Ethics
Alaska 34th Legislature
Amend Uniform Rules: Abstain From Voting [HCR-2]
[Elections ]
Amend Uniform Rules: Abstain From Voting
Sponsored by: Rep. Donna C. Mears
Sta Rpt 4dp 3nr on 04/30/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to forms and disclosures to Ethics Commission [SB-479]
[Ethics ]
The purpose of this bill is to require disclosure forms, statements, and reports to be prescribed by procedural rule and made available on the Ethics Commission website; requiring certain information be included on lobbyist registration form; and requiring reports of expenditures over $5,000 in grassroots campaigns specify media outlet.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack David Woodrum
Filed For Introduction on 02/14/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to consolidated local governments. [HB-538]
[Community Development ]
[Ethics ]
[Waste Management / Recycling ]
[Public Health ]
Amend KRS 67C.111 to decrease the size requirement to establish a new city in a county containing a consolidated local government from 6,000 persons to 3,000 persons; amend KRS 65.003, relating to local ethics, to specify the composition of the commission in a consolidated local government; amend KRS 67C.103 to place controls on council district formation and redistricting and to require regulations issued by local health boards and local solid waste management boards operating under KRS Chapter 109 or 212 that apply to individuals residing or businesses
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Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Lewis
To Local Government (h) on 02/21/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the regulation of certain political communications, a prohibition on electioneering by school district and open-enrollment charter school officials and employees, and actions and other proceedings by a public school challenging the operations of the public school system; authorizing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense. [HB-2826]
[Elections ]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Relating to the regulation of certain political communications, a prohibition on electioneering by school district and open-enrollment charter school officials and employees, and actions and other proceedings by a public school challenging the operations of the public school system; authorizing an administrative penalty; creating a criminal offense.
Sponsored by: Rep. Briscoe Cain
Read First Time on 03/19/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the recusal of a member of the Railroad Commission of Texas in certain matters. [HB-2751]
[Ethics ]
[Energy ]
Relating to the recusal of a member of the Railroad Commission of Texas in certain matters.
Sponsored by: Rep. Vikki Goodwin
Read First Time on 03/19/2025
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West Virginia 2025 Regular Session
Relating to forms and disclosures to the Ethics Commission [HB-2120]
[Ethics ]
The purpose of this bill is to require disclosure forms, statements, and reports to be prescribed by procedural rule and made available on the Ethics Commission website; requiring certain information be included on lobbyist registration form; and requiring reports of expenditures over $5,000 in grassroots campaigns specify media outlet.
Sponsored by: Rep. Douglas Dean Smith
Vetoed By Governor 4/30/2025 on 04/30/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to prohibitions on lobbyists making certain expenditures and gifts to public servants. [HB-2691]
[Ethics ]
Relating to prohibitions on lobbyists making certain expenditures and gifts to public servants.
Sponsored by: Rep. Brian Harrison
Read First Time on 03/18/2025
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Kentucky 2025 Regular Session
AN ACT relating to legislative ethics. [HB-429]
[Ethics ]
Amend KRS 6.691 to allow Legislative Ethics Commission to increase the potential penalty imposed from $2,000 to $10,000.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lindsey Burke
To State Government (h) on 02/14/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the subject matter jurisdiction of the criminal trial courts of this state. [SB-1220]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Relating to the subject matter jurisdiction of the criminal trial courts of this state.
Sponsored by: Sen. Bryan Hughes
Effective Immediately on 06/20/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to prohibiting state agencies from engaging in certain transactions with certain statewide periodicals or Internet news websites. [HB-2599]
[Media and Advertising ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
Relating to prohibiting state agencies from engaging in certain transactions with certain statewide periodicals or Internet news websites.
Sponsored by: Rep. Briscoe Cain
Read First Time on 03/17/2025
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Texas 89th Legislature Regular Session
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief. [SB-40]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Funding ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the use by a political subdivision of public funds to pay bail bonds; authorizing injunctive relief.
Sponsored by: Sen. Lois Kolkhorst
Effective On 9/1/25 on 06/16/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Catastrophic Health Emergency - Immunity for Health Care Providers - Repeal [HB-1437]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Repealing immunity from civil and criminal liability for health care providers acting in good faith and under a catastrophic health emergency.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven J. Arentz
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/12/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Child Advocacy Centers - Continuity of Care Standards for Health Care Professionals and Reports of Violations [HB-1480]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Human Services ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
Requiring that the standards established by the Maryland Statewide Organization for Child Advocacy Centers require an individual employed by or contracted with a Child Advocacy Center providing medical or mental health services to be licensed or certified, if applicable, and provide services within the scope of the license or certification; requiring, beginning in 2027, the Governor's Office of Crime Prevention and Policy to publish on its website a description of the standards for child advocacy centers and compliance information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Bonnie L Cullison
Hearing 4/01 At 1:00 P.m. on 03/19/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Consumer Protection - Artificial Intelligence [HB-1331]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Artificial Intelligence ]
[Data Privacy ]
Regulating the manner in which a developer or deployer of artificial intelligence must protect consumers from certain risks; requiring a developer that offers to sell a certain artificial intelligence system to provide certain information and make certain disclosures; requiring a deployer to implement a certain risk management policy and take certain precautions to protect consumers from certain risks; requiring a deployer to complete an impact assessment and make certain disclosures; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Montgomery County and Prince George's County - Qualifying Municipal Corporation - Land Use MC/PG 114-25 [HB-1231]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
Authorizing a governing body of a qualifying municipal corporation by resolution to exercise the powers of the Prince George's County Planning Board, the zoning hearing examiner for Prince George's County, or the District Council for Prince George's County to make land use decisions relating to any land within the corporate limits of the municipal corporation; subjecting the exercise of those powers to certain substantive and procedural requirements and standards; providing for the judicial review of certain actions; etc.
Sponsored by: No sponsors
First Reading Environment And Transportation on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Blueprint for Maryland's Future - Alterations [HB-1461]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Rights ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
Requiring institutions of higher education to adopt and enforce policies regarding antihate and antidiscrimination and time, place, and manner requirements for expressive conduct; requiring institutions of higher education to conduct certain meetings with certain approved student organizations; establishing the Campus Community Grant Program; and establishing the Workgroup on Combating Antisemitism, Islamophobia, and Other Forms of Racial, Ethnic, and Religious Violence, Harassment, and Intimidation.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Fleming Miller
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/03/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Labor and Employment - Noncompete and Conflict of Interest Provisions [HB-1288]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Altering the noncompete and conflict of interest provisions in employment contracts or similar documents that are null and void as being against public policy.
Sponsored by: Rep. April Rose
Hearing Canceled on 02/26/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Environment - Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program - Establishment [HB-1296]
[Environmental ]
[Water ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
Prohibiting a person from performing groundwater augmentation except under certain circumstances; establishing the Managed Aquifer Recharge Pilot Program to regulate and evaluate the use of treated reclaimed water as a source for groundwater augmentation through managed aquifer recharge permits; requiring the demonstration facility to address a groundwater supply or quality problem that is anticipated to occur in the next 25 years; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mary A. Lehman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 474 on 05/13/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
Commercial Law - Voice and Visual Likeness - Digital Replication Rights (Nurture Originals, Foster Art, and Keep Entertainment Safe Act - NO FAKES Act) [HB-1407]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Arts and Culture ]
Establishing that each individual and a certain right holder have the right to authorize the use of the voice or visual likeness of the individual in a digital replica; providing that the right does not expire on the death of the individual and is transferable or licensable in a certain manner; providing that the right terminates after a certain period of time; requiring an online service to designate an agent for certain purposes; requiring the Secretary of State to maintain and make available certain information; etc.
Sponsored by: Rep. Marlon Amprey
First Reading Economic Matters on 02/07/2025
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Maryland 2025 Regular Session
County Boards of Education - Appointed Members in Leadership Positions - Prohibition [HB-1252]
[Education ]
Prohibiting appointed members of a county board of education from serving in certain leadership positions on the county board; requiring the State Department of Education to send a certain notice to a county board if the county board allows an appointed member to serve in a certain leadership position; and specifying certain penalties that may be imposed on a county board and an appointed member if the member continues to serve in a leadership position after receiving notice.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steven Craig Johnson
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 03/10/2025