US state legislatures are where the action is for placing guardrails around artificial intelligence technologies, given the lack of meaningful federal regulation. The resounding defeat in Congress of a proposed moratorium on state-level AI regulation means states are free to continue filling the gap.
Several states have already enacted legislation around the use of AI. All 50 states have introduced various AI-related legislation in 2025.
Four aspects of AI in particular stand out from a regulatory perspective: government use of AI, AI in health care, facial recognition, and generative AI.
