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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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In a special session that began last week, Colorado Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez (D) introduced legislation (SB 4 a) that would make significant changes to the artificial intelligence law he led to passage last year (SB 205 [2024). That first-in-the-nation law raised concerns that it was too restrictive and would stifle AI development, and Rodriguez and Gov. Jared Polis (D) agreed to work with the tech industry to revise the law before it took effect. Negotiations on SB 4 a are ongoing, but as amended in committee, the measure would push back the effective date of SB 205 from February 2026 to May 2026 and shift more of the regulatory burden onto AI developers instead of deployers of the technology. (COLORADO SUN)
A federal appeals court ruled that Maryland’s first-in-the-nation tax on digital advertising, HB 732, enacted via a veto override in 2021, violates the Constitution by denying companies’ right to free speech. The law not only imposes a tax on the revenues large companies make from advertising on the internet but also prohibits those companies from informing customers how the tax affects pricing, such as via line items, surcharges or fees. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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