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CT Senate Passes Sweeping Consumer Protection Bill The Connecticut Senate passed an expansive consumer protection bill ( SB 5 ). Among other things, the measure would require service providers such as...
Social Media Warning Label Legislation Catching on in States Although Congress hasn’t responded to former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s call last June to take up legislation requiring...
OR Lawmakers Pass Age Discrimination Bill Oregon’s legislature passed a bill ( HB 3187 ) that would prohibit an employer from requesting an applicant’s age, date of birth or date of graduation...
WI Assembly Passes Multiple Healthcare Bills Wisconsin’s Assembly passed multiple healthcare-related bills with broad bipartisan support. One ( AB 43 ) would allow pharmacists to prescribe birth...
A nightmare may be coming to life for social media companies in Minnesota. There, Democrats in the state Legislature have embraced a pioneering bill, SB 3197 , which seeks to levy the nation’s...
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IL Lawmakers Approve Bill Lifting Moratorium on Nuclear Power Plants: The Illinois General Assembly passed legislation (HB 2437) that, as amended, will lift a nearly four-decades-old moratorium on new nuclear power plants, opening the door for cutting-edge small, modular reactors and potentially allowing the state to meets its goal of using only carbon-free electricity by 2045. Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) was expected to sign the measure, after indicating that it had addressed concerns that had led him to veto a bill in August that would have lifted the moratorium (ASSOCIATED PRESS, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES)
AL Lawmakers to Consider Restricting Underage Access to Porn Sites: Alabama Rep. Ben Robbins (R) plans to introduce a bill next year that would require pornographic websites to verify users are at least 18 years old before granting them access to their content. The bill, which hasn’t been prefiled yet, would also require providers of such online content to register with the state. Louisiana, Texas, and Utah have enacted similar laws, but they’ve been blocked by lawsuits filed by the Free Speech Coalition, a trade association representing the adult entertainment industry. (YELLOWHAMMER NEWS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK