US EditionHouse Republicans Push 10-Year Ban on State AI Regulations in Budget Bill
- House Republicans included a ten-year federal ban on state AI regulation in a must-pass budget reconciliation bill in 2025.
- This action arose from federal inaction and industry demands to avoid a patchwork of state laws, which already exist in at least six states.
- Big Tech companies like OpenAI, Meta, and IBM have supported federal preemption to enable innovation and efficiency while seeking to influence regulatory design.
- Rep. Jan Schakowsky criticized the proposal as a major benefit to large technology companies, while various nonprofit organizations cautioned that it could fail to protect consumers from risks associated with AI, such as deepfakes and bias.
- If enacted, the bill would block states from regulating AI for a decade, potentially limiting oversight and reinforcing the Trump administration's deregulatory AI policy approach.
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Pasadena Star NewsState AI regulation ban tucked into Republican tax bill
By Emily Birnbaum | Bloomberg A powerful House committee has tucked language preventing states from regulating artificial intelligence into President Donald Trump’s massive tax and spending bill, a move that would benefit many of the US’s largest tech and AI companies. OpenAI, Meta Platforms Inc., and Alphabet Inc.’s Google are among the firms that have argued that state AI regulations would hamstring the burgeoning technology. Meta in April com…
States Blast ‘Reckless’ House GOP Proposal to Ban AI Regulation
The comments come following the release late Sunday of language included in the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s draft tax bill that would place a 10-year moratorium on “any law or regulation regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision systems.”
GOP sneaks decade-long AI regulation ban into spending bill
On Sunday night, House Republicans added language to the Budget Reconciliation bill that would block all state and local governments from regulating AI for 10 years, 404 Media reports. The provision, introduced by Representative Brett Guthrie of Kentucky, states that "no State or political subdivision thereof may enforce any law or regulation regulating artificial intelligence models, artificial intelligence systems, or automated decision system…
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