For the Week of January 20, 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 20, the Los Angeles Energy and Environment Committee will consider a motion relative to cooperation from autonomous vehicle (AV) operators on vehicle operations data, and adherence to local hire and workforce investment commitments.
Contact: Stephanie Rojo
On January 22, the Assembly Appropriations Committee will meet to discuss AB 405, which would require fashion sellers to carry out effective environmental due diligence.
Contact: Matthew Wallack
KENTUCKY
On January 20, the Louisville Planning and Zoning Committee will consider an ordinance imposing a temporary moratorium on rezoning, conditional use permits, and plan certain, Category 2B and 3 Development Plan applications relating to telecommunication, hotels, and data centers pending a review and recommended changes by the Planning Commission.
Contact: Stephanie Rojo
MARYLAND
On January 20, the Montgomery County Council will introduce an ordinance establishing a task force to study the potential risks and benefits of data centers in the county. The measure would require the task force to produce a report that identifies the impacts of data centers and evaluates the feasibility of potential legislative, policy, or zoning changes, and generally amends the law regarding data centers in the County.
The Council will also introduce an ordinance amending the Zoning Ordinance to define a data center as a new use subject to zoning requirements, specify the zones where data centers may locate in the county as conditional uses, establish minimum standards for the location of data centers in the county, and generally amend the law regarding permissible locations and conditions for data centers in the county.
Contact: Stephanie Rojo
NEW YORK
On January 21, the Assembly Science and Technology Committee will meet to discuss AB 9449, which requires large frontier developers to create, implement, and publish a "Frontier AI Framework" on their websites.
Contact: Seth Johnson
WASHINGTON
On January 21, the House Technology, Economic Development, and Veterans Committee will meet to discuss HB 2481, which provides that a person may not use surveillance-based price discrimination to modify the price of goods for a consumer.
Contact: Seth Johnson
On January 23, the House Technology, Economic Development, and Veterans Committee will meet to discuss HB 2157, which requires developers of high-risk AI systems to use reasonable care to protect consumers from any known or foreseeable risk of algorithmic discrimination.
Contact: Seth Johnson
