CHARLOTTE, N.C. — As the Trump administration’s “Big, Beautiful Bill” advances to the Senate, WCNC Charlotte's VERIFY team is digging deeper into what the legislation could mean for the future of artificial intelligence regulation at the state level.

The bill contains a provision in Section 43201 that would allocate $500 million over the next decade to “modernize and secure federal information technology systems using AI.”

What does this mean for state legislation?

OUR SOURCES

U.S. Congress

Michael Bitzer, Catawba College Political Science Professor

National Conference of State Legislatures

WHAT WE FOUND

If passed, the legislation could block states from enforcing their own AI-related laws , many of which are already in the works.

“Any time the federal government tells the

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