President Trump Takes Aim at State Artificial Intelligence Regulation with Limited Exceptions

On December 11, 2025, the White House issued an Executive Order titled “Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence.”  This EO aims to establish a uniform and “minimally burdensome” Federal standard for AI regulation by preempting the current patchwork of varying state AI laws, except in a few discrete areas: “(i) child safety protections; (ii) AI compute and data center infrastructure, other than generally applicable permitting reforms; (iii) State government procurement…
By: Moore & Van Allen PLLC