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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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Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) signed a bill (SB 650 a) last month intended to make it easier for Mainers to cancel subscriptions, from gym memberships to mobile apps and online software. Providers of such products and services will now have to give consumers clear information about renewals and consumers will have to provide consent for such renewals and will be able to cancel their subscriptions online. The law was modeled after rules adopted by the Federal Trade Commission last year but blocked by a federal appeals court last week on procedural grounds. (MAINE PUBLIC RADIO, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
A bill (SB 53) advanced by the California Assembly’s Judiciary Committee would require large artificial intelligence developers to publish safety and security protocols on their websites describing the testing procedures they use to assess catastrophic risks from their models. The measure was passed by the state’s Senate in May and is now in the Assembly’s Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee. (STATE AFFAIRS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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