States & Nation Policy Summit: Day Three

Posted by Brad Johnson Fri, 06 Dec 2013 12:30:00 GMT

At the Grand Hyatt.

Agenda

7:30am – 3:00pm Registration
8:00am – 9:15am Plenary Breakfast with State Sen. Mark Green (R-Tenn.-22)
9:30am – 2:00pm ALEC Exhibition Hall Open
9:30am – 10:45am Workshops (Topics TBA)
11:00am – 12:15pm Workshops (Topics TBA)
12:30pm – 2:15pm Plenary Lunch with Gov. Mike Pence (R-Ind.)
2:30pm – 5:30pm Civil Justice Task Force Meeting
2:30pm Welcome and Introductions
2:45pm Task Force Update and Sunset Review Overview
2:55pm State Legal Reform Activity Update
3:05pm PRESENTATION: Insights and Experiences from the Phantom Damages Elimination Act
3:20pm Model Legislation: Update to the Non-Economic Damages Act
3:30pm PRESENTATION: Reforming Archaic Discovery Rules on the Federal Level
3:45pm Model Legislation: The Citizen Participation Act [Anti-SLAPP]
4:05pm PRESENTATION: Patent Trolling Litigation: What Can the States Do?
4:20pm PRESENTATION: Asbestos Bankruptcy Trust Reform: Fighting Fraud and Preserving Resources
4:35pm Model Legislation: Punitive Damages Standards Act
4:55pm Model Legislation: Update to the Private Enforcement of Consumer Protection Statutes Act
5:10pm Roundtable Open Discussion: New Issues in Lawsuit Reform Around the Country
5:25pm For the Good of the Order
5:30pm Adjournment
2:30pm – 5:30pm Commerce, Insurance and Economic Development Task Force Meeting
2:30 Call to Order, Welcome and Introductions by Task Force chairs, Rep. Dawn Pettengill, Iowa, and Mr. Emory Wilkerson, State Farm Insurance
Approval of Minutes from 2013 Annual Meeting
Subcommittee Reports: Labor and Business Regulation; Transportation and Infrastructure; Surety Insurance; Financial Services
2:45 Model Policy Consideration: Public Employee Choice Act
3:05 Panel: Insuring the Future – Autonomous Vehicles and the Insurance Industry
4:05 Presentation: Common Sense in Regulating Cosmetic Services Treatments
4:35 Presentation: Minimum Wage Debate Across the States
5:15 Model Policy Consideration: Amendments to ALEC’s  Resolution on Business and Franchise Agreement Legislation  scheduled to sunset
5:30 Adjournment
2:30pm – 5:30pm Communications and Technology Task Force Meeting with FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai
2:30pm Welcome
Approval of the Minutes from the ALEC 40th Annual Meeting
Subcommittee Reports and Director’s Announcements
Keynote Presentation by FCC Commissioner Ajit Pai
Spotlight on the States Panel: “Promoting Broadband, Protecting Privacy, and Growing E-Commerce in the States”
  • Electronic Data Privacy Protection Act
  • Statement of Principles for Cybersecurity
  • Draft Resolution Affirming the Digital Right to Repair
  • Consumer Protection Through Disclosure of Digital Rights Model Act
    • 21st Century Technology Issues Panel: “What State Policymakers Need to Know About Congress, Startups, Copyright, and Emerging Technologies”
  • An Act Protecting Digital Equipment Owners and Small Businesses in Repairing Digital Electronic Equipment
  • Model Fiduciary Access to Digital Assets Law
  • Statement of Principles for the Electronic Communications Privacy Act
  • Resolution Supporting the Efforts of the Telehealth Working Group
    • New Business
    5:30pm Adjourn
    2:30pm – 5:30pm Education Task Force Meeting
    2:30pm – 5:30pm Energy, Environment, and Agriculture Task Force Meeting
    2:30 Call to Order, Welcome, and Introductions
    2:35 Presentation: EPA Approaches to Regulate Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Power Plants
    2:50 Model Legislation: Resolution in Opposition to EPA’s Plan to Regulate Greenhouse Gases under the Clean Air Act
    3:10 Model Legislation: Resolution Concerning EPA Proposed Greenhouse Gas Emission Standards for New and Existing Fossil-Fueled Power Plants
    3:30 Presentation: Natural Gas as a Motor Fuel
    3:45 Presentation: Alarmism and the Science of Chemical Risk
    4:00 Model Legislation: Updating Net Metering Policies Resolution
    4:20 New Member Introduction: America’s Natural Gas Alliance
    4:35 Annual Model Bill Review
    4:55 Presentation: EPA’s Adversarial Oversight of States’ Regulatory Regimes for “Fracking,” and What It Means for the Future
    5:10 Discussion: Gauging Interest for Future Natural Gas, Hydraulic Fracturing, and Pipeline Symposium
    5:25 For the Good of the Order
    5:30 Adjournment
    3:00pm – 5:30pm Exhibitor Teardown
    5:30pm – 6:30pm Chairs Reception
    7:00pm-11:00pm State Night (Contact Your State Chair)

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    Day Two