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California requires naloxone video training where employers mandate CPR

AB 2150 (Chapter 384), signed September 20, requires California employers that mandate CPR certification training to also require an Emergency Medical Services Authority-approved online video module on naloxone use, at the employer's cost. The training covers overdose recognition, response actions, and proper administration of naloxone or other FDA-approved opioid antagonists. It creates no independent duty to administer naloxone and sets a floor other agencies may exceed.

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California bars drones within 400 feet of ticketed events and amusement parks

AB 2113 (Chapter 383), signed September 20, makes it unlawful to operate an unmanned aircraft within 400 feet of an outdoor ticketed entertainment event or an amusement park. A covered event is a professional music, sporting, or performing arts event at a gated venue with capacity of 1,000 or more not subject to FAA restrictions. Exemptions cover venue consent, official business, and emergency responders. Violations are infractions punishable by a $500 fine.

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California orders long-range, risk-prudent renewable transmission planning

AB 2111, the Accelerating Renewable Energy Delivery Act (Chapter 382), signed September 20, requires the Public Utilities Commission, consulting the Energy Commission, to give the Independent System Operator transmission-focused guidance on portfolios of expected renewable and zero-carbon resources. The commission must submit at least three risk-prudent, near-term resource portfolios spanning plausible futures and request approval of transmission projects it finds reasonable, with projections covering at least 20 years.

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California authorizes workforce-housing infrastructure financing districts

AB 2110, the Workforce Housing Enhanced Infrastructure Financing Act (Chapter 381), signed September 20, lets cities and counties form workforce housing enhanced infrastructure financing districts under an infrastructure financing plan reviewed every ten years. Every financed development must reserve all units for public safety, education, health care, or manufacturing personnel, with at least 70 percent for lower income households. Bonds require a two-thirds vote of district voters.

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California requires bars to offer drink-testing devices and post notices

AB 1982 (Chapter 377), signed September 20, requires applicants for and holders of Type 48 on-sale general public premises licenses to offer customers drug testing devices, such as strips or straws that detect controlled substances in drinks, at no more than a reasonable wholesale-based price. Licensees must post a prescribed notice about drink lids and test kits in a prominent location. Violations are not crimes, and licensees are shielded from liability for defective tests or inaccurate results.

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California requires utilities to report taxpayer funding and pass savings to ratepayers

AB 1715 (Chapter 372), signed September 20, requires each electrical or gas corporation to file quarterly reports with the Public Utilities Commission on taxpayer funding of $1 million or more from federal programs including the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, Inflation Reduction Act, or CHIPS Act. Reports must detail sources, spending plans, and expected ratepayer savings. The commission must require utilities to pass funding benefits through to ratepayers via rate adjustments. The reporting duty ends January 1, 2037.

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California sets protest and election rules for Santa Fe Springs water-utility sale

AB 1712 (Chapter 371) authorizes Santa Fe Springs to sell its public water utility for consolidation with a bordering public water system when the council finds public ownership is not in the public interest. Conditions include fair market value and a four-fifths council vote. A 45-day protest period follows; protests by 10 percent of interested persons trigger a majority-vote election, and 50 percent or more bars the sale for a year. The act is repealed January 1, 2032.

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California makes financial-institution staff mandated reporters of elder financial abuse

AB 871 (Chapter 360), signed September 20, makes every officer and employee of a financial institution a mandated reporter of suspected financial abuse of an elder or dependent adult. Reports go immediately by phone or confidential internet tool, and in writing within two working days, to adult protective services or law enforcement, plus a report to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center. Institutions face civil penalties up to $1,000, or $5,000 if willful. The duties take effect January 1, 2028.

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California extends rural organic-waste exemptions and credits biomethane

AB 643 (Chapter 358), signed September 20, extends rural exemptions from organic-waste collection and procurement requirements to January 1, 2037, renewable in five-year increments. By January 1, 2027, CalRecycle must let jurisdictions count pipeline biomethane converted from landfill-diverted organic waste toward recovered organic waste procurement targets. The law also expands countable procurement to vermicomposting, mushroom compost, tree-trimming mulch, and limited edible food recovery.

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California extends endangered-species take permits to species proposed for listing

AB 550 (Chapter 357), signed September 20, authorizes the Department of Fish and Wildlife to permit incidental take of species proposed for listing under the California Endangered Species Act, expanding a program previously limited to listed and candidate species. The governor's release describes the measure as covering take associated with renewable electrical generation facilities. Permits require minimized and fully mitigated impacts with adequate funding, plus a no-jeopardy determination based on best available science.

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California requires landfill heat monitoring with $100,000 daily penalties

AB 28 (Chapter 356), signed September 20, requires landfill owners and operators to notify CalRecycle, water boards, air agencies, and local enforcement bodies upon a subsurface elevated temperature event, defined as subsurface temperatures persistently over 131 degrees Fahrenheit, and to implement mitigation including a corrective action plan. CalRecycle may assume enforcement, recover its costs, and impose administrative civil penalties up to $100,000 per day. The law creates a continuously appropriated community mitigation fund.

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Chamelio raises $26M Series A led by Entrée Capital for AI-native in-house CLM

Chamelio, an AI-native contract and in-house legal operations platform founded in 2024, raised a $26 million Series A led by Entrée Capital with Work-Bench, Emerge Ventures, and Bright Pixel Capital, CTech, Artificial Lawyer, and Law.com Legaltech News reported on September 22, 2026. The company said ARR has grown fourfold since its seed round and will use proceeds for its legal action model, legal engineering and product hiring, and onboarding technology.

Announcement (CTech) → · PR Newswire, Artificial Lawyer, Law.com Legaltech News
N.Y.People moves

Debevoise adds Abigail Lane as New York executive compensation and benefits partner

Debevoise & Plimpton hired Abigail Lane as a partner in its New York Executive Compensation & Benefits Group, the firm said on September 22, 2026, with Bloomberg Law confirming the move. Lane advises private equity sponsors, portfolio companies, and public companies on executive compensation, governance, and disclosure, including management equity programs and executive transitions.

Announcement (Debevoise & Plimpton) → · PR Newswire, Bloomberg Law
D.C.People moves

Crowell & Moring adds former EPA counsel Michele Knorr in D.C. environment group

Crowell & Moring announced on September 22, 2026 that Michele Knorr, a former attorney in the U.S. EPA Office of General Counsel, joined as senior counsel in its Environment & Natural Resources Group in Washington, D.C., Law360 Pulse reported the following day. Knorr will advise on agricultural technology and chemical regulatory issues, including FIFRA and crop-protection matters.

Announcement (Crowell & Moring) → · Law360 Pulse
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Quinn Emanuel London head Richard East joins Mariana dam claimant team with Pogust Goodhead

Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan assigned London office head and senior partner Richard East to the Mariana dam litigation claimant team alongside Pogust Goodhead, Law.com International reported on 21–September 22, 2026. The London group action against BHP over Brazil’s 2015 Fundão dam collapse involves a claimant-representation dispute with Bailey Glasser International heading toward an October hearing, with reported damages exposure of up to $36 billion.

Announcement (Law.com International) →
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Michigan bans price optimization in auto insurance rates under 2026 PA 98

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Senate Bill 1013 on September 21, 2026, prohibiting insurers from using price optimization in no-fault auto insurance rating. The law adds MCL 500.2027a and was assigned Public Act 98 of 2026 with immediate effect. It codifies a 2024 Department of Insurance and Financial Services bulletin barring willingness-to-pay pricing in auto insurance.

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British Columbia and school board sue OpenAI over failure to report school-shooting threats

The Province of British Columbia and School District 59 sued OpenAI and Chief Executive Sam Altman in California federal court on Monday, alleging the company failed to alert police to ChatGPT conversations planning a February 2026 school shooting. The complaint asserts OpenAI identified the user as an imminent threat in June 2025 but deactivated the account without notifying Canadian authorities. British Columbia seeks reimbursement for reconstructing Tumbler Ridge Secondary School, psychiatric services, punitive damages, and injunctive safety mandates.

Filing (BC Gov News) → · CityNews Kitchener, Reuters, BBC News
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Michigan bans property and casualty insurers from price optimization in ratemaking

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Senate Bill 1013 on September 21, 2026, now 2026 Public Act 98, effective immediately. It adds section 2027a to the Insurance Code (MCL 500.2027a), making it an unfair or deceptive practice for a property and casualty insurer to use price optimization in ratemaking: charging on an insured's price tolerance through adjustments not actuarially justified and unrelated to risk of loss or expense. The governor's office says it codifies a 2024 DIFS bulletin.

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Michigan exempts CMS model arrangements from state anti-kickback law

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Senate Bill 1052 on September 21, 2026, now 2026 Public Act 97, effective immediately. It amends the Medicaid False Claim Act (MCL 400.604) so that model arrangements and model patient incentives authorized and sponsored by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services do not constitute a kickback or bribe under Michigan's Medicaid anti-kickback provision, which otherwise carries up to four years' imprisonment or a $30,000 fine.

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Michigan allows electronic return of rental security deposits

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Senate Bill 22 on September 21, 2026, now 2026 Public Act 102, effective immediately. It amends the Landlord and Tenant Relationships Act, 1972 PA 348, so a landlord may return a security deposit balance by direct deposit or electronic transfer to a bank account, or to an internet or mobile payment account, instead of a check with the notice of damages. The landlord must deposit the amount within 10 days of mailing the notice.

Enrolled text (Michigan Legislature) → · Michigan Executive Office of the Governor, Detroit Free Press
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Michigan requires fee-free rent payment option in every rental agreement

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed Senate Bill 373 on September 21, 2026, now 2026 Public Act 103, effective immediately. It amends MCL 554.633 so that a residential rental agreement may not impose an added charge or fee on every permitted method of paying rent: where more than one method is allowed, at least one must be fee-free. A violating provision is void. The Senate passed the bill 24-12 on July 3 and the House 99-5 on August 25.

Enrolled text (Michigan Legislature) → · Michigan Executive Office of the Governor, Detroit Free Press
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Twelve states file proposed consent decree settling antitrust challenge to Paramount-Warner Bros merger

A twelve-state coalition led by California submitted a proposed consent decree in California federal court on Monday, settling antitrust litigation against Paramount Skydance's planned acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery. Under the thirty-two-page agreement, Paramount agreed to divest cable networks including Comedy Central and BET, maintain theatrical film quotas for five years, increase domestic production spending by $300 million annually, and establish independent editorial oversight boards for CBS News and CNN.

Filing (Office of the New York State Attorney General) → · Reuters, Deadline, ABC7 Chicago