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Legislatures in most Southern states convene this week and dozens of insurance-related bills are now in the hoppers. Here's a look at some of the measures
FRANKFORT, Ky. (KT) – State Rep. Bart Rowland announced on Friday that he will not seek re-election, which will end 10 years of representing the state’s 21st District in the
The model "provides a structure to strengthen distracted driving laws across the country by establishing a comprehensive hands-free law to curb driver distraction," NCOIL said in a news release.
A new version of a controversial bill to revise the state's open records law shot through a Senate committee in 20 minutes Wednesday, despite unanswered questions from one lawmaker about how it shields records of legislators from disclosure. Sen. Adrienne Southworth, R-Lawrenceburg, voted 'no' on House Bill 312 after Sen. Robby Mills, chairman of the Senate State and Local Government Committee, cut off discussion, citing a "tight schedule." "That's really actually upsetting, that we're the legislature and we can't talk about legislative records," Southworth said. Sen. Chris McDaniel, R-...
North Carolina Senator Vickie Sawyer serves as vice chair. The Committee discussed state actions relating to COVID-19 business immunity statutes, and adopted the NCOIL COVID-19 Limited Immunity Model Act (Model), sponsored by Rep. Rowland and Indiana Representative Matt Lehman, NCOIL President. The Model will be considered by the NCOIL Executive Committee for final adoption at the NCOIL Spring Meeting in April. Rep. Rowland said, "I want to thank everyone who participated in the interim meeting. We had a great initial discussion on these issues in December at the NCOIL Annual Meeting, whi...