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State (Alaska)
Alaska 33rd Legislature

Ai, Deepfakes, Cybersecurity, Data Xfers [SB-177] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Artificial Intelligence ] [Elections ] [Telecommunications ]
An Act relating to artificial intelligence; requiring disclosure of deepfakes in campaign communications; relating to cybersecurity; and relating to data privacy.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Shelley Hughes Sta Rpt Cs 2dp 1nr 1am New Title on 04/24/2024

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 33rd Legislature

Block Pornography To Minors; Social Media [HB-254] [Technology and Innovation ] [Children and Youth ] [Data Privacy ] [Public Safety ]
An Act relating to minors and the Internet; and relating to use of social media by minors.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Rauscher Referred To Judiciary on 05/06/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Renewable Energy - Customer-Sited Solar Program [HB-258] [Energy ] [Grants ] [Funding ] [Environmental ]
Establishing the Customer-Sited Solar Program within the Maryland Energy Administration for the purpose of increasing deployment of customer-sited solar energy generating system and providing grants to eligible customer-generators for certain solar energy generating systems; authorizing a third party to apply for a grant on behalf of an eligible customer-generator under certain circumstances; and providing for the funding of Program grants from certain compliance fee and allowance proceeds in the Strategic Energy Investment Fund.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Lily Qi Hearing 2/22 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/01/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maryland Paint Stewardship [SB-325] [Environmental ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Consumer Protection ] [Manufacturing ]
Requiring producers of architectural paint or a representative organization to submit a plan for the establishment of a Paint Stewardship Program to the Department of the Environment by July 1, 2025, and in accordance with certain requirements; requiring the Department to review and approve certain plans, including a certain assessment; prohibiting the sale of certain architectural paint beginning January 1, 2026 unless an approved Paint Stewardship Program has been implemented by certain producers; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Benjamin Brooks Approved By The Governor - Chapter 588 on 05/09/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

County Boards of Education - Bid Advertisement Threshold and Electronic Posting of Hearing Notices and Bid Advertisements [HB-291] [Education ] [Construction ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Requiring county boards of education to post on the websites of certain local school systems hearing notices related to preliminary approval of a school site and advertisements for bids for school buildings, improvements, supplies, or equipment that exceed $100,000; increasing, from $25,000 to $100,000, the threshold amount of costs of school buildings, improvements, supplies, or equipment that trigger the requirement for county boards to advertise for bids; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Julie Palakovich Carr Approved By The Governor - Chapter 274 on 04/25/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Comprehensive plan; locality may consider adopting a healthy communities strategy. [SB-595] [Environmental ] [Public Health ] [Community Development ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Healthcare ] [Air Quality ] [Waste Management / Recycling ] [Human Services ]
Comprehensive plan; healthy communities strategy. Authorizes a locality, beginning July 1, 2024, to adopt a healthy communities strategy as part of its next and any subsequent reviews of the comprehensive plan. The bill provides that the locality's strategy may include identifying (i) major sources of pollution or hazardous waste sites within the locality, (ii) policies to mitigate the unique or compounded health risks to residents that may be caused by such pollution sources or hazardous waste sites, (iii) objectives and policies to promote civic (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Lamont Bagby Senate Sustained Governor's Veto on 04/17/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Elected officials; Internet publication of personal information, definition of public official. [HB-1315] [Data Privacy ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ] [Cybersecurity ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Elected officials; Internet publication of personal information; definition of public official. Adds to the definition of "public official" any elected official for the purposes of prohibiting the Commonwealth from publishing on the Internet the personal information of any public official if a court has ordered that such official's personal information is prohibited from publication and the official has made a demand in writing to the Commonwealth, accompanied by the order of the court, that the Commonwealth not publish such information. The bill (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Walker Left In Privileges And Elections on 02/13/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Food inspections; pickles and acidified vegetables, gross sales. [HB-759] [Food ] [Small Business ] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ] [Agriculture ]
Food inspections; private homes; pickles and acidified vegetables; gross sales. Increases from $3,000 to $9,000 the gross sales annual revenue cap for sales of pickles and other acidified vegetables that have an equilibrium pH value of 4.6 or lower and are processed and prepared in a private home without an inspection as otherwise required to operate a food establishment. The bill expands the exemption for private homes where the resident processes and prepares certain food products to allow for such person to sell the food at a temporary event (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. James Leftwich Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0131) on 03/25/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Elections administration; duties of Dept. of Elections, required election and voter participation. [HB-989] [Elections ] [Voting Rights ] [Data Privacy ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ]
Elections administration; duties of the Department of Elections; required election and voter participation information on the Internet. Requires the Department of Elections to provide information for voters on its website, including (i) the role of and contact information for the State Board of Elections, the Department of Elections, local electoral boards, and general registrars and (ii) information about absentee voting, polling hours, Virginia's voter identification requirements and acceptable forms of identification, the casting of ballots, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Kathy Tran Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0406) on 04/04/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Public secondary schools; Internet safety education required, report. [HB-706] [Education ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Cybersecurity ] [Data Privacy ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Safety ]
Public secondary schools; public institutions of higher education; Internet safety education required; report. Requires the Board of Education to develop and approve objectives for Internet safety education at the middle and high school grade levels to be required of all students in grades six through 12, and to provide for the infusion of such objectives in the relevant Standards of Learning and in career and technical education. The bill also requires the Board, in consultation with the Internet Safety Advisory Council or another appropriate entity, (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Michael Webert Left In Education on 02/13/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Alcoholic beverage control; advertisements. [SB-182] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Consumer Protection ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Alcoholic beverage control; advertisements. Directs the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to promulgate regulations that prescribe the terms and conditions under which manufacturers, brokers, importers, and wholesalers may advertise and promote alcoholic beverages via the Internet, social media, direct-to-consumer electronic communication, or other electronic means.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Aaron Rouse Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0038) on 03/08/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Internet Safety Advisory Council; extends sunset date. [HB-547] [Technology and Innovation ] [Education ] [Cybersecurity ] [Children and Youth ] [Data Privacy ] [Public Safety ]
Internet Safety Advisory Council; school boards; Internet safety education program. Extends from July 1, 2024, to July 1, 2025, the sunset date for the Internet Safety Advisory Council. The bill requires each school board, after considering the model policy, instructional practices, curricula, and other teacher resources that are developed, recommended, or designed by the Internet Safety Advisory Council, to adopt policies (i) requiring all elementary and secondary schools in the local school division to provide an Internet safety education program (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Wendell Walker Vote: Defeated (47-y 51-n) on 02/13/2024

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2024 Regular Session

Alcoholic beverage control; advertisements. [HB-522] [Alcoholic Beverages ] [Consumer Protection ] [Technology and Innovation ]
Alcoholic beverage control; advertisements. Directs the Board of Directors of the Virginia Alcoholic Beverage Control Authority to promulgate regulations that prescribe the terms and conditions under which manufacturers, brokers, importers, and wholesalers may advertise and promote alcoholic beverages via the Internet, social media, direct-to-consumer electronic communication, or other electronic means.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Krizek Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0139) on 03/26/2024

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State (Alaska)
Alaska 33rd Legislature

Museums: Notice To Acquire Property [HB-231] [Arts and Culture ] [Property Tax ]
An Act relating to notice requirements allowing museums to acquire title to undocumented property.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. George Rauscher Cosponsor(s): Himschoot on 02/12/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

County Boards of Education - Bid Advertisement Threshold and Electronic Posting of Hearing Notices and Bid Advertisements [SB-170] [Education ] [Construction ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Budget and Spending ] [Funding ]
Requiring county boards of education to post certain hearing notices and bid advertisements on the websites of certain local school systems; increasing the threshold amount of costs of school buildings, improvements, supplies, and equipment that require county boards to advertise for bids from $25,000 to $100,000; and updating the reference to the State's centralized procurement platform on which county boards may advertise for bids for school buildings, improvements, supplies, or equipment.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Jason Gallion Approved By The Governor - Chapter 275 on 04/25/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Environment - Impact of Environmental Permits and State Agency Actions [SB-96] [Environmental ] [Air Quality ] [Climate Change ] [Public Health ] [Community Development ]
Requiring the Department of the Environment to conduct a climate and environmental equity evaluation regarding the impact of issuing an approval for certain environmental permits; requiring the Department to provide opportunities for residents of the State to opt in to text, phone, e-mail, or regular mail notifications regarding any facility with a pending or final permit approval in or adjacent to the resident's census tract; altering certain reporting requirements for certain State agencies; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Michael Jackson Hearing 3/05 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/09/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Interstate Social Work Licensure Compact [HB-34] [Healthcare ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Human Services ]
Entering into the Social Work Licensure Compact for the purpose of authorizing regulated social workers who hold interstate compact licenses to practice social work in member states; establishing requirements for multistate licensure; establishing the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission; and providing for withdrawal from the Compact.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Anne Kaiser Referred Finance on 02/26/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Maryland Medical Assistance Program - Provider Agencies and Personal Care Aides - Reimbursement and Wages [SB-208] [Healthcare ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Budget and Spending ] [Human Services ] [Public Health ]
Requiring the Maryland Department of Health to increase the hourly reimbursement rate for certain personal assistance services under the Maryland Medical Assistance Program to a minimum of $25 per hour; requiring provider agencies to pay the greater of $16 per hour or 64% of the hourly reimbursement rate to personal care aides and to provide a written notice regarding the wage to personal care aides; requiring provider agencies to submit annual cost reports to the Department; etc.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joanne Benson Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/05/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Vehicle Laws - Motor Vehicle Insurance Companies - Requirements [HB-229] [Insurance ] [Transportation and Motor Vehicles ] [Law Enforcement ] [Data Privacy ] [Public Safety ]
Requiring motor vehicle insurance companies to participate in the Motor Vehicle Administration's online verification program for vehicle insurance policies for law enforcement and administrative purposes; and requiring motor vehicle insurance companies to provide certain customer information details.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Approved By The Governor - Chapter 73 on 04/09/2024

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State (Maryland)
Maryland 2024 Regular Session

Community Schools - Alterations [HB-200] [Education ] [Community Development ] [Children and Youth ] [Funding ] [Grants ]
Altering certain requirements for community schools and community school coordinators; requiring the Director of Community Schools to create a common needs assessment tool and an evaluation form; requiring a community school coordinator to complete a needs assessment and an evaluation in a certain manner; requiring the State Department of Education to provide feedback on the needs assessment before granting approval; and requiring the coordinator to review and modify the plan implementation periodically.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Jheanelle Wilkins Approved By The Governor - Chapter 229 on 04/25/2024

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