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MI Lawmakers Advance Medical Debt Protections The Michigan Senate’s Health Policy Committee has advanced a trio of bipartisan bills aimed at reducing the burden of medical costs on residents of...
EU Reversing Course on Tech Regulation After aggressively regulating the technology industry for over a decade, the European Union is moving to loosen its landmark digital privacy and artificial intelligence...
On the last day of September, California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed a bill increasing the Golden State’s authority over workplace disputes and union elections . AB 288 by Assemblywoman Tina McKinnor...
Wave of Chatbot Bills Coming Next Year State lawmakers are preparing to introduce a wave of measures in 2026 aimed at regulating AI chatbots, following the lead of California and New York, which enacted...
OH Seeks to Loosen Hourly Work Restrictions for Minors Ohio lawmakers took action this month to extend the hours minors can work in the state. On Nov. 7 they passed a bill ( SB 50 ) that would allow...
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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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