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Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp (D) signed a controversial bill requiring cash bail for more offenses that require cash bail Wednesday, according to a press release from his office. Senate Bill 63 (SB 3) adds offenses including racketeering, sex trafficking and animal cruelty to the list of those that require cash bail in the Peach State.…
TBILISI (Reuters) -Georgia's ruling party said on Wednesday it would reintroduce a bill requiring organisations which accept foreign funds to register as foreign agents, withdrawn last year after protests from opponents who likened it to Russian-style repression. In a briefing, the head of the Georgian Dream governing bloc's parliamentary faction Mamuka Mdinaradze said Georgia's opposition had misled the public about the bill last year, and an almost identical bill would be passed before parliament breaks up for an election in October. The bill would require Georgian organisat...
Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross introduced the Children’s Device Protection Act, which would require children’s smartphones and tablets to have automatic device filters. Read more.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom made big waves in the climate world recently by announcing a lawsuit alleging major oil and gas companies deceived the public about the risks fossil fuels posed for global warming and saying he would sign the nation's most sweeping emissions reporting rules for large companies. Newsom must now decide whether to go even further. Lawmakers have sent him bills aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from buildings, help schools adapt to the changing climate and ease the cost to taxpayers for the cleanup of orphan oil and gas wells.
(Reuters) -California's state Senate on Tuesday approved a bill requiring large companies to report their carbon footprints, sending the bill to Governor Gavin Newsom whose office said he must decide by Oct. 14 whether to sign it and get ahead of the federal government in setting corporate climate rules. "A major step for climate action, requiring large corporations to disclose their entire carbon footprint - is on its way to the Governor!" Democratic Senator Scott Wiener wrote on social media site X after the chamber voted 27-8 to pass the bill. It would require public and pr...