Executive Order 14365 (state AI laws): requirements, deadlines and compliance actions
Executive Order 14365: Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence
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In brief
Executive Order 14365 (state AI laws) is a binding executive order of the United States, issued by The White House. It has been in force since 11 December 2025. Federal agencies; aimed at state AI laws such as those recorded under each state.
- Jurisdiction
- United States
- Instrument type
- Executive order
- Status
- In force
- Legal force
- Binding
- Issuing body
- The White House
- Adopted
- 11 December 2025
- Published
- 16 December 2025
- In force
- 11 December 2025
- Verification
- Pending review · source-linked, checked 15 Oct 2026
What is Executive Order 14365 (state AI laws)?
Directs the Attorney General to set up an AI Litigation Task Force to challenge state AI laws, asks the Commerce Department to identify "onerous" state AI laws (with non-deployment broadband (BEAD) funds tied to that list), and asks the FTC for a policy statement on AI outputs. It does not itself pre-empt any state law; that would take legislation or a court ruling.
Status note: Recorded on 15 October 2026 from search-engine extracts of the official pages listed; the official text could not be opened from the research environment, so every date and duty here is pending review against it.
Who does it apply to?
Federal agencies; aimed at state AI laws such as those recorded under each state.
Federal agencies; indirectly, states with AI laws and organisations relying on them.
- Sectors
- Cross-sector / all sectors
- AI use cases
- Generative AI and foundation models
- Risk categories
- Not classified by the instrument
- AI system types
- General-purpose AI model
When do the requirements apply?
Signed 11 December 2025; published in the Federal Register 16 December 2025 (2025-23092); DOJ task force memo 9 January 2026; FTC policy statement 7 July 2026.
Whether the Commerce evaluation was published, and whether the task force has filed any lawsuit, was not confirmed.
Official sources
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Federal Register: Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence
Federal Register · 16 Dec 2025 · Tier 1 source
Cite this record
AIPolicyTracker (2026). “Executive Order 14365 (state AI laws)” [AIPT-POL-0232, record version 1, not yet verified]. https://aipolicytracker.org/id/AIPT-POL-0232 (accessed 21 October 2026). Data licensed CC BY 4.0.
Permanent id AIPT-POL-0232: it never changes or gets reused, and its address keeps working if this page moves.
Cite the official text alongside it: Federal Register: Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence, Federal Register, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/16/2025-23092/ensuring-a-national-policy-framework-for-artificial-intelligence.
BibTeX
@misc{aipolicytracker2026_executiveorder14365state,
author = {{AIPolicyTracker}},
title = {{Executive Order 14365 (state AI laws)}},
year = {2026},
howpublished = {\url{https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-executive-order-14365-national-policy-framework-for-ai}},
url = {https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/us-executive-order-14365-national-policy-framework-for-ai},
urldate = {2026-10-21},
note = {Data licensed CC BY 4.0. Accessed 21 October 2026}
}
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Change history
Record history
No change to this record's tracked fields has been recorded since 15 October 2026, when field-level history began.
Record version 1: Added in the October 2026 sub-national research round. Recorded on 15 October 2026 from search-engine extracts of the official pages listed; the official text could not be opened from the research environment, so every date and duty here is pending review against it. Every earlier wording is in the GitHub repository.
Frequently asked questions
Is Executive Order 14365 (state AI laws) in force?
Yes. Executive Order 14365 (state AI laws) is in force since 11 December 2025.
Is Executive Order 14365 (state AI laws) legally binding?
Yes. Executive Order 14365 (state AI laws) is a binding executive order; the obligations it creates are legal requirements for the actors it covers.
Who does Executive Order 14365 (state AI laws) apply to?
Federal agencies; aimed at state AI laws such as those recorded under each state.
When does Executive Order 14365 (state AI laws) apply?
Signed 11 December 2025; published in the Federal Register 16 December 2025 (2025-23092); DOJ task force memo 9 January 2026; FTC policy statement 7 July 2026.
Where is the official text of Executive Order 14365 (state AI laws)?
The official text is published by Federal Register at https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/16/2025-23092/ensuring-a-national-policy-framework-for-artificial-intelligence (Federal Register: Ensuring a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence). This record links to it and is checked against it.
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