Liability
Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Courts - Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation [HB-330]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Altering the conditions under which a lawsuit is considered a strategic lawsuit against public participation (SLAPP suit); altering the conditions under which a defendant in a SLAPP suit is not civilly liable for certain communications; establishing certain standards and requirements relating to a motion to dismiss an alleged SLAPP suit; and applying the Act prospectively.
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Gettr Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Election Law - Election Disinformation and Improper Influence Related to Voting [HB-333]
[Elections ]
[Voting Rights ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Ethics ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
Requiring the State Board of Elections to maintain a portal on the State Board's website that the public may use to report election misinformation and election disinformation; requiring the State Board to conduct a periodic review of material submitted by the public through the portal and, to the extent necessary, issue corrective information or refer submissions to the State Prosecutor; and defining "influence" for purposes of certain provisions of law prohibiting improper influence related to voting.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Activity Desks. [SB-1130]
[Consumer Protection ]
Makes a principal of an activity desk, and all persons with an ownership interest in the activity desk, jointly and severally liable for any financial deficiency when the activity desk's client trust account is insufficient to pay consumers or activity providers. Clarifies that an activity desk, along with its principal and all persons with an ownership interest in the activity desk, shall be held liable for statutory violations and subsequent damages. Effective 7/1/2050. (SD1)
Sponsored by: Sen. Angus McKelvey Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Residential Tenants. [HB-1515]
[Housing ]
[Real Estate ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Crime ]
Establishes a process by which a neighbor of a tenant may seek relief from the tenant's landlord for acts of harassment by the tenant. Includes an alternative process for the eviction of tenants.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Insurance. [HB-640]
[Insurance ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Amends the required coverage for shared cars that are made available through a peer-to-peer car-sharing program. Clarifies when the requirements for motor vehicle insurance coverage are satisfied. Provides that the counties may adopt ordinances to regulate peer-to-peer car-sharing vehicles for companies whose insurance coverage falls below an unspecified amount. Sunsets 7/1/2025. (SD1)
Sponsored by: Rep. Della au Belatti Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Wages. [HB-167]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Construction ]
Makes general contractors entering into or under contracts in the State for work on buildings, structures, or other private construction works liable for debt incurred by subcontractors for wages due to claimants for performance of labor in the contract between the general contractor and owner. Effective 6/30/3000. (SD1)
Sponsored by: Rep. Scot Matayoshi Carried Over To 2024 Regular Session. on 12/11/2023
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Flooding. [HB-1622]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Disaster Relief ]
[Funding ]
[Public Safety ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Water ]
Appropriates moneys to each county to mitigate flood risks on privately owned roads. Provides that the appropriation or expenditure of moneys shall not be construed to establish a duty of care or grounds for liability for the State or counties. Declares that the appropriations exceed the state general fund expenditure ceiling for 2024-2025.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Dogs. [SB-316]
[Animals ]
[Agriculture ]
[Property Tax ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Establishes additional penalties for dog owners whose dog injures or destroys property of another while on private property zoned for agricultural use without consent of the owner of the property. Effective 6/30/3000. (HD2)
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura Received Notice Of All Senate Conferees Being Discharged (sen. Com. No. 340). on 03/20/2024
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Firearms. [SB-980]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
Establishes standards of conduct for firearm industry members. Authorizes the attorney general or any county attorney or public prosecutor to bring a civil action against a firearm industry member for violation of standards of conduct.
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Hawaii 2024 Regular Session
Relating To Land Liability. [HB-454]
[Real Estate ]
[Construction ]
[Public Safety ]
Creates strict liability for an owner of land with a 20% or more slope for damage or injury to down-slope property and persons from falling rocks, debris, and landslides originating from the owner's property.
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Liability Of Public Health Officials [HB-211]
[Public Health ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Safety ]
An Act relating to the liability of public health officials.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Criminal and Civil Trespass - Professional Land Surveyors - Exception [SB-344]
[Crime ]
[Real Estate ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing exceptions to certain criminal prohibitions against trespass on property and the civil tort of trespass for professional land surveyors, and agents and employees of professional land surveyors, who enter the property of another to practice land surveying.
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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.
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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.
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South Dakota 2024 Regular Session
Update the edition of the guidebook used for measuring damages to trees or plants. [SB-84]
[Agriculture ]
[Environmental ]
[Science ]
Update the edition of the guidebook used for measuring damages to trees or plants.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Real Property - Regulation of Common Ownership Community Managers [HB-273]
[Real Estate ]
[Housing ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Community Development ]
Creating the State Board of Common Ownership Community Managers in the Maryland Department of Labor to oversee the licensing of community managers who provide management services for common ownership communities; providing that certain provisions of the Act do not prohibit certain persons from providing certain services under certain circumstances; requiring an individual to be issued a license by the Board before providing management services for a common ownership community under certain circumstances; etc.
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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.
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South Dakota 2024 Regular Session
Allow compliance with seat belt laws to be considered in determining damages for injuries. [HB-1078]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Consumer Protection ]
[Public Safety ]
Allow compliance with seat belt laws to be considered in determining damages for injuries.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Juvenile Law - Willful Misconduct of a Minor - Civil Liability of a Parent, Legal Guardian, or Custodian (Parental Accountability Act) [SB-314]
[Children and Youth ]
[Crime ]
[Insurance ]
[Public Safety ]
Establishing the joint and several civil liability of a parent, guardian, or custodian of a minor who commits an act of willful misconduct that results in the death or injury of an individual or damage to property, subject to a certain exception; requiring the Administrative Office of the Courts to periodically adjust and publish certain maximum liability amounts; and limiting the liability of an insurance provider under the Act.
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Alaska 33rd Legislature
Electric Utility Liability [HB-227]
[Energy ]
[Public Safety ]
An Act relating to liability of an electric utility for contact between vegetation and the utility's facilities.