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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...
MS House Passes PBM Reform Bill Mississippi’s House of Representatives passed a bill ( HB 1665 ) that would prohibit pharmacy benefit managers from employing clawbacks when patients’ copayments...
In June, Kansas became the 37th state to offer tax incentives to data centers, underscoring how the massive warehouse-like facilities that support the internet have become a priority for states and state...
States Target Sale of Consumer Geolocation Data Virginia’s Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology advanced a bill ( SB 338 ) that would amend the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act...
States Easing Up on Certificate of Need Laws Over a dozen states have introduced or are considering legislation this year to scale back their certificate of need (CON) laws requiring healthcare providers...
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At least a dozen states are considering ways to make data centers pay more for their power, with evidence mounting that data center demand is driving up rates for other commercial, industrial and residential customers. Lawmakers in Oregon, a data center hot spot, passed legislation in June calling for state regulators to establish new power rates for data centers. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) vetoed a bill (AB 269) that would have reclassified drivers for transportation and delivery network companies like Uber and DoorDash as independent contractors and allowed but not required such companies to offer those contractors access to portable benefits, including health care and retirement savings accounts. The measure would also have exempted such workers from state minimum wage, unemployment insurance and workers’ compensation laws. (MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL)
State lawmakers gathered at the National Conference of State Legislatures annual legislative summit this month expressed frustration with the shift in power away from them and more toward the federal government. But one thing they refuse to relinquish is their right to regulate artificial intelligence. The way they go about such regulation, however, may be shifting to a more sectoral approach, instead of trying to replicate first-in-the-nation laws like the one passed by Colorado last year aimed at eliminating algorithmic discrimination by automated decision-making systems (SB 205). (PLURIBUS NEWS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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