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Scott Wiener, author of California's SB 1047 AI safety bill, won Nancy Pelosi's congressional seat in the November midterms and is making federal AI legislation his first priority in the new Congress.
The Pentagon's Chief Technology Officer will publish the first federal map of every law governing U.S. AI labs before the end of November, clarifying compliance obligations before a new Congress rewrites the rules.
Arizona Representative Yassamin Ansari announced plans to introduce emergency legislation banning superintelligence research and pausing frontier AI development, citing national security risks.
Connecticut's SB5 cleared both legislative chambers on May 1, 2026, establishing AI obligations around companion chatbots, automated hiring, and synthetic content — making it one of the most comprehensive state AI laws in the country.
Thirty-eight states have enacted AI legislation in 2026, creating a compliance patchwork that is raising costs for national businesses and building its own case for federal preemption.
Nineteen state AI bills were signed into law in April 2026 alone — bringing the year's total to 25 — as state legislatures move faster than Congress and directly challenge the White House's preemption push.
Arizona closes its 2026 session with three AI bills dead and one enacted: HB 2175 bars health insurers from using AI as the final word on claim denials.
With federal AI legislation stalled, states are using antitrust, consumer protection, and false claims law to enforce AI conduct now — creating a fragmented compliance landscape for multi-state businesses.
With federal AI legislation stalled, state attorneys general are deploying existing consumer protection, employment, and privacy statutes against AI companies. Colorado and Texas laws are live. A constitutional showdown over federal preemption is forming.