Proposed Federal AI Moratorium Would Freeze State-Level Regulation for a Decade

by John Eden

A newly introduced federal bill—formally titled the One Big Beautiful Bill Act—includes a sweeping provision that would impose a 10-year moratorium on the enforcement of state-level artificial intelligence (AI) regulation. If enacted in its current form, this moratorium would significantly reshape the AI regulatory landscape by preempting state efforts to regulate the uses of artificial intelligence.