Many Republicans celebrated a recent move by the Senate parliamentarian that will allow the upper chamber to vote on keeping a ban in effect that deals with states being able to regulate Artificial Intelligence (AI).

According to The Hill, the powerful upper chamber parliamentarian concluded this week that the 10-year ban on states being able to regulate AI will remain in President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful" spending bill.

For weeks, many lawmakers wondered if the provision would clear what's known as the "Byrd Rule," a procedural hurdle that can make provisions much more difficult to keep or trash.

Now that the parliamentarian has greenlit the provision staying in the bill, it will only take a simple majority vote to keep it that way in the Senate, which many believe will happen with no problem.

What's going on?

The Hill noted the current predicament with the provision, until this week's decision solved it.

It comes after Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, altered the language of the House’s version in hopes of complying with the Byrd Rule, which prohibits “extraneous matters” from being included in reconciliation packages.

The provision would ban states from regulating AI if they still want access to certain federal funding, such as funds from the Broadband Equity, Access and Deployment (BEAD) program.

The House wants the provision to place a blanket, 10-year ban on state regulation of AI, though some Republicans are balking as they argue it goes against the core conservative stance of allowing states to make laws for its citizens.

Democrats are largely against the provision and want state regulation of AI, causing a bit of an overall shift in who's fighting for states' rights in this matter.

Several high-profile Republicans are against the provision, as The Hill noted:

Republican Sens. Marsha Blackburn (Tenn.) and Ron Johnson (Wis.) told The Hill they are against the provision, while Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) said he is willing to introduce an amendment to eliminate the provision during the Senate’s marathon vota-a-rama if it is not taken out earlier.

Some House Republicans are against the idea, too, as they argue that AI is still in its infancy -- at least as far as how much is understood about it, and that 10 years could be too long.

Social media reacts

Plenty of social media users reacted to various politicians who expressed support or opposition to the provision.

"So you think 1000s of State and Local laws passed by some of the most compromised politicians on the planet is the best way for America to catch up in the AI race against nations that literally pay off our Politicians? You do understand what is at stake if we lose the AI War," one X user wrote.

Another X user wrote, "They need to let states protect their citizens. Feds will never don't right and will leave so many loopholes, we'll all suffer for it."

Only time will tell if it passes or not, and what the implications will be one way or another.