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Chatbot Bills Near Passage in CA A pair of bills aimed at protecting minors from harm by chatbots are nearing passage in California. Of the two, tech groups favor SB 243 , which would allow citizens...
NM Gov Calls Special Session to Bolster Safety Net New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham (D) announced a special session in October to bolster safety net programs in response to the federal spending...
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CO Lawmakers Tweak Last Year’s First-In-Nation AI Law In a special session that began last week, Colorado Senate Majority Leader Robert Rodriguez (D) introduced legislation ( SB 4 a ) that would...
States Seek Ways to Replace Expiring Federal Health Subsidies Policymakers in California, Colorado, Maryland and other states are considering ways to backfill pandemic-era federal health insurance subsidies...
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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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