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NJ Enacts Law Regulating Data Brokers New Jersey enacted legislation ( AB 5328 ) last month regulating data brokers. Among other things, the new law requires data brokers and data collectors to annually...
CA Joins NJ in Requiring Employers to Share Cost of Employees’ Medicaid Coverage California enacted a bill ( SB 177 ) directing the state’s Department of Finance to come up with options for...
On June 16, Vermont became the 23rd state to enact a comprehensive consumer privacy law when Republican Gov. Phil Scott signed SB 71 , the Vermont Data Privacy and Online Surveillance Act. The measure...
States Alter Course on Data Center Tax Breaks Virginia has become the latest state to pass legislation changing its stance on data center tax incentives in the face of growing opposition to the facilities...
DE Legislature Passes Ban on ‘Captive Audience’ Meetings Delaware lawmakers passed a bill ( HB 84 ) that would prohibit employers from requiring employees to attend “captive audience”...
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A federal judge struck down a provision of Maryland’s first-in-the-nation digital advertising tax law that prohibited online companies from notifying consumers about the tax via a fee, surcharge or line item on their bills. The judge said that provision “facially violates the First Amendment.” The state does not intend to appeal the ruling.
A separate challenge to the tax itself from big tech companies including Apple and Meta remains pending in Maryland Tax Court. The tax has generated nearly $419 million for the state since it went into effect in 2022. (MARYLAND MATTERS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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