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Wave of AI Bills to Continue Next Year As of early September, more than 30 states had passed artificial intelligence-related bills or resolutions this year, according to the National Conference of State...
MI Addresses Multiple Healthcare Issues Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) signed over half a dozen bills dealing with healthcare and family support. The measures include SB 790 and SB 791 , allowing home help...
In recent years, the boardroom has become a new front in the culture wars alongside a cacophony of three-letter acronyms. DEI, ESG and CSR. These buzzwords—short for diversity, equity and inclusion;...
Statehouse Shift Ahead for Earned Wage Access? In recent years earned wage access apps, which allow workers to obtain access to their earnings before they receive their paychecks, have exploded in popularity...
SD to Consider App- and Device-Based Age Verification Legislation in 2025 The South Dakota Legislature’s Study Committee on Artificial Intelligence and Regulation of Internet Access by Minors voted...
Florida Senate committees advanced a pair of bills (SB 7016 and SB 7018) aimed at bolstering the state’s health care workforce and expanding access to mental health services. The measures, which are a top priority for Senate President Kathleen Passidomo (R), would allocate $797 million for a variety of programs, including those to increase the number of graduate medical students, encourage doctors and other health care professionals to work in rural parts of the state and increase Medicaid reimbursement rates, particularly for mental health and disability services. (FLORIDA POLITICS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
Ohio’s House voted to override Gov. Mike DeWine’s (R) veto of a bill (HB 68) that would bar doctors from prescribing puberty blockers, hormones and other care for transgender minors. The state’s Senate is expected to take the same action on Jan. 24 (COLUMBUS DISPATCH)
The U.S. 11th Circuit Court of Appeals lifted a lower court’s injunction blocking a 2022 Alabama law banning gender-affirming care for minors from taking effect. The law has been on hold for the past 18 months pending a decision on whether the full court would reconsider a ruling by a three-judge panel of the court vacating the injunction. (ASSOCIATED PRESS, ALABAMA REFLECTOR)
LGBTQ+ advocates filed a lawsuit seeking to block legislation (HB 648) enacted in Louisiana last year banning gender-affirming care for those under 18. The suit alleges the law violates the right to privacy provision of the Louisiana Constitution by hindering the ability of transgender individuals and their families to make personal medical decisions. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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