Pressure over AI regulations mounts for Florida lawmakers |
Pressure over AI regulations mounts for Florida lawmakers
Gov. Ron DeSantis and other top Republicans are ramping up pressure on the state House in hopes of spurring it into considering the AI bill of rights proposal.
Republican House Speaker Daniel Perez arrives for a press conference in the House chamber in Tallahassee, Florida, on March 4, 2025. | Rebecca Blackwell/AP
TALLAHASSEE, Florida — The only thing standing between the Sunshine State and new artificial intelligence safeguards that are a top political priority for Gov. Ron DeSantis is Florida’s House.
And Speaker Daniel Perez doesn’t appear set to suddenly change his tune with the Legislature on the cusp of another lawmaking session this week.
DeSantis and other top Republicans are ramping up pressure on the House in hopes of spurring Perez’s chamber into considering the so-called AI bill of rights proposal. But Florida could repeat the regular legislative session, when the state Senate passed a bipartisan bill while the House never even heard the proposed AI regulations — an outcome one top Republican claims would signal “a failure of leadership.”