As Introduced

136th General Assembly

Regular Session S. C. R. No. 14

2025-2026

Senator Blessing

A c o n c u r r e n t R E S O L U T I O N

To urge the Congress of the United States to reject any moratorium on state laws regulating artificial intelligence.

BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF OHIO (THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING):

WHEREAS, The United States Congress rejected an effort to insert a moratorium on artificial intelligence regulation in the National Defense Authorization Act; and

WHEREAS, A similar moratorium was stricken by the Senate from the One Big Beautiful Bill Act; and

WHEREAS, The Tenth Amendment of the United States Constitution provides that powers not explicitly delegated to the federal government remain with the states; and

WHEREAS, The power to regulate artificial intelligence is not explicitly delegated to the federal government; and

WHEREAS, The states, as the laboratories of democracy, are best positioned to respond quickly to emerging harms and tailor policy to local needs; and

WHEREAS, Congress currently has no plan to regulate artificial intelligence on a federal level; and

WHEREAS, Large artificial intelligence companies and their trade associations support and have lobbied for a moratorium on state laws regulating artificial intelligence; and

WHEREAS, A moratorium on state laws regulating artificial intelligence places profits over the health, safety, and welfare of Americans; and

WHEREAS, Executive orders attempting to legislate artificial intelligence policy are blatantly unconstitutional; now therefore be it

RESOLVED, That we, the members of the 136th General Assembly of the State of Ohio, condemn the idea of an artificial intelligence legislation moratorium in all of its iterations and urge members of Congress to reject inclusion of such language as part of any federal legislation and executive orders; and be it further

RESOLVED, That the Clerk of the Senate transmit duly authenticated copies of this resolution to the President Pro Tempore and Secretary of the United States Senate and the Speaker and Clerk of the United States House of Representatives.