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Developing Anti-‘Debanking’ Trend in Red States? A new front appears to have opened in the ongoing battle over environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. In March Idaho Gov. Brad...
FL Requests Medicaid Waiver to Bolster Health Workforce Florida is seeking a federal waiver to use Medicaid funding to expand its health care workforce, a plan that could be adopted by other states....
A couple of years ago, the idea of switching to a four-day workweek seemed to be catching on in state legislatures . As many as six states, including Maryland , Massachusetts and Pennsylvania , considered...
PA Enacts Crypto Transmitter Licensing Requirements Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) signed legislation requiring cryptocurrency and other virtual monetary transmitters to be licensed by the state...
MO Lawmakers Repeal Voter-Approved Paid Sick Leave Law Eight months after Missouri voters approved Proposition A, mandating paid sick leave and a $13.75 minimum wage, Gov. Mike Kehoe (R) signed legislation...
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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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