Florida's Current Approach to Artificial Intelligence

The 2026 Session did not result in the adoption of a comprehensive statutory framework establishing general, cross-sector requirements applicable to most private-sector uses of artificial intelligence. While AI-related legislation was introduced and considered during Session, Florida has not adopted a single statewide statute that regulates artificial intelligence as a unified subject matter across industries.
Instead, legislative activity continues to be structured around discrete issue areas, including synthetic media, election-related transparency and disclosure obligations, consumer protection concerns, government operations, and data infrastructure planning.

This legislative posture has been explicitly linked in public remarks by legislative leadership to broader questions regarding the appropriate level of federal and state authority over artificial intelligence regulation. As House Speaker Daniel Perez stated during public comments on the 2026 Session:

“On the AI issue, I understand the Governor’s concern of wanting to protect children. We want to protect children too. He is not wrong for wanting that… but we have seen very clearly the President of the United States issued an executive order stating that the federal government should take handle of the AI policies of this country, that this is a national security concern, that this is bigger than just one state or one part of the country.”

For attorneys advising clients in technology, healthcare, financial services, government contracting, higher education, and other regulated sectors, this environment means AI-related risk continues to be governed primarily through existing statutory frameworks, regulatory requirements, and common-law principles rather than through a centralized AI-specific regulatory regime.