Genetic Information Insurance, an Athletic Trainer Compact, and Court Opinions

A bill restricting insurers' use of genetic information in life insurance and a bill creating a multi-state licensure agreement for athletic trainers entered the record in Michigan. A federal bill creating a safe harbor for insurers doing business with cannabis-related companies also entered the record. Federal filings entered the record at about four times their trailing weekday pace, with court opinions running especially high.

Why it matters: Insurers, states administering athletic trainer licensure, and federal agencies each have a new filing to read from the collection day, and reviewers tracking federal opinions and regulations have about four times a typical weekday's volume to work through.

What moved

• Insurance: insurers; use of genetic information in life insurance policies; prohibit. (HB6337), Michigan. The bill proposes amending Michigan's Insurance Code to restrict insurers' use of genetic information in universal life insurance policies, barring cancellation of coverage based solely on genetic information, mandatory genetic testing as a condition of coverage, or access to and disclosure of genetic data without written consent; insurers could still use genetic information already contained in medical records for underwriting. It applies to universal life policies delivered or renewed after December 31, 2027. Status: Introduced. Next step: awaits committee or floor action in the chamber of origin.

• Health occupations: athletic trainers; athletic trainer compact; enact. (HB6342), Michigan. The bill enacts the Athletic Trainer Compact, a multi-state licensure agreement letting athletic trainers holding a Compact Qualifying License practice in other member states under a Compact Privilege without separate state licenses, and sets licensing fees ($75 application, $100 annual for single-state licenses, up to $50 for compact privilege) along with background-check and disciplinary information-sharing requirements. Status: Introduced. Next step: awaits committee or floor action in the chamber of origin.

• To create a safe harbor for insurers engaging in the business of insurance in connection with a cannabis-related legitimate business, and for other purposes. (HB10471), US. The CLAIM Act creates a safe harbor protecting insurers from federal agency penalties when providing insurance services to state-legal cannabis businesses, and would prohibit federal agencies from penalizing insurers or canceling policies solely because of cannabis-related business engagement. Status: Introduced. Next step: referred to the House Committee on Financial Services, awaiting further action.

• Rules of Practice, US. The Federal Trade Commission adopted an amendment eliminating its post-employment clearance rule, which had governed employee conduct or approvals following departure from the agency. Status: adopted.

• Notice of Rule Development - 12-26.008 - The purpose of the draft amendments to Rule 12-26.008, F.A.C. (Public Use Forms), is to amend this rule regarding form RAO - Rural Areas of Opportunity, Applica, Florida. The Department of Revenue notice describes draft amendments clarifying how sales tax refunds apply to discretionary sales surtax for two forms: the Rural Areas of Opportunity application and a form covering refunds on building materials for affordable housing units. National coverage of Housing and zoning ran about twice its trailing pace on September 24; this Florida rule development notice is among the day's state filings on that subject.

By the numbers

• Federal filings totaled 452 (243 court opinions, 204 regulations, 3 bills, 2 executive orders), about four times its trailing weekday average of 113, the busiest since August 8.
• Federal court opinions alone reached 243, roughly six times a typical weekday's average of about 43, the busiest since July 7, a data-load day.
• Across all jurisdictions, court opinions totaled 306, near four times their trailing weekday average of about 81, the busiest since July 17.
• Outside the federal count, 159 items entered the record across 24 states, led by Virginia (31, all regulations), Florida (29: 27 regulations and 2 court opinions), California (20, all court opinions), New York (13, all regulations) and Alaska (13: 12 regulations and 1 court opinion).
• New York's 13 regulations ran about twice its trailing weekday average of roughly 6, the busiest since September 5.

Bill actions

Among tracked bills, Michigan carried the day's only action, with 2 bills marked Introduced; the example action was "Bill Electronically Reproduced 09/23/2026."

Methodology

"Collected" means the date OmniLegislation's pipeline processed each record, not the source date. Counts are deduplicated processed records from OmniLegislation's own pipeline, and item descriptions come from the pipeline's own summaries of each record. Baselines are trailing 30 day daily averages for the same kind of day (weekend days against weekend days, weekdays against weekdays), excluding known data-load days; highest single-day counts are measured since tracking began on April 5, 2026, and include load days, labelled accordingly. Bill actions cover tracked bills only. This report covers September 24, 2026. Bill records originate from LegiScan; court opinions from CourtListener, a Free Law Project service; federal regulations from the Federal Register.