Max Rieper

Delaware House passes bills to strengthen data privacy laws wdel.com/news/delaware-…

NEW: @Sen_Gounardes and I just sent a letter to New York's congressional delegation urging them to oppose federal efforts to preempt state AI regulations—a move that would directly undermine NY's RAISE Act, the strongest AI safety law in the country. Congressional preemption would strip New York of the authority to protect its residents from AI harms at the very moment communities across the state are watching the technology transform their jobs, destabilize local economies, and put lives at risk. And we won't stand for it. Read more in @politico: politico.com/news/2026/05/2…

NEW: Read the full AI exec. order that was supposed to go out yesterday 1/

New: The AI exec. order was postponed because David Sacks called Trump this morning and argued that having the federal government review models before their public release would slow down innovation and harm the U.S. in its AI race with China. David Sacks was read in on the EO this week and senior White House officials believed he was good with it. “Then, he called POTUS this morning unbeknownst to anybody, his own staff included, and derailed it,” a senior White House official told me. w/ @cheyennehaslett @jacob_wendler politico.com/news/2026/05/2…

California senate passes bill banning 'AI therapists,' mandating human oversight in mental health ivpressonline.com/news/californi…

Scoop: Trump AI executive order seeks early government access to frontier models axios.com/2026/05/20/ai-…

Louisiana just passed Louisiana Data Privacy Act. Welcome to the group! Credits: Adam Bender. Amendments proposed by the House read and concurred in by a vote of 34 yeas and 0 nays. legis.la.gov/legis/BillInfo…

SCOOP: CA Gov. Gavin Newsom told me he plans to release an AI and labor-related executive order within just days during his swing through Capitol Hill Wednesday. My latest for Politico Pro w/ Christine Mui:

“What we're basically trying to do here is use a bunch of the big states to come together and mirror each other to de facto create a national standard,” politico.com/news/2026/05/2…

Last week I wrote about the revised privacy bill in Louisiana. The House unanimously passed the measure today, paving the way for Louisiana to join Alabama and Oklahoma in passing privacy legislation in 2026. legis.la.gov/Legis/BillInfo…

Bill addressing social media accounts for minors passes Minnesota Senate mprnews.org/story/2026/05/…

Scoop: 60+ MAGA allies tell Trump to vet AI before release axios.com/2026/05/18/tru…

These tech regulation laws passed the Colorado Legislature this year coloradonewsline.com/2026/05/18/tec…

Taxing Big Tech’s ad revenue gains momentum in statehouses pluribusnews.com/news-and-event…

Governor Jared Polis has signed the Colorado AI Act, which repeals the previous legislation and introduces new regulations. See lnkd.in/eaSF5Wsn.

Oklahoma AG files lawsuit against Roblox over online child safety. oklahoma.gov/oag/news/newsr…

Illinois lawmakers want to rein in artificial intelligence. Here's how. chicago.suntimes.com/springfield/20…

Commercial websites and platforms must already verify that users are at least 18 if more than a third of their content is sexually explicit as part of a rule enforced by AG Catherine Hanaway. The bill would codify that rule into state law. #moleg #mogov missouriindependent.com/2026/05/13/bil…

OpenAI is endorsing both KOSA (!) and Illinois' SB315 today, a frontier AI bill that mirrors the NY and Cali approaches OpenAI previously endorsed. In: state consistency, out: praying hopelessly for a federal standard

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis says he will sign pared-down AI bill cpr.org/2026/05/12/ai-…