Senators voted 99-1 to strike a provision to discourage states from regulating AI. It was supported by many in the tech industry.

The US Senate has voted nearly unanimously to remove a 10-year moratorium on the enforcement of state artificial intelligence regulations from Republicans’ sweeping domestic policy bill. The provision in the Senate bill would have effectively prevented states from enforcing many proposed and existing AI-related laws — including regulations around sexually explicit and political deepfakes — for the next decade.

The Senate struck a provision in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act that would have prohibited states from regulating AI for the next decade. Lawmakers voted 99-1 early Tuesday morning to strike the provision,