“We have the idea of the federal preemption sort of hanging over our heads,” California state Sen. Jerry McNerney, who has authored numerous AI bills in Sacramento and was vocal about regulating the technology during his years in Congress, told POLITICO. “I don't think that's going to go away.”
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Trump and Big Tech lose in the latest jockeying over AI regulation

After months of intense lobbying on both sides, the Senate voted in the pre-dawn hours Tuesday to defeat a provision in the Republican megabill to bar states from regulating AI over the next 10 years.

The main driver of the measure, Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, has threatened to bring the measure back, suggesting the fight is far from over.

“We have the idea of the federal preemption sort of hanging over our heads,” California state Sen. Jerry McNerney, who has authored numerous AI bills in Sacramento and was vocal about regulating the technology during his years in Congress, told POLITICO. “I don't think that's going to go away.”

 

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