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CA Regulators Complete Review of Wildfire Risk Model California’s Department of Insurance has completed a review of the state’s first wildfire catastrophe model, which property/casualty insurers...
Trump Administration’s ‘AI Action Plan’ Targets State AI Regulation The Trump administration released an “AI Action Plan,” aimed at speeding the development of artificial...
In the span of just 36 days this spring and summer, the number of states offering unemployment benefits to striking workers doubled—to four. New Jersey was the first to offer such benefits, beginning...
Developing Anti-‘Debanking’ Trend in Red States? A new front appears to have opened in the ongoing battle over environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing. In March Idaho Gov. Brad...
FL Requests Medicaid Waiver to Bolster Health Workforce Florida is seeking a federal waiver to use Medicaid funding to expand its health care workforce, a plan that could be adopted by other states....
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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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