Republican efforts to prevent states from enforcing their own AI regulations cleared a critical procedural barrier on Saturday.
Rules, for According to reports, Senate Business Chairman Ted Cruz To comply with budget rules, they will withhold federal broadband funds if they try to enforce AI regulations over the next 10 years.
The rewrite seems to have passed Senate members now rule The provision is not bound by the so-called Bird rule – so it can be included in the Republican “a big and beautiful bill” and passed by a simple majority without being bound by taboo without the support of Senate Democrats.
However, it is not clear how many Republicans will support the suspension. For example, Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee Said recently“We don’t need to suspend, which will forbid our states from stepping up and protecting their state’s citizens.”
Although the House has passed a version of the bill, which includes a moratorium on AI regulations, far-right representative Marjorie Taylor Greene Later announced She “stubbornly opposed” the provision as “a violation of state rights” and said she needed to “stand out of the Senate.”
House Speaker Mike Johnson Defend the provisions By saying President Donald Trump’s support and arguing: “We have to be careful not to have 50 different states regulate AI because it has national security implications, right?”
exist Recent ReportsAmericans responsible for innovation (an advocacy group for AI regulations) wrote: “The wide language of the proposal could potentially sweep the broad public interest of normative AI and other algorithm-based technologies, creating a regulatory vacuum in multiple technical policy areas without providing alternative state-level sanitation scopes at the state-level sanitation.”
Many states do seem to be Take steps towards AI regulations. In California, Gov. Gavin Newsom A highly anticipated AI security bill has been rejected Signed many last year Fewer controversial regulations Focus on issues such as privacy and deep fruit. In New York, AI Security Act passed by state lawmakers Waiting for the signature of Governor Kathy Hochul. There is Passed its own regulations through AI transparency.
