California Governor Signs AB 65 CALIFORNIA Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signs AB 65 , which requires the State Coastal Conservancy to prioritize projects that use natural infrastructure to help adapt to climate change (LEXISNEXIS STATE NET).
At least 27 states have considered legislation this year dealing with the privacy of consumer data, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures . Consumer data privacy bills were enacted in six of those states, while measures are still...
Halfway through the California legislative session this summer, it looked like the tech industry and other corporate interests were easily winning a furious battle to re-shape the state’s highly anticipated data privacy law before it goes into effect...
California Governor Signs Several Bills CALIFORNIA Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signs several bills regulating power shutoffs during wildfires and other natural disasters, including: SB 167 , which requires investor-owned utilities to outline protocols in...
California Governor Vetoes AB 710 CALIFORNIA Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vetoes AB 710 , which would have required Golden State colleges and universities to post on their websites information about the cost of attending those institutions (LEXISNEXIS STATE...
United State Court of Appeals Upholds Ruling The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upholds the power of the Federal Communications Commission to roll back net neutrality rules, but also upholds the power of states...
WA GOV ORDERS VAPING BAN Citing a rising number of illnesses and deaths linked to e-tobacco use, WASHINGTON Gov. Jay Inslee (D) said he will ask the state board of health to adopt emergency rules enacting a statewide ban on flavored vaping products...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, both Democrats, said they will work together to develop a consistent regulatory framework for recreational marijuana use in their respective states. The governors said they believed they could...
Surrounded by a bevy of athletes including LeBron James, Diana Taurasi and Katelyn Ohashi, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation last week that makes the Golden State the first to allow college athletes to profit from the use of their image...
NY LOBBYING DISCLOSURE LAW RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL A federal judge has struck down a law passed in NEW YORK in 2016 requiring nonprofits that lobby to disclose more information about their donors than had previously been required. Judge Denise Cote...
A person or persons attempted to breach West Virginia’s mobile voting system for military and overseas voters during last year’s midterm election, state and federal officials announced last week. The attack is believed to have come from inside...
An Iowa judge upheld provisions of a recent state voting law - HF 516 (2017) - requiring voters to show identification at the polls and provide an ID number when requesting an absentee ballot. “The evidence presented simply did not demonstrate...
TROUBLED NJ ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AGENCY AWARDS TAX BREAKS The NEW JERSEY Economic Development Authority has released $533 million in tax breaks for 31 companies that had been on hold since the state’s incentive programs came under scrutiny this...
Big property tax increases appear to be coming to some of Texas’ biggest cities and counties this fall. El Paso, Harris, Tarrant, Travis and Webb counties and the cities of Austin, Corpus Christi and El Paso are all among those pushing for increases...
In recent years several cities, including San Francisco, Boulder, and Seattle, have imposed excise taxes on sodas and other sugary drinks with much fanfare - and much resistance from soda producers. Washington, D.C. took a different approach, quietly...
Near the end of August, we headed to the 85th IFLA World Library and Information Congress in Athens, Greece. As a bronze sponsor and exhibitor, we were excited to meet with current customers and introduce Nexis Uni and Nexis to many others from around...
President Donald Trump loves him some rallies: the adoration, the blind acceptance, the leaving without paying. Wait, what? Yes, as Politico reports , since 2016 the Don of Mara Lago has stiffed at least 10 American cities out of a cumulative $840,000...
The last time California Senate Pro Tem Toni Atkins was acting governor, she took advantage of the opportunity to declare it “Tony Gwynn Day” in the Golden State to honor the late, great Padres Hall of Famer. As the Capitol Morning Report...
California Governor Signs AB 1482 CALIFORNIA Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signs AB 1482 , which caps annual rent increases at 5 percent plus the rate of inflation and bars landlords from evicting tenants without just cause (CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR’S OFFICE...
New York Governor Signs AB 7584 NEW YORK Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signs AB 7584 , which amends the criminal procedure law to clarify that individuals convicted of petty offenses will have their records sealed by default (NEW YORK GOVERNOR’S OFFICE...
New York Governor Signs AB 1092 NEW YORK Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signs SB 1092 , which bars medical professionals from performing pelvic exams on an anesthetized or unconscious person without informed consent. The law takes effect 180 days from that...
California Governor Signs AB 187 CALIFORNIA Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signs AB 187 , which requires mattress recycling organizations to review their plans for the recovery and recycling of used mattresses and to determine whether amendments are necessary...
CALIFORNIA Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signs AB 1166 , which will require natural gas utilities to supply “electronic positive response” to regional utility notification centers before excavations. Those notification centers will then be required...
California Governor Vetoes AB 773 CALIFORNIA Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vetoes AB 773 , which would have required the state to develop curriculum for 12th graders on voter registration and voting (CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR’S OFFICE). California Governor...
California Governor Signs SB 616 CALIFORNIA Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signs SB 616 , which bars debt collectors from garnishing a debt holder’s bank account once the balance reaches $1,724, the bare minimum the state Department of Social Services...