shows her scrutiny of that reporting, but it does not verify the practice.

A question at a hearing is an action rather than a written policy position, so it appears here separately from the bill record. Her cosponsorship of H.R. 10538 is a formal legislative record.

Policies Supported and Opposed

The restriction she supports specifically is H.R. 10538, and that bill has been introduced and referred, not passed. Both of her recorded House votes on AI-related bills are yea votes.

The table lists her formal roles and votes, with the status each source reports.

H.R. 10538 would create a cabinet-level Department of Artificial Intelligence. It would pause advanced-AI training, modification, fine-tuning and unreleased deployment until that department is staffed and safety rules are issued, and the introduced text excepts limited remedial work from the pause. The bill's other operative provisions include the following.

• Advanced AI begins at training compute of 10^25 integer or floating-point operations, adjusted annually.
• The superintelligence definition includes broadly superhuman cognition or a capacity to destroy or disempower humanity.
• Developing, deploying, possessing, funding, importing or transferring superintelligence, and systems with enumerated precursor characteristics, would be prohibited.
• Advanced models would need predeployment approval, and dangerous systems would have to be paused and isolated.
• Specified reckless violations would carry penalties of up to 20 years in prison.

Current Office and the 2026 Election

The Advocate reports that Randall won reelection in Washington's 6th district, citing Decision Desk HQ. That is a reported call.

The outcome should be treated as reported until certification. Her current office is U.S. Representative for Washington's 6th district, as listed in the Congressional Directory dated February 20, 2026.

The reported reelection is a separate status from the office she holds now.

Scope and Open Questions

Open questions include whether H.R. 10538 moves past referral and whether she has made other AI statements.

Neither the referred H.R. 10538 nor the House-passed AI for Main Street Act has become law in the sources here.

The H.R. 4640 record lists Randall as a cosponsor, not an original one, and its formal role does not establish her motive. Its latest recorded action refers the bill to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, and Education and Workforce.

The record here is bounded: two House votes, one office press release, one news report of a town hall, and two cosponsorships. It is not a complete list of her AI statements or votes.

A yea vote on the AI for Main Street Act supports that whole business-assistance bill but does not establish a broad position on AI. TAKE IT DOWN Act is a specific harmful-use law, not legislation banning all AI or all synthetic media.

To confirm whether H.R. 10538 has moved since the referral recorded here, open its official bill status record.

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Emily Randall support restrictions on advanced AI?

Yes, through her cosponsorship of H.R. 10538. She is not an original cosponsor, and the bill has not been enacted.

The bill's advanced-AI pause is conditional, while its superintelligence prohibition is a separate provision.

Has any AI bill Emily Randall voted for become law?

The TAKE IT DOWN Act did. Randall voted yea when the House passed it 409 to 2 on April 28, 2025, and it became Public Law 119-12 on May 19, 2025.

The AI for Main Street Act passed the House 395 to 14 on January 20, 2026, with Randall voting yea. The Senate received it and referred it on January 26, 2026, and no law entry is recorded.

Did Emily Randall vote against an AI bill?

The two House roll calls in this profile are both recorded yea.

A missing vote or a Not Voting row would not establish opposition, so this profile does not treat either as a position.

Does Emily Randall support a pause on all AI?

The sources here do not show that she does. At a May 27, 2026 town hall in Gig Harbor, she said a blanket pause on all AI was unworkable, as reported by Gig Harbor Now on May 28, 2026.

The same report says no single policy would solve every AI concern. Her cosponsorship of H.R. 10538 covers a pause on advanced AI with a different scope, so the profile does not call the two positions a reversal.

Who won Emily Randall's 2026 House race?

The Advocate reports that Randall won reelection in Washington's 6th district, citing Decision Desk HQ. That is a reported call.

Where can I check the current status of H.R. 10538?

Start with the official bill status record for H.R. 10538, which shows the latest recorded action. The status record used here shows a referral to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on September 24, 2026.

To compare the operative text with the introduced version, read the bill text on Congress.gov. The text is the introduced version and is not law.