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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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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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