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United States of America: Senate voted to amend Budget reconciliation Bill to remove moratorium on the enforcement of state and local laws regulating AI

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Senate voted to amend Budget reconciliation Bill to remove moratorium on the enforcement of state and local laws regulating AI

On 1 July 2025, the United States Senate voted to remove a proposed 10-year moratorium on state and local enforcement of Artificial Intelligence (AI) regulations from the Budget Reconciliation Bill. The original text had allowed exceptions for laws …

Scope

Policy Area
Design and testing standards
Policy Instrument
Artificial Intelligence authority governance
Regulated Economic Activity
ML and AI development
Implementation Level
national
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

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2025-05-11
under deliberation

On 11 May 2025, the House Republicans on the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee announced the…

2025-05-22
under deliberation

On 22 May 2025, the House of Representatives passed the Budget Reconciliation Bill that includes th…

2025-06-21
under deliberation

On 21 June 2025, the United States Senate Parliamentarian determined that the Budget reconciliation…

2025-06-25
under deliberation

On 25 June 2025, the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation published the updated text …

2025-07-01
under deliberation

On 1 July 2025, the United States Senate voted to remove a proposed 10-year moratorium on state and…

2025-07-03
rejected

On 3 July 2025, the Budget reconciliation Bill was adopted following the House of Representatives' …