Schatz, Colleagues Introduce Legislation To Repeal Trump’s AI Moratorium

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Brian Schatz (D-Hawai'i) led a group of six senators in introducing the Guaranteeing and Upholding Americans' Right to Decide Responsible AI Laws and Standards (GUARDRAILS) Act to repeal President Trump's executive order seeking to prevent states from regulating artificial intelligence. The Trump administration renewed its call for a preemption of state-level AI laws as part of its National AI Policy Framework which was released last week.

"Embracing the amazing possibilities of AI can't come at the cost of leaving Americans vulnerable to its profound risks, which is exactly what President Trump's Executive Order tries to do," said Senator Schatz, a senior member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation. "Discouraging states from enacting common-sense regulation that protects people from potential AI harms is dangerous. Congress has a responsibility to get this technology right, but states must not be penalized for acting in the public interest in the meantime."

The GUARDRAILS Act would prohibit the executive order issued in December 2025 from taking effect so that states do not have federal funds withheld for enacting commonsense safeguards around AI.

In addition to Schatz, the bill is cosponsored by U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-Del.), and Andy Kim (D-N.J.). Companion legislation was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives by U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-Va.), Doris Matsui (D-Calif.), Ted Lieu (D-Calif.), Sara Jacobs (D-Calif.), and April McClain Delaney (D-Md.).

The text of the legislation is available here.

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