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N.C. Fuel Check Update: 51 Inquiry Letters and Referrals Following Consumer Complaints Against Gas Stations
RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 6 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release:
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N.C. Fuel Check Update: 51 Inquiry Letters and Referrals Following Consumer Complaints Against Gas Stations
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RALEIGH -- Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced today that his office has followed up on a total of 51 consumer complaints about gas stations since launching N.C. Fuel Check.
Of those letters, 42 were inquiries following complaints from consumers that the retailer was potentially failing to pass along North Carolina's temporary gas tax savings to drivers. Additionally,
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RALEIGH, North Carolina, Nov. 6 -- North Carolina Attorney General Jeff Jackson issued the following news release:
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N.C. Fuel Check Update: 51 Inquiry Letters and Referrals Following Consumer Complaints Against Gas Stations
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RALEIGH -- Attorney General Jeff Jackson announced today that his office has followed up on a total of 51 consumer complaints about gas stations since launching N.C. Fuel Check.
Of those letters, 42 were inquiries following complaints from consumers that the retailer was potentially failing to pass along North Carolina's temporary gas tax savings to drivers. Additionally,NCDOJ sent nine referrals to the N.C. Department of Agriculture following complaints about discrepancies between the advertised price and the actual price at the pump.
"North Carolina drivers have been our eyes and ears, and now we're following up on their reports," said Attorney General Jeff Jackson. "We're now seeing broad compliance with the law from gas stations, but we're taking a closer look where we need to."
The letters sent to the 42 gas stations are to notify them of the concerns about the pricing practices and to request a prompt explanation. A letter does not mean a gas station has been found to have violated the law.
The letters have been sent to retailers in counties across North Carolina:
* Alleghany: 1
* Avery: 3
* Brunswick: 1
* Buncombe: 2
* Burke: 2
* Cherokee: 1
* Chowan: 1
* Clay: 1
* Cumberland: 1
* Currituck: 1
* Dare: 2
* Davidson: 2
* Durham: 1
* Franklin: 1
* Gaston: 1
* Guilford: 4
* Halifax: 1
* Iredell: 1
* Jones: 1
* Mecklenburg: 2
* Montgomery: 1
* Onslow: 2
* Pender: 1
* Person: 1
* Robeson: 1
* Rockingham: 1
* Union: 1
* Washington: 1
* Watauga: 2
* Wilson: 1
The referrals to the Department of Agriculture have been based on complaints about retailers in seven counties.
* Madison: 1
* Buncombe: 1
* Forsyth: 1
* Guilford: 2
* Nash: 2
* Onslow: 1
* Wake: 1
In October, the General Assembly passed and Gov. Josh Stein signed Session Law 2026-62 into law, suspending the state's 41-cent-per-gallon tax on gasoline and diesel starting Oct. 10 and lasting through Nov. 30.
Attorney General Jackson put retailers on notice that the law requires that the savings from the tax suspension reach drivers. He launched N.C. Fuel Check so drivers can report retailers they believe are not passing the savings along to their customers.
Drivers can still report gas stations they believe are breaking the law using the North Carolina Department of Justice's dedicated reporting page: ncdoj.gov/ncfuelcheck. Consumers can also call 1-877-5-NO-SCAM.
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Original text here: https://ncdoj.gov/n-c-fuel-check-update-51-inquiry-letters-and-referrals-following-consumer-complaints-against-gas-stations/ (TNSmlt) (TNSmrp)
Attorney General Davenport, Multistate Coalition Win Major Case Protecting Crucial Law Enforcement Funding
TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 6 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Davenport, Multistate Coalition Win Major Case Protecting Crucial Law Enforcement Funding
Nov 4, 2026
TRENTON -- Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and a multistate coalition today secured an important victory in court that stops the federal government's imposition of illegal immigration-enforcement conditions on Congressionally authorized public safety grants, including grants intended to keep law enforcement officers safe and fight crime.
Attorney General
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TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 6 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Davenport, Multistate Coalition Win Major Case Protecting Crucial Law Enforcement Funding
Nov 4, 2026
TRENTON -- Attorney General Jennifer Davenport and a multistate coalition today secured an important victory in court that stops the federal government's imposition of illegal immigration-enforcement conditions on Congressionally authorized public safety grants, including grants intended to keep law enforcement officers safe and fight crime.
Attorney GeneralDavenport co-led the coalition of 23 states in the amended lawsuit, filed in the District of Rhode Island. Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. declared the Trump Administration's actions unlawful and permanently enjoined any implementation or enforcement of these illegal conditions.
"Today's victory in court makes clear that the federal government cannot unlawfully politicize law enforcement and public safety by threatening our access to critical funding that helps us help pay for protective equipment for law enforcement, fight drug trafficking, enforce Megan's Law, and find violent criminals. We are grateful that the court saw through the Administration's latest attempt to attach illegal conditions to this critical law enforcement funding," said Attorney General Davenport. "Make no mistake: We will continue to fight the Administration's brazenly unlawful actions that put politics over public safety."
Last year, the Trump Administration, disregarding the clear letter of the law and intent of Congress, declared that states would be unable to access Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds unless they agreed to the Administration's extreme immigration demands. The multistate coalition succeeded in getting the federal government to remove those conditions on over $1.3 billion of VOCA funds.
However, this year, the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ) has applied these illegal conditions to new grants, including funds dedicated to law enforcement and juvenile justice.
Among the affected programs is the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Formula Grants (known as the Byrne JAG Program). For decades, regardless of which political party held power, the Byrne JAG Program has been the leading federal source of criminal justice funding to state and local governments.
Civil immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility and not a state government responsibility. The Trump Administration's unlawful attempts to coerce states into doing their bidding conflict with core principles of American governance - the separation of powers and federalism. The Administration's actions violated laws passed by Congress as well as the Spending Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Attorney General Davenport was represented in this matter by Deputy Attorneys General Bassam F. Gergi, Nathaniel F. Rubin, Phoenix N. Meyers, Sarah Nealon, Surinder K. Aggarwal, and Anaiis Gonzalez, under the supervision of Assistant Attorney General Mayur P. Saxena, Deputy Solicitor General Shankar Duraiswamy, and Solicitor General Sundeep Iyer.
In addition to New Jersey, this lawsuit was co-led by California Attorney General Rob Bonta, Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul, and Rhode Island Attorney General Peter F. Neronha. It was joined by the Attorneys General of Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia, as well as the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Original text here: https://www.njoag.gov/attorney-general-davenport-multistate-coalition-win-major-case-protecting-crucial-law-enforcement-funding/
Attorney General Davenport Co-Leading Multistate Fight Against Trump Administration's Threats to Accurate 2030 Census
TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 6 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Davenport Co-Leading Multistate Fight Against Trump Administration's Threats to Accurate 2030 Census
November 5, 2026
TRENTON -- Attorney General Jennifer Davenport is co-leading a coalition of 24 attorneys general and two governors in submitting a comment letter strongly opposing the Trump Administration's proposed changes to the 2030 Census.
A proposed rule by the U.S. Census Bureau would upend the upcoming 2030 Census by, among other things, excluding millions
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TRENTON, New Jersey, Nov. 6 -- New Jersey Attorney General Jennifer Davenport issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Davenport Co-Leading Multistate Fight Against Trump Administration's Threats to Accurate 2030 Census
November 5, 2026
TRENTON -- Attorney General Jennifer Davenport is co-leading a coalition of 24 attorneys general and two governors in submitting a comment letter strongly opposing the Trump Administration's proposed changes to the 2030 Census.
A proposed rule by the U.S. Census Bureau would upend the upcoming 2030 Census by, among other things, excluding millionsof noncitizens and prohibiting questions about race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. Among other harms, these changes would undermine the accuracy of the Census, put the entire state of New Jersey and many of its communities at risk of losing representation, and threaten access to critical federal funding.
"Everyone counts in New Jersey--just as the Constitution requires. The proposed census rule ignores that constitutional mandate and would undercount our population," said Attorney General Davenport. "This would lead to the loss of an untold amount of federal funding for critical services and programs that touch all of our lives and our communities, including for vital public safety initiatives."
In the comment letter, Attorney General Davenport and the coalition explain that the proposed rule would:
* Unlawfully exclude millions of immigrants from the Census count, including individuals residing here on work or student visas. These exclusions violate the Fourteenth Amendment's requirement to count all persons for congressional apportionment and the Census Act, which requires the Census Bureau to report each state's total population for determining its share of congressional seats.
* Undermine critical demographic data that states rely on to serve their communities by prohibiting questions about race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. This would deprive states of critical data they rely on to shape public policy, identify disparities, evaluate government programs, enforce antidiscrimination laws, and support research. The decennial census has collected demographic information, including about race, since 1790.
* Jeopardize the accuracy of the Census by abandoning the longstanding "usual residence" standard. Since the first Census in 1790, it has counted people at their usual residence -- where they typically live and sleep. The proposal would abandon that longstanding principle in favor of a new test based on where people lawfully spend the greatest number of days between January 3 and April 1, while also using tax records to determine residency. This could result in people being counted in vacation homes, workplaces, or other places where they do not ordinarily live, distorting state population counts and the apportionment of representation.
In submitting the comment letter, Attorney General Davenport joins the attorneys general of Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia, as well as the governors of the Commonwealths of Kentucky and Pennsylvania.
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View Comment Letter here: http://www.njoag.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/20261102-Census-Residence-Rule-Comment-Letter-vFinal.pdf
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Original text here: https://www.njoag.gov/attorney-general-davenport-co-leading-multistate-fight-against-trump-administrations-threats-to-accurate-2030-census/
Attorney General Brown and Coalition Win Major Case Protecting Crucial Law Enforcement Funding
BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 6 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Brown and Coalition Win Major Case Protecting Crucial Law Enforcement Funding
11/5/2026
BALTIMORE, MD - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown and a multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general and Pennsylvania's governor secured an important victory in court that stops the federal government's imposition of unlawful immigration-enforcement conditions on congressionally authorized public safety grants, including grants dedicated to juvenile justice and grants intended
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BALTIMORE, Maryland, Nov. 6 -- Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Brown and Coalition Win Major Case Protecting Crucial Law Enforcement Funding
11/5/2026
BALTIMORE, MD - Attorney General Anthony G. Brown and a multistate coalition of 22 attorneys general and Pennsylvania's governor secured an important victory in court that stops the federal government's imposition of unlawful immigration-enforcement conditions on congressionally authorized public safety grants, including grants dedicated to juvenile justice and grants intendedto keep law enforcement officers safe and fight crime.
District of Rhode Island Chief Judge John J. McConnell, Jr. declared the Trump administration's actions unlawful and permanently enjoined any implementation or enforcement of these conditions.
"By threatening to pull funding from police and violence prevention programs, the Trump Administration risked Marylanders' safety to pressure our State into doing Washington's immigration work," said Attorney General Brown. "This ruling secures the resources that keep Maryland law enforcement and the communities they serve safe from crime."
Last year, the Trump administration, disregarding the clear letter of the law and intent of Congress, declared that states would be unable to access Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) funds unless they agreed to the administration's extreme immigration demands. The multistate coalition succeeded in getting the federal government to remove those conditions on over $1.3 billion of VOCA funds.
The Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Formula Grants (known as the Byrne JAG Program) was affected by these unlawful conditions. For decades, regardless of which political party held power, the Byrne JAG Program has been the leading federal source of criminal justice funding to state and local governments.
In Maryland, DOJ grants fund a broad range of programs and services supporting public safety, victim services, and the administration of justice. For example, the Baltimore City Sheriff's Office Safe Pathways project uses Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program funds, which is separate from the Byrne JAG Program and would also have been affected by these conditions, to support firearm safe-storage education, community outreach, behavioral health referrals, and violence prevention. The program has served more than 17,000 individuals, engaged over 10,400 participants, conducted 97 outreach events, delivered 890 firearm safety trainings, and made 173 referrals for supportive services.
Civil immigration enforcement is a federal responsibility and not a state government responsibility. The Trump administration's unlawful attempts to coerce states into doing their bidding conflict with core principles of American governance: the separation of powers and federalism. The administration's actions violated laws passed by Congress as well as the Spending Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Joining Attorney General Brown in this lawsuit were the attorneys general of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, as well as the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.
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Original text here: https://oag.maryland.gov/News/pages/Attorney-General-Brown-and-Coalition-Win-Major-Case-Protecting-Crucial-Law-Enforcement-Funding.aspx
Attorney General Bonta Defends State Gambling Laws Against Kalshi, Again
SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 6 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Defends State Gambling Laws Against Kalshi, Again
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Joins bipartisan coalition in amicus briefs for the tenth and eleventh time
OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined two bipartisan coalitions of attorneys general in filing two amicus briefs in support of New York and Wisconsin's right to enforce state sports gaming and gambling laws against prediction market operator Kalshi. The attorneys general primarily argue that federal preemption
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SACRAMENTO, California, Nov. 6 -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta issued the following news release:
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Attorney General Bonta Defends State Gambling Laws Against Kalshi, Again
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Joins bipartisan coalition in amicus briefs for the tenth and eleventh time
OAKLAND -- California Attorney General Rob Bonta today joined two bipartisan coalitions of attorneys general in filing two amicus briefs in support of New York and Wisconsin's right to enforce state sports gaming and gambling laws against prediction market operator Kalshi. The attorneys general primarily argue that federal preemptionof state gambling laws as applied to prediction market providers is improper and detrimental to the traditional role of states to regulate gambling and protect vulnerable citizens. These filings mark the tenth and eleventh time California has joined multistate amicus efforts targeting Kalshi and similar prediction market companies
"We are seeing more and more young people being preyed upon by addictive gaming platforms and it is time for states to join together to protect our youth. This filing is representative of our bipartisan commitment to protecting state regulatory authority over illegal, unregulated gambling operations," said Attorney General Bonta. "Prediction markets cannot use federal loopholes to bypass state consumer protection, sports gaming, and gambling laws. By joining this brief, we stand firmly with Wisconsin, New York, and our state partners to ensure that federal commodities laws are not weaponized to evade state laws, fuel gambling addiction, and undermine state regulation of legal gaming."
In the New York case, KalshiEX, LLC v. Williams, et al, Kalshi sued the New York State Gaming Commission after the Commission sent a cease-and-desist order to Kalshi. The district court denied Kalshi's preliminary injunction motion, holding that New York gambling laws as applied to Kalshi's sports-event contracts are not preempted. Kalshi has appealed this decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
The Wisconsin case, Commodities Futures Trading Commission v. State of Wisconsin, arose out of Wisconsin's filing of an action in state court against Coinbase, Kalshi, Robinhood, Polymarket, and Crypto.com. After the prediction market providers moved the cases to federal court, CFTC filed its own federal lawsuit against Wisconsin, alongside a motion for a preliminary injunction to block the state from enforcing its gambling laws. The district court denied CFTC's preliminary injunction motion. CFTC has appealed this decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Attorney General Bonta joins the attorneys general of Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawai'i, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming in filing the briefs.
Here is a copy of the New York brief.
Here is a copy of the Wisconsin brief.
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Original text here: https://oag.ca.gov/news/press-releases/attorney-general-bonta-defends-state-gambling-laws-against-kalshi-again
ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL LEADS COALITION SUPPORTING LEGAL CHALLENGE TO TRUMP'S UNLAWFUL CONDITIONS ON FEDERAL COUNTERTERRORISM FUNDING
CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 6 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release:
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ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL LEADS COALITION SUPPORTING LEGAL CHALLENGE TO TRUMP'S UNLAWFUL CONDITIONS ON FEDERAL COUNTERTERRORISM FUNDING
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Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul co-led a coalition of 25 states opposing the Trump administration's efforts to coerce states and local governments into advancing its priorities for administering future elections by withholding crucial counterterrorism funding.
Raoul and the coalition filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District
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CHICAGO, Illinois, Nov. 6 -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul issued the following news release:
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ATTORNEY GENERAL RAOUL LEADS COALITION SUPPORTING LEGAL CHALLENGE TO TRUMP'S UNLAWFUL CONDITIONS ON FEDERAL COUNTERTERRORISM FUNDING
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Chicago - Attorney General Kwame Raoul co-led a coalition of 25 states opposing the Trump administration's efforts to coerce states and local governments into advancing its priorities for administering future elections by withholding crucial counterterrorism funding.
Raoul and the coalition filed an amicus brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Districtof Columbia Circuit in support of a group of local governments challenging decisions by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to impose unlawful conditions on Homeland Security Grant Program (HSGP) funding. Illinois receives more than $40 million in HSGP funding each year, which supports the state's efforts to protect residents from terrorism, cyberattacks and major emergencies. The funding supports state bomb squads, including the Illinois State Police's Statewide Weapons of Mass Destruction Team; police, fire, emergency services, and public works mutual aid organizations that mobilize first responders across jurisdictions to respond to major emergencies; statewide information-sharing networks; training for first responders on responding to terrorist attacks and other disasters, and more.
"Congress and individual states - not the president - have the authority to oversee the elections process. Cities and counties have administered federal elections pursuant to state law since the early years of our nation," Raoul said. "These conditions are unlawful and unnecessary, as Illinois and other states just demonstrated this week by administering safe and secure midterm elections. I stand with my fellow attorneys general and these local governments against the Trump administration's illegal and dangerous attempts to coerce compliance with the president's political agenda. We ask the court not to allow these conditions to go into effect."
The challenged conditions would require state election officials to use DHS' faulty Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) database to verify the citizenship of every registered voter in states' voter databases. They would also force states and local election authorities to discard hundreds of millions of dollars in voting equipment and transition to paper-ballot systems.
The lower court found the election conditions were unlawful and ordered the Trump administration not to impose them, but the administration is now seeking a stay of that order while it appeals the lower court's decision. Raoul and the coalition are asking the appeals court to deny the stay.
In July, Raoul co-led a coalition of attorneys general in filing a separate legal challenge to the unlawful conditions that the administration is attempting to impose on this funding. Raoul filed that lawsuit after co-leading a coalition that successfully defended the same category of funding from unlawful conditions in 2025.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul co-led the coalition with California Attorney General Rob Bonta. Joining them in filing the amicus brief are the attorneys general of Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin, along with the governor of Kentucky.
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Original text here: https://www.illinoisattorneygeneral.gov/news/story/attorney-general-raoul-leads-coalition-supporting-legal-challenge-to-trumps-unlawful-conditions-on-federal-counterterrorism-funding
ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNE LOPEZ LEADS MULTISTATE EFFORT URGING CONGRESS TO PASS U.S. SENATE VERSION OF KIDS ONLINE SAFETY ACT
HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 6 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release:
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ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNE LOPEZ LEADS MULTISTATE EFFORT URGING CONGRESS TO PASS U.S. SENATE VERSION OF KIDS ONLINE SAFETY ACT
Nov. 4, 2026
HONOLULU - Attorney General Anne Lopez led a bipartisan coalition of 45 attorneys general from around the country, with a letter urging Congress to pass the Senate version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), legislation aimed at strengthening online protections for children and teens.
In the letter to congressional leadership, Attorney General Lopez
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HONOLULU, Hawaii, Nov. 6 -- Hawaii Attorney General Anne E. Lopez issued the following news release:
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ATTORNEY GENERAL ANNE LOPEZ LEADS MULTISTATE EFFORT URGING CONGRESS TO PASS U.S. SENATE VERSION OF KIDS ONLINE SAFETY ACT
Nov. 4, 2026
HONOLULU - Attorney General Anne Lopez led a bipartisan coalition of 45 attorneys general from around the country, with a letter urging Congress to pass the Senate version of the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA), legislation aimed at strengthening online protections for children and teens.
In the letter to congressional leadership, Attorney General Lopezexpressed continued support for Senate Bill 1748, which would establish minimum safety standards for social media and gaming platforms while preserving states' authority to enact and enforce laws protecting children from online harms.
The renewed call for federal legislation follows the recently announced $17 billion multistate settlement with Meta, which requires the company to implement significant safeguards designed to protect users under 18 on Facebook and Instagram. These include daily time limits, restrictions on nighttime use, stronger protections against bullying, limits on certain potentially harmful content and enhanced parental controls.
In their letter, the attorneys general emphasized that the safeguards established through the Meta settlement, while significant, cannot provide consistent protections across the entire technology industry.
"While the Meta settlement represents a significant step forward in protecting children online, our work is far from over," said Attorney General Lopez. "Children deserve meaningful protections regardless of which social media platform they use. Congress has an opportunity to build on the work states have already done by establishing strong, nationwide safety standards while preserving our ability to respond to emerging threats and hold companies accountable."
The attorneys general also highlighted the importance of KOSA's Duty of Care provision, which would establish a lasting standard for all social media and gaming platforms that extends beyond the term of the settlement. Unlike a settlement with an individual company, this requirement would adapt as technologies and platform features evolve, while preserving the states' ability to develop and enforce additional protections against emerging online harms.
Since 2021, state attorneys general have investigated major social media platforms over concerns about addictive design features and their impacts on children's mental health. Those investigations led to lawsuits against Meta and other companies, as attorneys general sought to hold platforms accountable for practices that allegedly harmed young users.
"Protecting children online requires a coordinated effort at both the state and federal levels," said Attorney General Lopez. "We urge Congress to act now to establish lasting protections that put the safety and well-being of children first."
Attorney General Lopez led the effort alongside Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson, Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti and Connecticut Attorney General William Tong. The letter was also signed by the attorneys general of Alabama, Alaska, American Samoa, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Delaware, District of Columbia, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, U.S. Virgin Islands, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia and Wyoming.
A copy of the letter is available here.
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Original text here: https://ag.hawaii.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/11/News-Release-2026-60.pdf
