40 State Attorneys General Warn: 'Big Beautiful Bill' Will Strip States of Power Over AIJust as feds merge surveillance, DNA, and biotech.
A bipartisan coalition of 40 state attorneys general has sent a scathing letter to Congress warning against the 10-year federal ban on state regulation of artificial intelligence buried in the 1,116-page One Big Beautiful Bill Act—the same bill the House just passed along party lines. This website’s early reporting on the issue even caught the eye of conservative commentator Dana Loesch (@DLoesch). Now, U.S. Representatives Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) and Thomas Massie (R-KY) are speaking out against the bill’s section.
That’s before the House passed the bill anyway.
Section 43201, titled the “Artificial Intelligence and Information Technology Modernization Initiative,” includes this stunning line:
This is not theoretical, and it’s not a slippery slope. It’s a federal override of every state’s right to regulate AI, effective immediately if the Senate follows the House’s lead. And the House did it knowingly.
On May 22, all but two Republicans—Reps. Massie and Warren Davidson (OH)—voted yes, approving the legislation that strips your state of power over AI systems that are about to be embedded in everything from healthcare and banking to military and law enforcement.
And it gets worse. The bill also forbids states from enforcing protections related to “design, performance, data-handling, documentation, civil liability, taxation, fee[s]” or anything else touching AI—unless the federal government already regulates it. In other words, if the feds don’t regulate it, no one can.
The bill’s timing isn’t random. It comes on the heels of the Trump-backed $500 billion ‘Stargate’ AI surveillance grid, a public-private initiative involving OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank that intends to hardwire artificial intelligence into every sector of American life—including defense, healthcare, genomics, education, and law enforcement. And the infrastructure is already in place. In January, the FDA finalized a rule allowing researchers to bypass informed consent for so-called “minimal risk” studies. That means your DNA, blood samples, and medical records can now be used in research without your knowledge or permission.
Then came Regeneron’s quiet $256 million acquisition of 23andMe, the consumer genetics company whose data on millions of Americans was already breached in 2023. That deal—announced just weeks ago—gives a major pharmaceutical corporation full control over a genetic goldmine. So now:
And while the White House evaluates how AI can accelerate bioweapons development, DHS is warning about future gene-targeted attacks that could be used to harm specific demographic groups. The attorneys general, meanwhile, are apparently being ignored. They had previously called for an AI governance framework focused on “high risk” systems, recommending “robust transparency, reliable testing… and after-the-fact enforcement.” The AGs insisted on “concurrent enforcement authority” at the state level because “consumers already turn to state Attorneys General offices to raise concerns.” Instead, Congress is doing the opposite—handing AI control to federal agencies and their corporate contractors with no accountability to voters, legislatures, or local courts.
But the House passed it anyway. And now it’s up to the Senate. If passed there, no state in America will be allowed to regulate AI—not for 10 years. The machines will make the decisions, and no one—not your governor, your legislature, or your attorney general—can stop them. Welcome to the federal AI regime. If you’d like to ask your senator to vote no on this bill, keep reading. How to Contact Your Senator & What to SayStep 1: Find Your Senator
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