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Wednesday, Jun. 18, 2025

Does the “big beautiful” bill call for a 10-year ban on state-led AI regulation?

Matthew Yim, Oklahoma Watch
no

While House Resolution 1, which passed the House on May 22, previously included a clause that would ban states from regulating AI for 10 years. The updated version being considered by the Senate would instead deny states funding for broadband internet infrastructure if they regulate AI. 

The change was made to comply with the Byrd Rule, which requires budget reconciliation bills to focus primarily on concerns that are budgetary rather than general policy. 

A Public Citizen tracker shows that half of U.S. states have enacted laws to regulate AI deepfakes in elections. Oklahoma has introduced four such bills. 

Two failed while the others, SB 894 and SB 746, have been laid over and stalled in the Senate, respectively.

Oklahoma’s HB 1364, which the governor signed on May 5, banned the distribution of three or more AI-generated sexual depictions.

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