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MI to Weigh Ban on Stock Buybacks for Companies Receiving Tax Breaks Michigan Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D) introduced a bill ( SB 783 ) that would prohibit publicly traded companies receiving economic incentives...
VA House Passes Paid Sick Leave Bill Virginia’s House of Delegates approved a bill ( HB 5 ) that would expand the state’s current paid sick leave law, which applies only to a small segment...
VA Lawmakers Okay Prescription Drug Affordability Board Virginia lawmakers have passed legislation ( SB 271 / HB 483 ) that would create a prescription drug affordability board to review drug prices...
Geolocation data has become a new frontier in privacy protection. This year, Virginia could join Maryland and Oregon as the first states to prohibit the sale of information that provides the precise...
Insurance Bill Raises Concerns in FL A fast-moving bill ( SB 1028 ) in Florida, sponsored by Sen. Joe Gruters (R), chairman of the Senate’s Banking and Insurance Committee, would require Citizens...
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California’s Senate passed a bill (SB 243) that would require artificial intelligence-powered companion chatbot platforms to remind users every three hours that their chatbot isn’t human, as well as implement protocols to address suicidal thoughts of users. The measure is now in the Assembly’s Privacy and Consumer Protection and Judiciary committees. (LOS ANGELES TIMES, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
A bill (HB 302) introduced late last month in Ohio’s House would require app stores and app developers to share responsibility for verifying the age of users. A competing measure (HB 226) introduced in April and supported by social media companies like Meta would place the onus for age verification solely on app stores. (OHIO CAPITAL JOURNAL, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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