SCR 14: Urge Congress to reject moratorium on state regulation of AI

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WHEREAS, The United States Congress rejected an effort to insert a moratorium on artificial intelligence regulation in the National Defense Authorization Act; and

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WHEREAS, A similar moratorium was stricken by the Senate from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act; and

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WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that powers not explicitly delegated to the federal government remain with the states; and

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WHEREAS, The power to regulate artificial intelligence is not explicitly delegated to the federal government; and

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WHEREAS, The states, as the laboratories of democracy, are best positioned to respond quickly to emerging harms and tailor policy to local needs; and

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WHEREAS, Congress currently has no plan to regulate artificial intelligence on a federal level; and

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WHEREAS, Large artificial intelligence companies and their trade associations support and have lobbied for a moratorium on state laws regulating artificial intelligence; and

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WHEREAS, A moratorium on state laws regulating artificial intelligence places profits over the health, safety, and welfare of Americans; and

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WHEREAS, Executive orders attempting to legislate artificial intelligence policy are blatantly unconstitutional;

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now therefore be it

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RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 136th General Assembly of the State of Ohio, condemn the idea of an artificial intelligence legislation moratorium in all of its iterations and urge members of Congress to reject inclusion of such language as part of any federal legislation and executive orders; and be it further

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RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the President Pro Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate and the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.