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IL House Passes ‘Junk Fee’ Bill The Illinois House passed a bill ( HB 228 ) that would amend the state’s Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act to prohibit businesses from...
Anthropic Not Releasing New AI Model to Public The artificial intelligence company Anthropic—recently in the headlines for demanding that the Pentagon agree to certain limitations on the use of...
CT Lawmakers Target AI in Employment A bill (SB 435) before Connecticut’s legislature would require employers to disclose to job applicants when they are communicating with artificial intelligence...
On March 11, Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) signed HB 2303 . The law, which takes effect June 11, bars employers from requesting, requiring or coercing workers or job applicants to accept a subcutaneous...
ND Regulators Approve Bank-to-Bank Stablecoin Use North Dakota’s Industrial Commission approved the use of the state bank’s planned stablecoin, the Roughrider Coin, for bank-to-bank transactions...
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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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