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Conference committee debates combining AI ban and genetic-sequencer curbs; no agreement to roll in cybersecurity bill
Summary
The conference committee of the House Legislative Modernization Committee and the Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs met to consider the Senate substitute for House Bill 2,313, which would bar use of the AI platform DeepSeek on state-issued devices and prohibit certain genetic sequencers produced by specified foreign countries from use in medical and research facilities.
The conference committee of the House Legislative Modernization Committee and the Senate Committee on Federal and State Affairs met to consider the Senate substitute for House Bill 2,313, which joins two measures: a prohibition on using the AI platform DeepSeek on state-issued devices and state-run networks, and a ban on genetic sequencers produced by certain foreign “countries of concern” from use in medical and research facilities.
The committee did not reach agreement on a House request to roll additional cybersecurity language from House Bill 2,271 (and earlier language from the House substitute for 2060) into the Senate substitute for 2,313. The Senate conferee said the Senate side would be uncomfortable adding a large cybersecurity bill without a formal hearing and declined to concur during the meeting.
Committee staff summarized the bills. “House Bill 2,313, the way it left the house was, it prohibited DeepSeek, the AI, company from being used…
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