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The fund allocations from California’s 2018 election security legislation:
State: Illinois
Vetoed legislation: SB 2273 (IL | 2018) limiting Illinois to participating in 1 interstate voter database system
3 Reasons given for the veto:
NY Department of Financial Services requires a bitLicense for any of the following acitivities:
State: California
The legislation: SB 1001 (CA | 2018)
What would the bill do? Require automated social media accounts (BOTS) to identify themselves as bots
What’s an example of BOT use? The California Seantor filed a bill on bail reform and hundreds of ots attacked with social media posts like ” “Unconstitutional bail reform doesn’t work and is racist.”
Supporters:
Opponents:
Somewhere in the middle:
Chief Information Officers and Chief Data Officers are on the rise for local governments.
What does a Chief Data Officer do? In Cook County, IL the job description is:
ensuring proper accessibility standards for data
evidence-based decision making
innovative projects
oversee a communications technology team
holding a leadership position on a Data Governance Council charged with “applying the precepts…
No judges have found that voting machines susecptible to hacking are impediments to the democratic process.
Economist say regulation will kill bitcoin because:
State: South Carolina
The Legislation: House Bill 4655 (2017-2018 | SC). South Carolina Insurance Data Security Act
Requirements for South Carolina Insurance Licensees:
Ohio Legislature passed SB220 (2018 | OH) which addess blockahin by adding to the definition of electronic transactions.
The new definition of “electronic record” & “electronic signature” to include blockchain-based transactions.