Senate reconciliation bill text tweaks state AI regulation ban

The Senate Commerce Committee would block some funding from states that want to regulate the technology. Meanwhile, a bipartisan group of lawmakers have said any moratorium should be dropped altogether.

The Senate Commerce Committee released its version of the controversial 10-year ban on states regulating artificial intelligence, in text that diverged from the House-passed version.

For its section of the reconciliation bill — known by President Donald Trump and Republicans as the “One Big, Beautiful Bill” — the committee would hold back funds for deploying broadband internet and AI infrastructure from states that want to regulate the technology over the 10-year period of the moratorium. That’s different from the House text, which would ban states outright from regulating AI for a decade.

Despite the softer language, the Senate text is still far from ideal for a growing bipartisan group of lawmakers who want to see any moratorium killed outright.

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