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A bill to protect the safety of children on the internet. The " Kids Online Safety Act " ( KOSA) is a bill introduced in the United States Senate by Senators Richard Blumenthal ( D ‑ CT) and Marsha Blackburn ( R ‑ TN) in February 2022 [1] and reintroduced in May 2023; the bill establishes guidelines meant to protect minors on social media ...
Passed the House of Representatives on April 1, 2022 ( 220-204) The Marijuana Opportunity Reinvestment and Expungement Act, also known as the MORE Act, is a proposed piece of U.S. federal legislation that would deschedule cannabis from the Controlled Substances Act and enact various criminal and social justice reforms related to cannabis ...
Status: In force. The Texas Heartbeat Act, Senate Bill 8 (SB 8), is an act of the Texas Legislature that bans abortion after the detection of embryonic or fetal cardiac activity, which normally occurs after about six weeks of pregnancy. The law took effect on September 1, 2021, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied a request for emergency relief ...
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed two measures into law on Thursday that are aimed at better protecting personal data online from Big Tech, including a bill making Maryland the second state to try to ...
The Sabika Sheikh Firearm Licensing and Registration Act is a proposed United States law that would require every firearm in the US to be licensed, insured, and accounted for at all times. The law would also impose a ban on any ammunition that is larger than .50 caliber ( AE, BMG) The law expands US Code Title 18, Chapter 44.
May 7, 2024 at 2:38 PM. In the fall, Gov. Bill Lee excitedly announced a sweeping voucher proposal, the Education Freedom Scholarship Act, which would provide $7,075 in state funds to 20,000 ...
The EARN IT Act ( S. 3538) is a proposed legislation first introduced in 2020 in the United States Congress. It aims to amend Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934, which allows operators of websites to remove user-posted content that they deem inappropriate, and provides them with immunity from civil lawsuits related to such posting ...
Jan Lokpal Bill. The Jan Lokpal Bill, also referred to as the Citizen's Ombudsman Bill, was a bill drawn up by civil society activists in India seeking the appointment of a Jan Lokpal, an independent body to investigate corruption cases and complete the investigation within a year for envisaging trial in the case getting completed within one year.