The Florida AI Bill of Rights is a proposed AI consumer-protection measure advanced by Gov. Ron DeSantis and taken up by the Florida legislature in a special session that opened the week of April 27, 2026. The bill drew opposition from the Trump White House and industry groups, and as of May 2, 2026 had been blocked in the House by Speaker Daniel Perez (Source: insideaipolicy.com).
Status and timeline
The Florida legislature opened a special session during the week of April 27, 2026 to consider the bill. As of May 2, 2026, the bill text was in committee, and House Speaker Daniel Perez had blocked it from advancing (Source: insideaipolicy.com).
Scope and provisions
The bill text was in committee as of May 2, 2026, and specific provisions had not been comprehensively published. The "AI bill of rights" framing tracks the concept of the White House Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights, a Biden-era 2022 framework, including algorithmic-discrimination protection, data privacy, automated-decision transparency, and human alternatives, adapted to a Florida-specific statutory framework. The federal Blueprint was rescinded by the Trump administration in January 2025 (Source: insideaipolicy.com).
Reactions and opposition
The Trump administration publicly opposed the bill, and industry groups joined the opposition. In the Florida House, Speaker Daniel Perez blocked the bill from advancing. Perez was recently endorsed by the Leading the Future super PAC, an OpenAI-backed pro-industry PAC (Source: insideaipolicy.com).
The episode involves an intra-Republican division on AI policy: DeSantis, a Republican governor proposing AI consumer-protection legislation perceived to constrain the industry, against Perez, a Republican legislative leader who received the Leading the Future endorsement, alongside the Trump White House, all aligned with industry trade groups opposing the legislation. Commentary associated with the Leading the Future super PAC frames the sequence as an instance of its electoral strategy: industry money directed into state legislative races, followed by specific AI-governance vetoes at the level of legislative leadership (Source: insideaipolicy.com).
A parallel state-level dispute occurred the same week, when Maine Gov. Janet Mills vetoed what would have been the first state-level data center moratorium, a division within the Democratic Party on state AI legislation that runs alongside the intra-Republican split in Florida (Source: insideaipolicy.com).
Related
- Federal origin of the framing: OSTP Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights (October 2022) (Biden-era OSTP framework; rescinded by Trump in January 2025).
- Related state actions: L.D. 307 — Maine Data Center Coordination Council and Temporary Limitation, Colorado AI Act (SB 24-205), California SB 243 — Companion Chatbots, Maryland Protection from Predatory Pricing Act.
Relationships
- related: Ron DeSantis, Leading the Future (super PAC), OSTP Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights (October 2022), Techno-Federalism, Colorado AI Act (SB 24-205)
- opposed-by: Trump White House, industry trade groups, House Speaker Daniel Perez (Leading the Future endorsee)
- proposed-by: Gov. Ron DeSantis