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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...
A bill introduced in Montana (SB 212) and a proposed constitutional amendment in New Hampshire (CACR 6) would establish a right to compute, guaranteeing access to the hardware, software, networks and algorithms needed for developing artificial intelligence. The measures are part of a libertarian-oriented backlash against recent state efforts to regulate the use of AI. (PLURIBUS NEWS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
A bill introduced in Missouri (HB 1217) would provide for the establishment of a “Bitcoin Strategic Reserve Fund” in the state treasury. The measure would allow the treasurer to “accept gifts, grants, donations, bequests or devises of Bitcoin” from residents or governmental entities and require the Bitcoin to be stored for a minimum of five years. (KSDK, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
In his fiscal 2026 budget, Rhode Island Gov. Dan McKee (D) proposed imposing a 10% tax on the local share of digital advertising revenue of companies with $1 billion or more in gross revenue. The proposal is similar to a law passed in Maryland in 2021, which has faced legal challenges from Apple, Google, Meta and other digital ad giants. (RHODE ISLAND CURRENT)
The tech industry trade association NetChoice filed a legal challenge to the so-called Maryland Kids Code enacted last year (HB 603/SB 571 [2024]), requiring providers of online products and services to make their offerings safer for minors. NetChoice successfully blocked parts of California’s first-in-the-nation age-appropriate design code law last summer. (MARYLAND MATTERS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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