For the Week of July 27, 2026
View our legislative session calendar here.
- In session or committee meetings: Blue
- Upcoming or in special session: Red
- Adjourned or in recess: Grey
Also meeting: DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, PUERTO RICO, GUAM, NORTH MARIANA ISLANDS and UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS.
STATE AND LOCAL HIGHLIGHTS
CALIFORNIA
On July 28, the Escondido City Council will discuss new safety and siting regulations for battery energy storage facilities. The City currently has a moratorium prohibiting new commercial battery storage facilities. City officials are considering replacing the moratorium with permanent regulations intended to direct future facilities away from homes, schools, businesses and other populated areas.
Contact: Stephanie Rojo
On August 3, the Senate Appropriations Committee will meet to discuss measures including the following:
AB 1812, which prohibits a person from selling or offering for sale a product that is labeled with the term “compostable” or “home compostable” unless the product has OK compost HOME certification or meets a standard adopted by the Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery.
Contact: Stephanie Obieroma
AB 2575, which requires health facilities and providers, on or before July 1, 2027, to make available, upon request from a licensed health care professional or other person using a clinical decision support system or viewing outputs from a clinical decision support system, an inventory of all clinical decision support systems currently in use or deployed for patient care.
Contact: Seth Johnson
AB 2656, which requires specified state and local public employers to provide written notice to a recognized employee organization at least 45 days before taking an action to develop, purchase, or require the use of generative AI to perform a service that is within the scope of work of the job classification represented by the recognized employee organization.
Contact: Seth Johnson
MARYLAND
On July 28, the Montgomery County Council is expected to take final action on Expedited Bill 19-26, which would establish a six-month moratorium on the acceptance, review, or issuance of building and grading permits for data centers. The Council’s Economic Development Committee voted unanimously on July 22 to recommend approval of the amended bill. The moratorium is intended to provide the County with additional time to develop comprehensive safeguards for the siting of hyperscale data centers.
Contact: Stephanie Rojo
OHIO
On July 27, the Akron City Council will hold a public hearing on an ordinance amending the Zoning Code to define and regulate data centers. The ordinance will also be discussed earlier that day by the Council’s Planning and Economic Development Committee.
Contact: Stephanie Rojo
WASHINGTON
On July 28, the Seattle City Council will consider an ordinance clarifying the procedures governing Council land-use decisions. The proposal would revise provisions related to environmental review, administrative appeals, and Council consideration of major land-use and regulatory actions.
Contact: Stephanie Rojo
On July 29, the City Council’s Governance and Utilities Committee will receive a report on the city’s investments in and use of artificial intelligence. The information item responds to a prior Statement of Legislative Intent requesting reports on municipal AI investments and usage.
Contact: Stephanie Rojo
