A stark disagreement over regulating AI in Republicans’ tax cut and spending bill is the latest tension among conservatives about whether to let states continue to put guardrails on emerging technologies or minimize such interference.

The US Senate has voted nearly unanimously to remove a 10-year moratorium on the enforcement of state artificial intelligence regulations from Republicans’ sweeping domestic policy bill.

Senator Marsha Blackburn removed the AI moratorium from President Trump's bill. The original provision banned states from enforcing AI laws for 10 years, later revised to 5 years. Tennessee's Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act, protecting artists from AI misuse, remains enforceable.