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California Assembly Bill 1709 would violate the First Amendment and undermine parental choice
A law that would broadly exclude an entire class of minors from those spaces is an unconstitutional burden on protected speech.
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Vermont Senate Bill 198 would tax safer nicotine alternatives similarly to cigarettes
As it stands, the bill's tax structure would treat safer nicotine alternatives as equivalent to or more heavily taxed than cigarettes themselves.
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Missouri should not create special liability rules for autonomous vehicles
Singling out autonomous vehicles for special treatment on liability determination is unnecessary to advancing the safe operation of these vehicles.
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Banning autonomous commercial vehicles won’t make Alaska roads safer
Unlike human drivers, automated driving systems cannot drive drunk, drugged, drowsy, or distracted, and are programmed to follow the rules of the road.
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California can protect against defamatory deepfakes without chilling speech
The penalties placed on online platforms in Senate Bill 1142 are large enough to lead to several unintended outcomes affecting free expression.
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California’s Digital Age Assurance Act should make age disclosure voluntary to protect privacy
The Digital Age Assurance Act represents an opportunity to put parents in the driver’s seat to declare their children’s ages.
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California Assembly Bill 2169 would mandate data sharing in ways that risk user privacy and security
Opening third-party-accessible interoperability interfaces for this kind of data creates new opportunities for breaches and misuse.
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California bill would impose rigid limits on A.I. customer service chatbots
The proposed legislation would require businesses to connect chatbot users with a human within minutes.
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California Senate Bill 867 would ban all toys that include companion chatbots
The bill's approach would deny children access to potentially beneficial technologies and discourage innovation, investment, and industry collaboration.
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Senate Bill 101 would strengthen New Hampshire’s cross-district open enrollment program
Cross-district open enrollment program allows students to transfer to public schools in other districts that accept applicants.
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Building a neutral knowledge base on data centers in Ohio
House Bill 646 represents an invaluable opportunity to build a neutral, trusted, and commonly held knowledge base for Ohioans to decide on state-level policies.
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Missouri House Bill 2032 could restrict anonymous speech online
The bill's approach risks burdening lawful adult speech, creating new privacy risks, and overriding parental authority without meaningfully improving child safety.
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Missouri House Bill 2392 raises constitutional and data privacy risks
Other states that have passed laws similar to House Bill 2392 have either lost in court, been forced to delay effective dates, or are now awaiting hearings.
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Colorado House Bill 26-1286 would effectively ban driverless commercial trucks
According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, human error or misbehavior is a critical factor in more than 90% of motor vehicle crashes.
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Minnesota Senate File 4010 strikes an appropriate regulatory balance on autonomous vehicles
Senate File 4010 takes an appropriate regulatory approach that would enable access to this safety-enhancing technology in Minnesota.
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Connecticut legislation would levy per-ounce tax on sweetened beverages
The available evidence does not support the conclusion that taxing sweetened beverages reduces obesity.
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South Carolina Senate Bill 519 would establish a lower excise tax rate for heated tobacco products
When safer nicotine alternatives are taxed at similar rates to combustible cigarettes, smokers are less likely to switch to them.
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Maryland can improve upon its proposal for a mileage-based user fee program
Maryland has a major transportation funding shortfall, and mileage-based user fees are one potential solution.
