Federalize state laws that specifically regulate AI model development for a three-year period.

Jay Obernolte · California · Republican

policy impact 0.87 specificity 0.95 extraction confidence 96%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Occurrences

Preempts any state or local law or regulation specifically targeting the development of AI models... Sunsets three years post-enactment.

Seeks to override state and local model-development laws temporarily.

gaaia-discussion-draft-section-by-section-website.pdf
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SEC. 121. Federalization of State laws regulating artificial intelligence model development.

The draft would preempt state AI model-development laws for a temporary period.

the_great_american_ai_act_discussion_draft.pdf
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Evidence

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Obernolte's House office says he and Rep. Lori Trahan released a discussion draft of the Great American AI Act as a bipartisan federal framework for AI governance, and that the draft is meant to gather stakeholder feedback before formal introduction.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): This is a serious concrete step toward the promise, but it is still only a discussion draft and not enacted federal preemption.

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Obernolte, Trahan release a discussion draft of the Great American AI Act | Representative Jay Obernolte
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Section 121 of the discussion draft would preempt state laws specifically regulating AI model development, and the section would expire three years after enactment unless Congress reauthorized it sooner.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The draft text matches the campaign commitment closely, including a three-year federal preemption sunset, but it has not been enacted into law.

partial same_term A for effort

the-great-american-ai-act-discussion-draft-website-compressed-compressed.pdf
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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): partial. same_term A for effort

Obernolte materially advanced a closely matching federal framework by releasing a discussion draft that would preempt state AI model-development laws for three years, but it was only a draft and not enacted into law. That supports partial credit for a serious attempt, not full delivery.

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