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DOGE-Like Effort in FL Could Impact Insurance Industry The wave of housecleaning that’s swept through the federal government courtesy of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency appears...
Judge Permanently Blocks OH Social Media Access Law A federal judge issued an injunction permanently blocking an Ohio law that requires parental consent for those under the age of 16 to have a social...
State Lawmakers Target PSAOs After targeting pharmacy benefit managers for years for contributing to the high cost of prescription drugs, state lawmakers have begun setting their sights on pharmacy services...
Two years ago, California enacted first-of-its-kind legislation allowing residents to demand that data brokers delete the personal information the brokers have collected about them. Known as the California...
MN Considering Taxing Social Media Apps Minnesota’s Senate Taxes Committee heard a bill ( SB 3197 ) last week that would make the state the first in the nation to tax social media apps. The measure...
Indiana’s Senate passed a bill (SB 11) that would prohibit social media companies from allowing those under the age of 16 from accessing their platforms without parental consent. A provision that would have allowed parents or guardians to sue for violations was stripped from the measure in committee. But the bill would still allow the state’s attorney general to initiate civil investigations of potential violations, which could result in penalties of up to $250,000. (INDIANA CAPITAL CHRONICLE)
A bill (HB 2664 [2024]) introduced in Pennsylvania in November that would have authorized the state’s treasurer and public pension funds to invest in bitcoin failed to make it out of committee before the legislative session ended. But the measure’s sponsor, Rep. Mike Cabell (R), said the proposal was likely to be reintroduced by a colleague this year. And the bitcoin advocacy group Satoshi Action said it expected legislation based on its model bill to be introduced in at least 10 other states. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
North Dakota’s House Judiciary Committee heard testimony on a bill (HB 1386) that would prohibit artificial intelligence-generated content depicting child sex abuse. The number of reports of such content in the state has tripled since 2020. (FARGO FORUM)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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