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EFF has been at the forefront of defending civil liberties in the digital age, with our activism team working across state, federal, and local levels to safeguard everyone’s rights in the rapidly evolving tech landscape. As federal action on technology policy often lags, many are looking to state governments to lead the way in addressing tech-related issues.
Drawing insights from the State of State Technology Policy 2024 report by NYU’s Center on Technology Policy and EFF’s own experiences advocating in state legislatures, this blog offers a breakdown on why you should care about state policy, the number of bills passed around the country, and a look forward to the coming challenges and trends in state-level tech policy.
Why Should You Care?
State governments are increasingly becoming key players in tech policy, moving much faster than the federal government. This has become especially apparent in 2024, when states enacted significantly more legislation regulating technology than in previous years.
“Why?,” you may ask. State legislatures were the most partisan they’ve been in decades in 2024, where we saw a notable increase in the presence of “trifecta” governments—states where one political party controls both chambers of the legislature and the governorship. With this unified control, states can pass laws more easily and quickly.
Forty states operated under such single-party rule in 2024, the most in at least three decades. Amongst the 40 trifecta states, 29 states also had veto-proof supermajorities, meaning legislation can pass regardless of gubernatorial opposition. This o
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