Free subscription to the Capitol Journal keeps you current on legislative and regulatory news.
CT Senate Passes Sweeping Consumer Protection Bill The Connecticut Senate passed an expansive consumer protection bill ( SB 5 ). Among other things, the measure would require service providers such as...
Social Media Warning Label Legislation Catching on in States Although Congress hasn’t responded to former U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy’s call last June to take up legislation requiring...
OR Lawmakers Pass Age Discrimination Bill Oregon’s legislature passed a bill ( HB 3187 ) that would prohibit an employer from requesting an applicant’s age, date of birth or date of graduation...
WI Assembly Passes Multiple Healthcare Bills Wisconsin’s Assembly passed multiple healthcare-related bills with broad bipartisan support. One ( AB 43 ) would allow pharmacists to prescribe birth...
A nightmare may be coming to life for social media companies in Minnesota. There, Democrats in the state Legislature have embraced a pioneering bill, SB 3197 , which seeks to levy the nation’s...
Vermont Gov. Phil Scott (R) vetoed HB 121, which would have been one of the strongest consumer data privacy laws in the nation, allowing residents to sue data brokers for violations. Scott said the measure would make the state “a national outlier and more hostile than any other state to many businesses and non-profits.” Despite overturning several of Scott’s other vetoes, the state’s Democrat-controlled Legislature failed to override his veto of the privacy bill. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
The New York Legislature passed a bill (SB 7694) that would require social media platforms to provide chronological feeds to minors instead of algorithmically curated feeds. The state’s lawmakers also passed a bill (SB 7695) that would prohibit digital services from collecting the data of minors without consent. (PLURIBUS NEWS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
California lawmakers are taking another pass at legislation (AB 886) that would require online platforms to pay for the news they publish. A similar bill was derailed last year by divisions within the journalism industry and strong opposition from Google and other tech companies. (LOS ANGELES TIMES)
Michigan’s House passed a bill (HB 5570) banning the creation, publication or distribution of deep fake sexual images without the consent of the individuals represented in the images. Last year the state enacted laws restricting the use of artificial intelligence in political campaigns and requiring disclosure when it is used. (DETROIT NEWS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
As we’ve previously reported, most states have either introduced or enacted legislation related to AI in the past twelve months. AI continues to be a pressing issue for state lawmakers this year, potentially introducing a host of challenges for businesses. And we don’t foresee that changing any time soon. That is why LexisNexis® State Net® would like to offer you 30 days of AI legislative and regulatory alerts for free.*
Sign up here to Start Receiving Alerts
Disclaimer: LexisNexis® State Net® AI Alert Feed offer is limited to the individual addressee specifically selected for this promotion and is void where prohibited by law or by your employer’s policies. Individual must be a government affairs, legal or compliance professional. Offer expires December 31, 2024. Other restrictions may apply.
Visit our webpage to connect with a LexisNexis® State Net® representative and learn how the State Net legislative and regulatory tracking service can help you identify, track, analyze and report on relevant legislative and regulatory developments.
* The views expressed in externally authored materials linked or published on this site do not necessarily reflect the views of LexisNexis Legal & Professional.