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White House launches new policy effort in bid to preempt any state laws or regulations on AI

On December 11, 2025, the President issued an executive order (the “EO”) launching a national artificial intelligence policy framework and directing federal agencies to challenge state laws that conflict with federal priorities. The EO tasks the Department of Justice to create an Artificial Intelligence Litigation Task Force and bring challenges in courts seeking to block state AI laws based on conflict preemption, obstacle preemption, or interstate commerce grounds. The EO also tasks the Secretary of Commerce to review existing state laws and identify provisions that conflict with the policy objectives set out in the EO. It also directs grant-making agencies to condition certain discretionary federal funds on state commitments not to enforce conflicting artificial intelligence statutes.

The EO additionally charges the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to begin considering federal disclosure and reporting standards for AI models, and it requires the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to ssue a policy statement applying Section 5 of the Federal Trade Commission Act to AI practices that implicate unfair or deceptive conduct. Under the EO, the President’s advisors must prepare legislative recommendations for a comprehensive federal framework that could preempt conflicting state laws while preserving state authority over child safety, permitting, and the procurement and use of AI systems. The EO expands on the Trump administration’s existing laissez-faire posture on AI policy and stands in stark tension with the Senate’s July action striking a 10-year moratorium on state AI laws in the 2025 budget reconciliation bill (formerly known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill”).

Last Updated 12/11/2025.


United States (Regulatory)

History:

  • Dec 11, 2025: White House issues Executive Order 14179, launching a national artificial intelligence framework and directing federal agencies to challenge state laws that conflict with federal policy. Executive Order 14179.
  • Jul 1, 2025: The Senate passes the Blackburn-Cantwell amendment stripping the state AI-regulation moratorium from H.R. 1. S.Amdt. 2814 to H.R. 1.
  • May 22, 2025: The House of Representatives passes the “One Big Beautiful Bill,” a sweeping budget measure that includes a ten-year moratorium on states’ ability to regulate the AI sector. H.R. 1, § 43201.
  • Jan 20, 2025: President Donald Trump signs an executive order titled “Initial Rescissions of Harmful Executive Orders and Actions,” which revokes, among other orders, Biden’s “Safe, Secure, and Trustworthy Development and Use of Artificial Intelligence” order, effectively invalidating and repealing previous NIST guidance. E.O. No. 14148, 90 Fed. Reg. 8237 (Jan. 20, 2025).
  • Jul 26, 2024: NIST publishes its three sets of final AI guidance, effective immediately. NIST AI 600-1; NIST SP 800-218A; NIST AI 100-5.
  • Apr 29, 2024: NIST releases three initial public draft guidance documents related to AI risk management, secure software development for generative AI, and global AI standards. NIST AI 600-1; NIST SP 800-218A; NIST AI 100-5.
  • Oct 30, 2023: President Joe Biden signs an executive order on the safe and responsible development of AI technologies. E.O. No. 14110, 88 Fed. Reg. 5191 (Oct. 30, 2023).
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