Virginia Gov. Vetoes AI Bias Bill, Citing Industry Impact

The veto of the Virginia AI bill comes on the heels of Texas state Rep. Giovanni Capriglione, a Republican, earlier this month introducing a revamped version of an AI bias bill that, in its original form, was “very similar” to the Virginia bill but in its current iteration, “sheds the most heavy-handed elements of the early measure,” Adam Thierer, a senior fellow at the R Street Institute, said in an analysis published Tuesday.

This overhauled proposal, coupled with the Virginia veto, “signal how the debate over AI policy could be turning in a more positive, pro-innovation direction in the states,” he said.