PennsylvaniaResolution would urge federal leaders to regulate advanced AI systems
This proposed Pennsylvania House resolution would ask federal leaders to regulate advanced AI systems and promote safety standards while respecting states' authority to make AI laws.
What it does
The proposed resolution would ask Congress to regulate the most advanced AI models. It would also ask the president to promote national and international safety standards.
The proposed resolution would affirm Pennsylvania lawmakers' authority to make AI laws. It would ask the state's members of Congress to support AI rules that respect that authority.
The proposed resolution would direct the House's Chief Clerk to send its requests to the White House, congressional leaders, and Pennsylvania's members of Congress.
Argument forEncouraging national safety standards could help protect people from advanced AI systems that spread false information or threaten computer security.
Argument againstKeeping both state and federal authority could lead to different AI rules that developers would need to follow.
More detail
The Pennsylvania House would ask Congress to regulate advanced AI models and ask President Donald J. Trump to promote safety standards. The requests concern frontier AI models, meaning the most advanced AI systems trained on large datasets for many kinds of tasks. These requests would not themselves impose rules on AI developers.
The Pennsylvania House would affirm state lawmakers' authority to make AI laws and ask Pennsylvania's members of Congress to support rules for frontier AI models. The statement concerns Pennsylvania lawmakers' authority over AI use and its effects on Pennsylvania residents. The requested rules would respect state authority, encourage innovation, and protect public welfare.
The Pennsylvania House would direct its Chief Clerk to send copies of the resolution to federal leaders. Recipients would include the White House, the U.S. Senate president, the U.S. House speaker, and every member of Congress from Pennsylvania.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Adopted
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Oct 7Reported as committedLatest
- Vote recorded Committee vote (Communications & Technology): Report Bill As Committed. Result: pass.Lower
- Sep 28Referred to Communications & TechnologyIntroduced
- Oct 7Reported as committedLatest
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