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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. On March 19, 2021, Colorado State Senators Richard Rodriguez (D) and Paul Lundeen (R) introduced Senate Bill 21-190 as part of a bipartisan effort to make Colorado the latest state to implement comprehensive legislation establishing certain consumer data privacy rights. Dubbed "A Bill for an Act Concerning Additional Protection of Data Relating to Personal Privacy," SB 21-190 largely follows in the footsteps of California's CCPA, Virginia's CDPA and the European Union's GDPR with a stated i...

UpdatedMon, May 10, 2021 at 9:39 am ET Replies(58) Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont signed two bills into law this past week. (Shutterstock) CONNECTICUT — Gov. Ned Lamont signed two bills into law this week, including one that gives employers a break on their unemployment insurance taxes. The governor signed House Bill 5377, "An Act Concerning the Removal of COVID-19 Related Layoffs from the Unemployment Compensation Experience Account" on Monday. Once it goes into effect, the state will disregard an employer's benefit charges and taxable wages between July 1, 2019, and June 30, 2021, when calc...

Our two prior blog posts, found here and here, covered the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee’s final flurry of activity of approving and advancing bills out of committee.  In addition to the bills that we have already summarized, here is a brief summary of other bills approved by the Committee (and which now await action by the full General Assembly).  OSHA H.B. No. 6477 (“ An Act Concerning Volunteer Fire Departments And Ambulance Companies And The Definition Of Employer Under The State Occupational Safety And Health Act ”) would clarify the definition of �...

Reply April 29, 2021 Connecticut State Treasurer Shawn T. Wooden and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal were joined by Mayor Justin Elicker, and local advocates in a roundtable discussion on how legislation introduced at the state and federal levels to create "Baby Bonds," would help narrow wealth disparities and generate economic growth that will help break the cycle of poverty and benefit Connecticut's economy in the long-term. Subscribe "By affording children with access to opportunities they may not have had otherwise due to lack of generational wealth, these solutions-driven Baby Bonds pr...

The Maryland congressional delegation is pushing legislation to protect and enhance the natural resources throughout Southern Maryland and the Chesapeake Bay area with new federal park and heritage designations. Democratic Sens. Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen, both of Maryland, and Rep. John Sarbanes, D-Towson, have mounted a bicameral effort to form a working group that would explore designating the Chesapeake Bay region as a national recreation area. This group would be made up of lawmakers and more than 30 regional organizations. Efforts to protect the nation’s largest estuary have been...