by Katie McQue
In 2023, California congressman Ted Lieu introduced what he called the first piece of federal legislation ever written by AI, using ChatGPT to generate the text of a resolution expressing support for Congress’s focus on AI itself.
Fast forward a few short years, and what was once an oddity is now increasingly prevalent. The Trump administration is reportedly planning to use Google Gemini to draft federal transportation regulations. The US Department of Education is experimenting with AI-assisted regulatory drafting. And companies are building tools specifically designed to help legislators analyze and write laws. But while industry and legislators charge ahead, some experts are raising concerns about the risks of using AI tools to write laws.
Though they are in their infancy, companies making AI tools for lawmakers are already gaining clients among state and federal governments.
Vulcan Technologies, a Y Combinator-backed AI regulatory review company founded in 2025, is developing what it calls a “regulatory operating system”. The company says its agentic platform aggregates laws, regulations and court decisions across federal, state and municipal jurisdictions. It allows users to analyze statutory language, draft compliance guidance, answer legal queries and generate proposed statutory or regulatory text with supporting citations.
