Trump (R) will Sign an Executive Order this week, establishing a Federal Framework around Artificial Intelligence (AI), a move aimed at Pre-Empting States from Imposing their Own Laws on the Mega-Popular Technology. But NY alredy Passed a AI Law stopping Online Sales using AI to determine what a Buyer will Pay.
“There must be only One Rulebook if we are going to continue to lead in AI,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Dec. 8th. “We are beating ALL COUNTRIES at this point in the race, but that won’t last long if we are going to have 50 States, many of them bad actors, involved in RULES and the APPROVAL PROCESS. "We MUST have one Federal Standard instead of a patchwork of 50 State Regulatory Regimes,” He wrote on Truth Social Nov. 18th.
AI covers a Massive amount of Technology, from taking on Tasks that used to Require a Human's Touch to Creating the latest Viral Trends and More. Lawmakers, Activists, and Others, have Repeatedly Sounded Alarms over Deepfakes and many other AI Applications. Republicans' Massive Policy Bill would do more than Extend Income Tax Cuts, add Restrictions to Medicaid and Food Stamps, and Pour Funding into Trump's Deportation Campaign.
The Bill is likely to be One of the most Important pieces of Legislation passed during Trump's Second Term. The Immense Ppressure from the White House to Pass the bill makes it a Convenient Vehicle for Lawmakers to Add in their Preferred Policies and Increase their Chances of making it into Llaw.
All 50 States, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Washington, DC, have introduced a Variety of AI-focused Legislation this year. At least 38 States have also Adopted around 100 AI Measures in 2025, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. It's also Not Clear how many Lawmakers will Support the Trump's latest push. When Trump Signed His Tax and Spending Bill into Law on July 4th, a previously Proposed 10-year Federal Ban on State and Local AI had already been Stripped from it.
Just days before, the Senate voted 99-1 in Favor of an Amendment Co-Sponsored by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN, to Remove a Ten-year Moratorium on State AI Regulations from the Republican-Backed Iegislation, which GOP Leaders dubbed the "big, beautiful" Bill. Cantwell Argued at the time, that the Senate “can’t just run over good state consumer protection laws.”
“States can fight robocalls, deepfakes and provide safe autonomous vehicle laws,” she said in July. “This also allows us to work together nationally to provide a new federal framework on Artificial Intelligence that accelerates U.S. leadership in AI while still protecting consumers.”
South Carolina State Rep. Brandon Guffey (R-SC, 4th District) told Nonprofit Consumer Advocacy Organization Public Citizen, that it makes "zero sense" to Remove the State’s Ability to Protect Citizens. The Group has long Monitored Federal and Private Sector Efforts to Ditch State-Level AI Regulations.
“Two years ago, no one would have thought an AI chatbot would Coach Kids to take their Lives. We sit here today with that knowledge yet those that took an oath to defend us, are considering a moratorium on any AI regulations, regardless of harm,” said Guffey, who Serves on the South Carolina House of Representatives Committee on AI, according to a Public Citizen News Release. “This is done in the interest of the world’s richest companies and at the expense of our children.”
Still, Trump Argued in His Dec. 8th Post, that letting each State come up with its Own Regulations would be Detrimental to the Development of AI Technology.
"AI would be AI WILL BE DESTROYED IN ITS INFANCY!," He wrote. in His Truth Social Post. " You can’t expect a company to get 50 Approvals every time they want to do something. THAT WILL NEVER WORK!"
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