[3] Proponents of the bill argue that the current law helps companies accused of anti-competitive conduct by allowing suits to be consolidated or transferred in a more favorable venue at their request.

[5] The legislation was introduced days after Google filed to transfer an antitrust suit from the Texas Attorney General's office and fourteen other state AGs to its home court in San Francisco, California.

[6] Lina Khan, chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), urged members of the Senate to support the legislation in February 2022.

[7] Buck, who introduced the legislation in the House of Representatives, argued that states "should have the same benefit that is already afforded to federal antitrust enforcers — to select and remain in their preferred venue".

[8] The legislation would allow antitrust lawsuits filed by state attorneys general to remain in their original court district, rather than be transferred or consolidated elsewhere.