Blog tagged as Legislature

Use of "gay and trans panic" defenses – a legal strategy to excuse violence against LGBTQ people because the criminal defendant had just discovered their sexual orientation or gender expression – would be officially banned

Homeowners Associations (HOAs) would be prohibited from banning certain energy modifications or solar energy systems among their community's property owners under legislation approved by Senate Democrats Thursday.

The state’s Liquor Control Commission (MLCC) told a House panel that in addition to staff shortages, COVID-19 pandemic restrictions contributed to the nearly $1 million in missing liquor bottles from three distribution warehouses.

Elderly residents unable to pay off debt could have up to $350,000 of their home's value shielded from debt collection if they declare bankruptcy, under a Senate bill

A potential ban on creating and disseminating artificial intelligence (AI)-generated pornography is one step closer to becoming reality, after two bills passed the House Wednesday, 108-2.