All the headlines from our Legislation Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 12 2015 // President Barack Obama’s recommendation to spend $5 million next year on an early earthquake warning system for the West Coast represents a significant breakthrough, congressional supporters of the project...
Feb 12 2015 // Alejandro Altamirano from Durango, Mexico, has called New Mexico home for a dozen years, and it’s where his two U.S.-born daughters are being raised. But the 36-year-old dairy farmworker fears he will be forced into...
Feb 12 2015 // RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. announced it has received all regulatory approvals required in connection with its previously announced acquisition of Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd.The transaction remains subject to...
Feb 11 2015 // The Arkansas Senate passed legislation aimed at clearing the way for districts to use teachers, administrators and other staff as armed guards and eliminating the regulatory panel that had resisted similar efforts.By a...
Feb 11 2015 // Texas lawmakers are expected to file legislation this year aimed at stemming the tide of property claims litigation in the wake of catastrophic weather events, such as hailstorms.Proponents of such legislation would like...
Feb 10 2015 // Dozens of cab drivers lined the street outside the New Jersey Statehouse in Trenton and crammed a legislative hearing to protest ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft.Drivers and their allies called on lawmakers to...
Feb 10 2015 // Lawmakers are expected to consider a bill that would ban the use of cellphones by motorists across the state. Montana is the only state in the country that does not ban at least some drivers from texting. Several Montana...
Feb 10 2015 // A high-ranking Democrat in the Kentucky House of Representatives has been added to an ongoing sexual harassment lawsuit in Franklin County.Franklin County Circuit Judge Thomas Wingate added state Rep. Johnny Bell of...
Feb 9 2015 // A Connecticut legislative committee is set to hear public testimony on several bills aimed at combating texting while driving in Connecticut.Several state lawmakers in Connecticut have submitted legislation this session...
Feb 9 2015 // The fire that destroyed most of a large apartment complex in northern New Jersey last month has prompted talk of legislation to toughen building codes, an effort that would butt up against long-established building...
Feb 9 2015 // Under pressure from state lawmakers, the Texas Department of Public Safety will stop collecting electronic images of an applicant’s 10 fingerprints before issuing a driver’s license.DPS said it still plans to...
Feb 9 2015 // Drivers convicted of driving under the influence in Kentucky would have it on their record for 10 years under a bill approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee. Currently, it takes four driving under the influence...
Feb 9 2015 // A Connecticut state lawmaker is introducing legislation that would bar insurance companies from inquiring about or discriminating against a “bully breed” dog when issuing a homeowners’ insurance policy in...
Feb 9 2015 // New York and Massachusetts in January became the latest states to enact laws to prohibit improper use of certificates of insurance.On Jan. 28, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law a bill (A.9590/S.6545-A) that would...
Feb 9 2015 // The potential impact of climate change on the insurance industry was important enough for consulting giant Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Ltd. to include the topic as a significant part of its recent 2015 Property and Casualty...
Feb 9 2015 // The Sacramento Superior Court issued a decision in mid-January rejecting an insurance industry challenge to the California insurance commissioner’s regulations under Proposition 103.Among other things, Prop. 103...
Feb 9 2015 // By the end of 2008, the Texas residual market for insuring seacoast properties for wind and hail figured it had enough resources available to pay claims for both Hurricane Ike and Hurricane Dolly that hit the Texas coast...
Feb 9 2015 // A group of lawmakers and residents from the Mississippi Gulf Coast are again pushing a bill that would require insurance companies to disclose, by geographic area, how much they are charging to insure property.The idea,...
Feb 6 2015 // Concerned about the growing presence of drones in the skies above Oklahoma, a couple of state lawmakers have filed legislation to rein in their use.But state officials trying to attract unmanned aerial vehicle designers...
Feb 6 2015 // Most California drivers would pay an extra $52 a year under a proposal to raise $2 billion a year to fix the state’s crumbling roads, bridges and highways.Assembly Speaker Toni Atkins’ proposal released...