For the Week of January 5, 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 January 6, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors will consider an ordinance amending the Planning Code to require property owners seeking to demolish residential units to replace all units that are being demolished, prohibit demolition permits for five years if a tenant vacated a unit in the building to be demolished due to harassment or under an improper buyout agreement, and require relocation assistance to affected occupants of units being demolished and to former occupants of those units who vacated due to certain buyout agreements, owner move-ins, pursuant to the Ellis Act, or due to serious and imminent hazards, with additional assistance and protections for lower-income tenants.
Contact: Stephanie Rojo
INDIANA
On January 6, the House Financial Institutions Committee will meet to discuss HB 1116, which requires virtual currency kiosk operators to be licensed as money transmitters and requires a person to obtain authorization from the Department of Financial Institutions to install a kiosk.
Contact: Matthew Wallack
MAINE
On January 6, the Joint Committee on Energy, Utilities and Technology will meet to discuss LD 1975, which repeals the Advanced Technology Infrastructure Act and would eliminate the state's broadband policy, the ConnectMaine Authority, the ConnectMaine Fund, and the Municipal Gigabit Broadband Network Access Fund.
Contact: Amelia Schuster
MARYLAND
On January 5, the Ocean City Council will discuss options to manage the quantity and/or ownership of short-term rental licenses in certain neighborhoods.
Contact: Stephanie Rojo
VIRGINIA
On January 6, the Campbell County Board of Supervisors will hold a public hearing to consider data center ordinance amendments. At its December meeting, the Board adopted an emergency ordinance amending the County Code and removing the use “data center” from being a by-right use in industrial-heavy zones and moving the same use to be a special-use, permit-only use in industrial-heavy zones.
Contact: Stephanie Rojo
