Free subscription to the Capitol Journal keeps you current on legislative and regulatory news.
New White House Policy Framework Calls for Blocking State AI Laws The Trump administration released a National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence that, among other things, urges Congress to...
VT Bill Addresses Privacy of AI in Healthcare The Vermont House passed a bill ( HB 814 ) to bolster privacy protections around the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. The bill would establish...
Nearly two years after the Environmental Protection Agency set drinking water limits for so-called forever chemicals, the synthetic compounds remain a focus for state legislators. Formally known as per...
CA’s Wildfire-Driven Insurance Crisis Spreads to Lower-Risk Homes Insurers have stopped covering homes in some California neighborhoods at lower risk of wildfire damage, forcing thousands of homeowners...
WA Enacts Ban on Microchipping Workers Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) signed a bill ( HB 2303 ) prohibiting companies from requiring their workers to get microchip implants. The new law allows workers...
* The views expressed in externally authored materials linked or published on this site do not necessarily reflect the views of LexisNexis Legal & Professional.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vetoed a bill (SB 799) that would have allowed striking workers to receive unemployment benefits. The governor stated in his veto message that such an expansion of unemployment benefits would make California’s unemployment trust fund “vulnerable to insolvency.” The fund is already expected to be about $20 billion in debt by the end of this year. (LOS ANGELES TIMES)
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed legislation (AB 1228) that will increase the minimum wage for fast food workers in the state to $20 per hour on April 1, 2024.
Newsom said the legislation involved over 100 hours of negotiations. As part of the deal unions are dropping their effort to make fast food companies liable for the wrongdoings of their independent franchisees in the state, and industry groups are pulling their planned 2024 referendum on fast food worker wages.
California’s new rate will be the highest guaranteed base salary for fast food workers in the nation. The state already has the highest minimum wage for all other workers, at $15.50 per hour. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
Please visit our webpage to connect with a State Net representative and learn how the State Net legislative and regulatory tracking solution can help you identify, track, analyze and report on relevant legislative and regulatory developments.