Senator Marsha Blackburn removed the AI moratorium from President Trump's bill. The original provision banned states from enforcing AI laws for 10 years, later revised to 5 years. Tennessee's Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act, protecting artists from AI misuse, remains enforceable.

After going back and forth over the provision, Sen. Marsha Blackburn offered an amendment to strip the provision alongside Sen. Maria Cantwell.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A proposal to deter states from regulating artificial intelligence for a decade was soundly defeated in the U.S. Senate on Tuesday, thwarting attempts to insert the measure into President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts.