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‘Unauthorized Alien’ Limits Among Trio of Auto Insurance Proposals Under Consideration in LA House Three auto insurance bills cleared the Louisiana House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure...
Social Media Bill Dodges Veto Override in CO Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ (D) veto of a social media bill ( SB 86 ) survived an override attempt. The state’s Democrat-controlled Senate voted...
WA Enacts Law Keeping Medical Debt Off Credit Reports Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) signed a bill ( SB 5480 ) prohibiting collection agencies from reporting unpaid medical debt to credit agencies...
In 2022, there were about 22 maternal deaths for every 100,000 live births in the United States. That’s the highest rate of maternal deaths among high-income nations worldwide. That sobering statistic...
DOGE-Like Effort in FL Could Impact Insurance Industry The wave of housecleaning that’s swept through the federal government courtesy of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency appears...
Meta, Snap and X are lobbying in favor of a bill in South Dakota (SB 180) that would require app stores to verify the age of users instead of social media platforms. The development sets up a potential battle with Apple and Google, the former of which helped kill similar legislation in Louisiana last year. (PLURIBUS NEWS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
Virginia’s Democrat-controlled legislature approved a first-of-its-kind bill (SB 854) that would limit minors’ use of social media to an hour a day per service or app, unless their parents give consent for more or less time. The measure now goes to Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) for approval. (REALRADIO804, RICHMOND TIMES-DISPATCH, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
Virginia’s General Assembly also passed a bill (HB 2094) that would require developers of artificial intelligence for automated decision-making in employment, finance, healthcare and other sectors to “use a reasonable duty of care to protect consumers from any known or reasonably foreseeable risks of algorithmic discrimination.” If signed by Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R), Virginia would become the second state, after Colorado, to approve such anti-discrimination restrictions. (BLOOMBERG, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
A bill (LB 229) to classify drivers for companies like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash as independent contractors instead of employees advanced in Nebraska’s Legislature, despite a filibuster from labor-supporting lawmakers. Freshman Sen. Bob Hallstrom (R), who introduced the measure at the request of ride-share and food delivery companies, said it clarifies that the status quo is how such businesses should be run, allowing drivers to work when they want. (NEBRASKA EXAMINER)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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