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Committee debate centers on 10‑year moratorium on state AI laws in House reconciliation package
Summary
Witnesses and members sharply debated a provision in recent House reconciliation legislation that would bar state enforcement of certain AI laws for 10 years; witnesses warned of consequences and legal uncertainty while others said a national framework is needed to prevent a patchwork that would slow innovation.
Members of the House Energy and Commerce subcommittee and witnesses spent substantial hearing time debating a provision in the House reconciliation package that would bar state regulation of AI for a 10‑year period.
Opponents said the moratorium would erase existing and developing state guardrails and leave consumers exposed. Asad Ramzanali, director of AI and technology policy at the Vanderbilt Policy Accelerator, said the moratorium "would wipe away real…
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