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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...
California’s Assembly passed a bill (SB 362) that would let consumers request the deletion of data collected on them by third-party brokers with the click of a button, much like the way the Do-Not-Call Registry works. The Delete Act now returns to the Senate—where it was passed on a 32-8 vote in May—for a concurrence vote, after being amended in the Assembly. (PLURIBUS NEWS, STATE NET)
A U.S. District Court judge in California granted tech industry group NetChoice’s motion to temporarily block the state’s first-in-the-nation children’s data privacy law from taking effect next year. U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman said the California Age-Appropriate Design Code Act, requiring tech companies to implement default privacy settings for minor users, likely violates the First Amendment. (PLURIBUS NEWS)
The Pennsylvania Senate’s Communications and Technology Committee unanimously voted to advance legislation (SB 22) that would prohibit social media platforms from “intentionally, knowingly, recklessly or negligently causing or encouraging” those under the age of 16 to access content that could be harmful to their physical or mental health. The measure would also bar data-mining involving users under 18 and require parental consent for a minor to create a social media account. (PENNSYLVANIA CAPITAL-STAR, STATE NET)
The Department of Homeland Security released a 107-page report aimed at guiding Congress and federal agencies in streamlining cyber reporting requirements. The report states there are currently 45 reporting requirements administered by 22 federal agencies, covering everything from national security to consumer protection, with seven more requirements expected and another five under consideration. (BLOOMBERG)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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