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nearly 700 AI-related state bills were introduced in 2024
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This Brookings Institution analysis examines the surge in state-level AI legislation in 2024, with nearly 700 AI-related bills introduced across U.S. states, and argues that a federal moratorium on state AI laws could undermine this regulatory momentum. The piece highlights the diversity of state approaches to AI governance and the tension between federal preemption and state innovation in AI oversight.
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- •Nearly 700 AI-related bills were introduced across U.S. states in 2024, reflecting rapid growth in state-level AI governance activity.
- •Federal proposals to impose a moratorium on state AI legislation could block experimentation in regulatory approaches that states have been pioneering.
- •States have become key laboratories for AI policy, addressing issues like algorithmic discrimination, deepfakes, and automated decision-making.
- •The tension between federal preemption and state authority is a central challenge in developing coherent U.S. AI governance frameworks.
- •Brookings argues that state-level diversity in AI regulation may be a feature, not a bug, enabling varied approaches before federal standards solidify.
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# States are legislating AI, but a moratorium could stall their progress
##### [Nicol Turner Lee](https://www.brookings.edu/people/nicol-turner-lee/) and [](https://www.brookings.edu/people/nicol-turner-lee/) [Nicol Turner Lee](https://www.brookings.edu/people/nicol-turner-lee/)Director \- [Center for Technology Innovation (CTI)](https://www.brookings.edu/centers/center-for-technology-innovation/),Senior Fellow \- [Governance Studies](https://www.brookings.edu/programs/governance-studies/) [Josie Stewart](https://www.brookings.edu/people/josie-stewart/) [](https://www.brookings.edu/people/josie-stewart/) [Josie Stewart](https://www.brookings.edu/people/josie-stewart/)Senior Research and Communications Assistant
May 14, 2025
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- Both Democratic and Republican-led states are developing various laws to address a range of consumer harms trigge
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