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Urge Congress to reject any moratorium on state AI laws

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Ohio H.C.R. No. 31 (136th General Assembly, introduced Feb. 4, 2026 and referred to the Technology and Innovation Committee) is a concurrent resolution that has not been adopted. If adopted, the Ohio General Assembly would urge the U.S. Congress to reject any moratorium on state laws regulating artificial intelligence. The preamble notes that Congress previously rejected a moratorium in the National Defense Authorization Act and that the Senate struck a similar one from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. It invokes the Tenth Amendment, saying AI regulation is not an explicitly delegated federal power. It describes states as "laboratories of democracy" best placed to respond to emerging harms. It states that Congress has no current plan for federal AI regulation, that large AI companies and trade associations have lobbied for a moratorium, and that a moratorium places profits over health, safety, and welfare. It also asserts that executive orders attempting to legislate AI policy are unconstitutional. The resolution condemns an AI legislation moratorium "in all of its iterations" and urges Congress to reject such language in any federal legislation and executive orders. It directs the Clerk of the House to send authenticated copies to the President Pro Tempore and Secretary of the U.S. Senate and to the Speaker and Clerk of the U.S. House. The resolution is non-binding and creates no regulatory requirements.

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