Editor's Note: At the start of each month, we publish insurance legislative news and updates from around the nation.

National updates

The INSURANCE Act (HB 3781) was introduced in the House by Representatives Jesús "Chuy" García (IL), Hank Johnson (GA) and Matt Cartwright (PA). The bill would increase the minimum requirements for motor carriers to adjust to the inflation rate of medical costs. The current minimum insurance requirements for motor carriers was established in 1980 and has never been adjusted for inflation.

The Clarifying Law Around Insurance of Marijuana (CLAIM) Act, a bipartisan bill that has been introduced to the U.S House of Representatives and U.S. Senate, would expand insurance coverage for thousands of cannabis businesses by establishing a federal "safe harbor," which will prevent the criminal prosecution of insurers and prevent civil liability for agents, brokers and insurers that service the cannabis industry.

State updates

A group of new bills seeking to modify the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) have made their way through the California Legislature. Five pieces of legislation were introduced, but only three passed in the Senate Judiciary Committee and are now heading to the Committee on Appropriations. Those bills include:

• Assembly Bill 25: This bill originally sought to change the definition of who is covered under the CCPA to exempt information collected on individuals "within their employee role, or in similar roles within the employment context, as specified," drawing a difference between data collected on people within personal and professional contexts.
• Assembly Bill 846: Bill 846 would create an exemption that allows companies to sell consumer data in exchange for loyalty rewards programs that customers could sign up for.
• Assembly Bill 1564: This bill would allow companies to supply consumers with an email to submit disclosure requests and would eliminate the requirement that companies provide a toll-free telephone number for such requests.

New York Senate Bill S3065, a bill seeking to amend insurance law, is currently with the state's Insurance Committee. The bill would require insurers to provide supplemental spousal liability coverage in motor vehicle policies unless the insured rejects such coverage in writing.