{"id":16410,"date":"2025-12-08T21:32:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T21:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/desantis-trumps-ai-order-cant-preempt-states-from-taking-action\/"},"modified":"2025-12-08T21:32:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T21:32:36","slug":"desantis-trumps-ai-order-cant-preempt-states-from-taking-action","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/desantis-trumps-ai-order-cant-preempt-states-from-taking-action\/","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis: Trump\u2019s AI order \u2018can\u2019t preempt\u2019 states from taking action"},"content":{"rendered":"
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TALLAHASSEE, Florida \u2014 Gov. Ron DeSantis cast doubt Monday on the Trump administration\u2019s ability to restrict states like Florida from regulating artificial intelligence, with new federal guidelines expected soon.<\/p>\n

DeSantis, a fierce AI skeptic, is pushing Florida to enact a slate of AI protections for residents during the upcoming legislative session and has the backing of state lawmakers, who are holding several hearings on the topic this week. But as President Donald Trump eyes a federal top-down AI \u201crulebook\u201d<\/a> that could stymie Florida\u2019s efforts, the GOP governor maintained it should be up to Congress, not the president, to establish such a sweeping policy. <\/p>\n

\u201cAn executive order doesn\u2019t\/can\u2019t preempt state legislative action,\u201d DeSantis posted on social media<\/a> Monday. \u201cCongress could, theoretically, preempt states through legislation.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem is that Congress hasn\u2019t proposed any coherent regulatory scheme but instead just wanted to block states from doing anything for 10 years, which would be an AI amnesty,” DeSantis continued. “I doubt Congress has the votes to pass this because it is so unpopular with the public.” <\/p>\n

Trump\u2019s hardline insistence on the federal government crafting AI regulations instead of states puts the president in a unique position with DeSantis, one of the loudest voices calling for states to take action. While the relationship between DeSantis and Trump has been strained at times, the governor has avoided direct criticism of the president and has largely been apprehensive of Congress proposing a lengthy moratorium blocking local AI laws.<\/p>\n

The president\u2019s promise of an AI executive order coming down this week, though, could put a damper on possible moves sought by DeSantis and other state leaders.<\/p>\n

Florida lawmakers have introduced several bills to rein in AI, such as requiring insurance claim denials to come from a \u201cqualified human,\u201d and are likely to file more by the time session begins in January. DeSantis, for his part, wants a \u201cbill of rights\u201d stuffed with AI protections for consumers and residents, like preventing utility companies from up-charging residents when tech companies build massive data centers.<\/p>\n

With Trump\u2019s AI action looming, state legislative leaders are currently taking a wait-and-see approach on how it could ultimately restrict them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven’t read the executive order, so I don’t know,\u201d state Senate President Ben Albritton (R-Wauchula) told reporters Monday. \u201cI don’t know the answer to the question, not until I see what it is specifically that the president comes out with and where that relates to what our authorities are.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

TALLAHASSEE, Florida \u2014 Gov. Ron DeSantis cast doubt Monday on the Trump administration\u2019s ability to restrict states like Florida from regulating artificial intelligence, with new federal guidelines expected soon. DeSantis, a fierce AI skeptic, is pushing Florida to enact a slate of AI protections for residents during the upcoming legislative session and has the backing […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-congress"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16410\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}