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NetChoice Leads Tech’s Legal Battle Against State Regulation Tech trade association NetChoice has become the chief litigator for the industry. In the last few years the organization has filed 10...
AI in Healthcare Bills Awaiting Gov’s Action in CA California could soon establish new guardrails for the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare with a pair of bills awaiting action by Gov...
If an autonomous vehicle hits another car or a pedestrian, who’s to blame? The manufacturer or software developer? Other parties like computer programmers, satellite mapping companies, or even state...
Tech Lobby Zeroes In on AI Bill in CA Opponents of a first-of-its-kind bill ( SB 1047 ) in California aimed at regulating major developers of artificial intelligence outnumbered supporters of the measure...
CA Nears Restricting Private-Equity Healthcare Acquisitions The California Legislature passed a bill ( AB 3129 ) that, if signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), would require the state attorney general’s...
Orvis and other online retailers based in Vermont are mounting an effort to scale back comprehensive consumer data privacy legislation (HB 121) that has been passed by the state’s House. The opposition campaign is similar to one L.L. Bean and other companies successfully waged against a consumer data privacy measure (HB 1270 a) in Maine earlier this year.
The bills in both states have drawn opposition from businesses because they don’t conform to an industry-approved template that shaped legislation passed in over a dozen states.
Rep. Monique Priestley (D), one of the co-sponsors of the Vermont bill, said it was designed to be a tougher version of the data privacy law passed in Connecticut in 2022, with a private right of action allowing individuals to sue companies that violate the law, which businesses strongly oppose. (PLURIBUS NEWS)
Alaska’s House passed legislation (HB 254) that would prohibit children under the age of 14 from creating social media accounts. The proposed restriction was an amendment to the bill, which would require websites that distribute pornography to verify users are at least 18 years old. (ALASKA PUBLIC MEDIA, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
Colorado’s Senate Judiciary Committee advanced a bill (SB 205) that would require companies to notify consumers whenever artificial intelligence is used, as well as perform risk assessments on their AI tools. The bill now goes to the full Senate, but there was skepticism it could make it through the legislature before the session ends on May 8. (COLORADO SUN, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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