Four members of the West Virginia Legislature signed onto a national bipartisan letter this week opposing a policy under consideration by Congress that would allow the federal government to preempt state regulations on artificial intelligence.

The letter was signed by 280 state lawmakers from across the country, including West Virginia’s own Sen. Patricia Rucker, R-Jefferson, and Delegates Kayla Young, D-Kanawha; Bill Ridenour, R-Jefferson, and Margitta Mazzocchi, R-Logan.

In the letter , lawmakers expressed their “strong opposition” to any federal policy that would prohibit states from implementing and enforcing their own regulations on AI. They also shared concerns over how federal preemptive measures on the technology could undo and undermine laws already in place.

“As state lawmak

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