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Kukoff: Senate Voted 99-1 to Remove AI Regulation Moratorium

Zach Kukoff · Weekly Recap: The Soham Parekh Drama, Meta Attacks OpenAI, Trump's Mega Bill · Jul 5, 2025 · at 1:15:01

Political correspondent Zach Kukoff explains legislative changes to the federal reconciliation mega bill regarding state-level AI regulation.

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“It's out, now it was done, 99 to one in the Senate, almost unanimous in the Senate, To get this out. This was a big win for Dario of Anthropic, probably the number one beneficiary.”

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The U.S. Senate voted 99 to 1 to remove the proposed federal moratorium on state-level AI regulation from the reconciliation bill.

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Official U.S. Senate roll call records confirm that on July 1, 2025, during consideration of the budget reconciliation package (H.R. 1), the Senate voted 99 to 1 (Roll Call Vote No. 363) in favor of Senate Amendment 2814 (co-sponsored by Sens. Blackburn and Cantwell). The amendment struck the proposed federal moratorium on state-level artificial intelligence regulation from the bill, exactly matching the claimed tally and subject matter.

U.S. Senate Roll Call Vote No. 363 on July 1, 2025, approved S.Amdt. 2814 by a 99-1 margin.
S.Amdt. 2814 successfully struck the proposed federal moratorium on state-level AI regulation from the reconciliation package.

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[1] senate.gov [2] senate.gov [3] goodwinlaw.com [4] techpolicy.press [5] globalpolicywatch.com [6] time.com

US Senate vote 99 1 AI regulation moratorium reconciliation Senate roll call 99 1 AI state preemption reconciliation

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