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The Maryland General Assembly’s 2025 legislative session concluded with a few impactful health care bills. The two bills below, signed into law by Gov. Wes Moore on Tuesday, represent significant steps in improving health...more
House Bill 47 ("H47") was signed into law (Session Law 2025-2) by Governor Stein on March 20. The bill's official name is the Disaster Recovery Act of 2025–Part I, but it is more commonly known as the Hurricane Helene...more
Both chambers are in session this week. House Republicans will continue their pursuit of a single reconciliation package that includes President Trump’s key policy priorities. The House Natural Resources Committee will hold...more
We have written about the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee’s final flurry of activity approving and advancing bills out of committee. ...more
We have written about the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee’s final flurry of activity approving and advancing bills out of committee....more
In 2025, the State of Maryland made its boldest move ever to advance energy storage, as part of a legislative package responding to the resource adequacy challenges that are now emerging for the Free State. Late last year,...more
With the Connecticut General Assembly in the home stretch of the 2025 legislative session, the following noteworthy property tax bills have been voted out of committee for consideration and possible action by both chambers of...more
It was a quieter week at the Iowa State Capitol as we reach the final stretch of the 2025 legislative session. As the first year of a general assembly, session is scheduled for 110 days, and this year, that day falls on...more
Both chambers are in session this week. House Republicans will now begin their push to enact a single reconciliation package that includes President Trump’s key policy priorities, including immigration enforcement, tax...more
The 114th Tennessee General Assembly concluded its first regular session on April 22, making it one of the most fast-paced sessions in recent years. Despite this compressed timeline, our government relations team successfully...more
The first regular session of the 114th General Assembly began on January 14, 2025. The next day, Governor Bill Lee announced an extraordinary or "special" legislative session to address educational scholarship program...more
Prior to its March 25, 2025 deadline, the Connecticut General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee likely finished up its work for this legislative session and approved a final flurry of bills that would generally...more
Earth Day provides an opportunity to reflect on environmental and sustainability topics, including recently proposed legislation in the Rhode Island General Assembly including efforts to enshrine a right to a clean and...more
The Maryland General Assembly’s 2025 legislative session ended April 7 with only three bills passing that are employment-related and are expected to become law as Governor Moore has indicated he will not veto. Here are the...more
Even though construction cases often involve colorful facts, legal opinions are often quite boring. When a judge writes a colorful opinion about an otherwise boring case, we tip our hat. This week we tip our hat to Judge...more
Like air out of a balloon, the Georgia General Assembly concluded its 2025 Legislative Session on Friday with an exasperated but exhausted "PFFFFffffT." While many lawmakers and lobbyists floated through the halls during the...more
Two bills that aim to advance the concept of a uniform capacity tax for solar photovoltaic (PV) systems and battery energy storage systems (BESS) were the subject of a public hearing before the Connecticut General Assembly’s...more
They say March comes in like a lion and out like a lamb, but “they” have never been in the Georgia State Capitol in the run-up to adjournment Sine Die. Monday morning’s meeting of the standing Senate Rules Committee was a...more
Senate Bill 556 has been introduced which would amend Arkansas Code Title 8, Chapter 3, Subchapter 1 to add an additional Section titled: 8-3-104. Watershed Discharge Prohibition...more
As the end of the 2025 Legislative Session draws near, those who still harbor hope for the legislative process look ahead to next year — with study committees. Everyone’s favorite way to see lawmakers and lobbyists in...more
Republican lawmakers left the Senate chamber on Friday like victors heading for the locker room, collecting high fives and fist bumps from lobbyists in the hallway on their way to the ice baths. They had reason to...more
Both chambers are in session this week, although the House will pause its voting schedule so members can travel on Wednesday for the funeral of Rep. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ)....more
Governor’s Budget Recommendations - Gov. Josh Stein this week unveiled his state budget recommendations for the next two fiscal years. Entitled “North Carolina Strong,” it details a number of themes: improving public...more
Proposed changes to Virginia’s food-to-beverage ratio requirements once again failed to advance in the General Assembly this year. Currently, restaurants with a mixed beverage license are required to make 45% of their sales...more
On February 20, 2025, Virginia’s General Assembly voted to pass Virginia House Bill 2094, the “High-Risk Artificial Intelligence Developer and Deployer Act” (the “Act”). The Act is currently awaiting Governor Glenn Youngkin’s...more