This Week in the States

For the Week of June 8, 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 June 15, the Senate Committee on Privacy, Digital Technologies, and Consumer Protection will meet to discuss AB 1988, which requires an operator to adopt and make publicly available a policy governing its protocol for identifying and responding to credible crisis expressions and, for each companion chatbot an operator makes available to users in the state, implement a system for monitoring and detecting credible crisis expressions in user conversations with companion chatbots.

Contact: Seth Johnson  

 

On June 9, the Redwood City Council will consider accepting certification that an initiative petition to impose additional rent control and just-cause eviction limits has qualified, receive the Elections Code Section 9212 impact report, and take the action required under Elections Code Section 9215. The Council would then choose between adopting the ordinance as written or placing it before voters on November 3, 2026. The proposed ordinance would repeal the City’s existing tenant-protection chapter and adopt a new Chapter 42, titled the Fair and Affordable Housing Ordinance. The measure would establish rent stabilization, just-cause eviction protections, right-to-return and first-refusal provisions, relocation assistance, anti-harassment protections, a rent stabilization and tenant protections program, funding mechanisms, and a petition/hearing process.

Contact: Stephanie Rojo  

 

On June 9, the Santa Monica City Council will introduce and adopt an Emergency Ordinance amending Chapter 4.63, Hotel Worker Living Wage Related to Regional Alignment for Wages and Health Benefits.

Contact: Stephanie Rojo  

 

DELAWARE

On June 10, the Senate Environment, Energy, and Transportation Committee will meet to discuss HB 348, which updates the electric vehicle rebate program administered by the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control in light of changes to federal policies and market forces affecting electric vehicle deployment.

Contact: Maxwell Klein 

 

GEORGIA

On June 9, the DeKalb County Board of Commissioners will hold a public hearing to consider and review whether to extend a moratorium on Data Centers in the county.

Contact: Stephanie Rojo  

 

NEBRASKA

On June 9, the Omaha City Council will consider an ordinance to create a new Chapter of the Omaha Municipal Code to govern the establishment, implementation, and enforcement of a minimum wage for employees and employers, to prohibit retaliation, and provide for remedies for retaliation and employer-wide investigations in the city.

Contact: Stephanie Rojo