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HCR31 • 2026

Urge Congress to reject any moratorium on state AI laws

Urge Congress to reject any moratorium on state AI laws

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Sponsor
Christine Cockley
Last action
Official status
As Introduced
Effective date
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Urge Congress to reject any moratorium on state AI laws

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

What This Bill Does

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

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Bill History

  1. Ohio Legislature

    As Introduced

Official Summary Text

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

Current Bill Text

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As Introduced

136th
General Assembly

Regular
Session
H. C. R. No. 31

2025-2026

Representative
Cockley

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF OHIO (THE
SENATE 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 House of Representatives 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.