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Alyzza Austriaco
1 day ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
CT Targets Junk Fees, Price Gauging
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 hotels to use “all-in” pricing, fully...
Alyzza Austriaco
1 day ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
Social Media Warning Label Bills & Data Centers in Crosshairs of State Lawmakers
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 social media platforms to carry warning labels...
Alyzza Austriaco
1 day ago
Capitol Journal
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OR Lawmakers Look to Curb Age Discrimination
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 before conducting an initial interview or making...
Alyzza Austriaco
1 day ago
Capitol Journal
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Healthcare Bills Approved in WI, PBM Regulations Passed in IA & More
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 control to those 18 and older. It now moves to the...
Alyzza Austriaco
9 days ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
Insurance Worries about Condo Bill Passed in FL
FL Condo Bill Raises Insurance Concerns Florida lawmakers passed a bill ( HB 913 ) intended to provide condominium owners some relief from the high cost of bringing properties up to code, as a result of strict new rules imposed on them after the deadly...
Alyzza Austriaco
8 days ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
First States OK Crypto Reserves, AL’s Genetic Data Theft Bill & More
NH, AZ Authorize Crypto Reserves Two months after President Trump signed an executive order establishing a federal strategic bitcoin reserve and digital asset stockpile, New Hampshire and Arizona have become the first two states to enact legislation...
Alyzza Austriaco
15 days ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
Proposed Social Media Ban for Minors in TX, Data Privacy Lawsuit Against Roku in MI & More
TX Taking Tougher Stance on Social Media for Kids The Texas House passed a bill ( HB 186 ) that would ban social media accounts for anyone under the age of 18. The measure would also allow parents to request the deletion of their child’s social...
Alyzza Austriaco
15 days ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
IA Addresses Shortage of Birth Centers & AL Advancing Higher Age Threshold for Consent to Medical Care
IA Enacts Law Addressing Shortage of Birth Centers Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds (R) signed a bill ( HF 887 ) exempting freestanding birth centers from having to obtain a certificate of need from the state’s Department of Inspections, Appeals and Licensing...
Alyzza Austriaco
22 days ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
Bill to Limit Auto Accident Damages for ‘Unauthorized Aliens’ in LA
‘Unauthorized Alien’ Limits Among Trio of Auto Insurance Proposals Under Consideration in LA House Three auto insurance bills cleared the Louisiana House Committee on Civil Law and Procedure last month. One of them ( HB 436 ) would prohibit...
Alyzza Austriaco
22 days ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
Social Media Bill Override Attempt in CO, Social Media Warning Label Bill on Move in CA & More
Social Media Bill Dodges Veto Override in CO Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ (D) veto of a social media bill ( SB 86 ) survived an override attempt. The state’s Democrat-controlled Senate voted 29-6 in favor of overriding the measure, which would...
Alyzza Austriaco
22 days ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
Medical Debt Legislation in WA, VT & Psilocybin Legalization Bill in IA
WA Enacts Law Keeping Medical Debt Off Credit Reports Washington Gov. Bob Ferguson (D) signed a bill ( SB 5480 ) prohibiting collection agencies from reporting unpaid medical debt to credit agencies. The measure, which takes effect on July 27, is similar...
Alyzza Austriaco
30 days ago
Capitol Journal
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Implications for Insurance Industry in FL’s Own DOGE Effort
DOGE-Like Effort in FL Could Impact Insurance Industry The wave of housecleaning that’s swept through the federal government courtesy of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency appears to have reached the state government of Florida...
Alyzza Austriaco
30 days ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
OH Social Media Access Law Permanently Blocked
Judge Permanently Blocks OH Social Media Access Law A federal judge issued an injunction permanently blocking an Ohio law that requires parental consent for those under the age of 16 to have a social media account. Although U.S. District Judge Algenon...
Alyzza Austriaco
30 days ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
State Lawmakers Pivot from PBMs to PSAOs in Ongoing Effort to Control Drug Prices
State Lawmakers Target PSAOs After targeting pharmacy benefit managers for years for contributing to the high cost of prescription drugs, state lawmakers have begun setting their sights on pharmacy services administrative organizations, or PSAOs, which...
Alyzza Austriaco
1 month ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
MN’s Proposed Social Media App Tax, AR’s Social Media Private Right of Action Bill & More
MN Considering Taxing Social Media Apps Minnesota’s Senate Taxes Committee heard a bill ( SB 3197 ) last week that would make the state the first in the nation to tax social media apps. The measure would require social media platforms with between...
Alyzza Austriaco
1 month ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
AR Ban on PBM Operation of Pharmacies Goes to Gov, Legal Challenge to SD Drug Discount Law & More
AR Lawmakers Pass Bill Banning PBMs from Running Pharmacies The Arkansas legislature passed a bill ( HB 1150 ) that would make the state the first in the nation to prohibit pharmacy benefit managers from operating retail pharmacies. A spokesman for...
Alyzza Austriaco
1 month ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
More State Paid Leave Laws Ahead & More
Patchwork of Paid Leave Laws Set to Continue There’s currently no federal law requiring paid leave. The federal Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 only requires employers to provide unpaid time off. But 19 states have laws requiring paid sick...
Alyzza Austriaco
1 month ago
Capitol Journal
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‘Predictive Pricing’ Big Concern in CA & More
‘Predictive Pricing’ Top Priority for CA Lawmakers Predictive pricing, a practice involving the use of artificial intelligence to set prices for customers based on factors like the websites they visit or the places they live instead of supply...
Alyzza Austriaco
2 months ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
$12B in LA Wildfire Insurer Payouts & State Farm’s 22% Emergency Rate Hike in CA
Insurer Payouts for LA Wildfires Top $12B California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara (D) announced that insurers have now paid out over $12 billion in claims from the largest of the Los Angeles wildfires. That sum is almost twice the $6.9 billion...
Alyzza Austriaco
2 months ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
Google’s Response to App Store Age-Verification Legislation, States Following CA’s Lead on Data Deletion & More
Google Weighs in on Social Media Age Verification Days after Utah passed a first-in-the-nation law ( SB 142 ) requiring app stores to verify the age of users, Google finally weighed in publicly on the subject of minors’ access to social media...
Alyzza Austriaco
2 months ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
UT Becomes First State to Pass App Store Age-Verification Bill, Fast-Moving Deepfake Bill in MT & More
UT Passes App Store Age-Verification Bill Utah became the first state to pass legislation requiring app stores to verify the age of users and obtain parental consent for minors to download apps. The bill ( SB 142 ), which now awaits the approval of...
Alyzza Austriaco
2 months ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
Bill to Provide Unemployment Benefits to Striking Workers in OR & Wage Theft Protection Bill in NY
OR Looks to Allow Striking Workers to Collect Unemployment A hotly debated bill ( SB 916 ) passed out of committee in Oregon’s Senate last week would allow striking workers in both the public and private sector to collect unemployment benefits...
Alyzza Austriaco
2 months ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
MT’s AI in Insurance Bill
MT Targets Insurers’ Use of AI Montana’s House Committee on Business and Labor held a public hearing last week on a bill ( HB 556 ) that would regulate the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare utilization review and management. Among...
Alyzza Austriaco
2 months ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
Lawmakers Targeting Crypto Kiosks and Private Equity-Owned Child Care Centers
State Lawmakers Take Aim at Crypto Kiosks Lawmakers in at least 15 states have introduced bills to regulate cryptocurrency kiosks, which are often found at convenience stores and gas stations. The bills would limit transactions, generally to $1,000...
Alyzza Austriaco
2 months ago
Capitol Journal
State Net
Potential Battle Over Social Media Age Gating in SD, 1-Hour Social Media Limit for Minors in VA & More
Battle of Social Media Titans Shaping Up in SD 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...
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