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States Continue to Target AI-Driven Rental Pricing Nineteen states are considering bills that would limit the use of third-party software relying on competitor data to set rental housing prices, according...
Trump, Congress Weigh Measures to Preempt State AI Laws The Trump administration circulated—and then put on hold—a draft executive order aimed at preempting state laws regulating artificial...
Last year, after Colorado and California became the first states in the nation to expand privacy protections to include neural data, we said more states could follow suit . This year two more have done...
MI Lawmakers Advance Medical Debt Protections The Michigan Senate’s Health Policy Committee has advanced a trio of bipartisan bills aimed at reducing the burden of medical costs on residents of...
EU Reversing Course on Tech Regulation After aggressively regulating the technology industry for over a decade, the European Union is moving to loosen its landmark digital privacy and artificial intelligence...
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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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