This Week in the States

For the Week of June 30, 2025

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 

 

STATE LEGISLATURES MEETING THIS WEEK:

 

ARIZONA

On July 2, the Phoenix City Council will continue a public hearing on proposed data center regulations, including a 150-foot setback, heavy landscaping buffers, and a requirement for projects to prove power access two years before construction. 

Contact: Stephanie Rojo

 

CALIFORNIA

On July 1, the San Diego City Council will consider an ordinance amending the Municipal Code relating to grocery pricing transparency.

Contact: Stephanie Rojo

 

On July 1, the Assembly Judiciary Committee will meet to discuss measures including the following:

  • SB 53, which declares the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would establish safeguards for the development of AI frontier models and that would build state capacity for the use of AI.
    Contact: Seth Johnson 
     
  • SB 384, which prohibits a person from selling, licensing, or providing, and a business from using a price-fixing algorithm to set a price or supply level of a good or service, or the rent or occupancy level of a rental property.
    Contact: Seth Johnson 

On July 1, the Senate Judiciary Committee will meet to discuss measures including the following:

  • AB 979, which requires the California Cybersecurity Integration Center to develop a California AI Cybersecurity Collaboration Playbook to facilitate information sharing across the artificial intelligence community and to strengthen collective cyber defenses against emerging threats.
    Contact: Seth Johnson 
     
  • AB 1018, which regulates the development and deployment of an automated decision system (ADS) used to make consequential decisions.
    Contact: Seth Johnson 

 

MASSACHUSETTS

On July 1, the Joint Committee on Environment and Natural Resources will meet to discuss HB 1032, which establishes the Fashion Environmental Accountability Fund to ensure fashion sellers comply with environmental standards.

Contact: Matthew Wallack

 

NEW YORK

On June 30, the New York City Committee on Consumer and Worker Protection will consider a bill establishing safety requirements for powered bicycles when used by contracted delivery workers who deliver for delivery services. 

Contact: Stephanie Rojo