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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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State lawmakers are preparing to introduce a wave of measures in 2026 aimed at regulating AI chatbots, following the lead of California and New York, which enacted first-in-the-nation chatbot laws this year, SB 243 and budget bill SB 3008, respectively. Next year’s bipartisan legislation is expected to approach chatbots the same way as recent state legislation regulating social media, with age-gating of children and requirements that platforms regularly remind users they are interacting with AI. (PLURIBUS NEWS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
A federal judge in Denver issued a preliminary injunction blocking a new Colorado law (HB 1136) that requires social media platforms to display warnings about the dangers of social media. U.S. District Court Judge William J. Martinez ruled the law likely violates the First Amendment. (DENVER POST)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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