State Legislature Bills

The bill requires municipalities to adopt predictable workforce-housing rules, including review deadlines and by-right approval for compliant projects. It also offers competitive infrastructure grants to towns that approve qualifying housing while protecting essential services.

Provides grants, low-interest financing, and targeted tax credits for workforce and middle-income housing projects, prioritizing long-term affordability, local labor, existing infrastructure, streamlined reviews, and annual public reporting.

Requires Idaho employers and state-funded contractors to use E-Verify for new hires, with complaint investigations, cure periods, escalating civil penalties, and safeguards against discrimination or state enforcement of federal immigration law.

The bill promises to create 1,000,000 jobs and raise Virginia’s minimum wage, but provides no wage level, funding source, timeline, or implementation plan.

Creates grants and tax credits for affordable housing in town centers and near transit, requiring energy efficiency, climate resilience, and continued affordability while prioritizing building reuse and displacement prevention.

The bill streamlines county permitting for qualifying workforce and mixed-income housing while retaining public input, historic preservation, infrastructure reviews, and state and federal environmental protections.

The bill streamlines approval of mixed-income housing near major transit, reduces parking mandates, and offers state tax credits and permitting grants for projects preserving affordable units for at least 30 years. Municipalities keep reasonable design and safety authority but cannot use zoning to block qualifying developments.

Requires Alabama employers to verify all new hires through E-Verify or a successor system, while providing mismatch-correction and privacy procedures. State contractors that knowingly employ unauthorized workers could face penalties or contract suspension after due process.

The bill would make political violence against active political figures punishable by death, but it does not define “political violence” or “active political figures” and is unclear about state versus federal jurisdiction.

Requires Oklahoma employers to electronically verify new hires’ work eligibility while penalizing knowing employment of unauthorized workers and wage theft tied to immigration-document discrepancies. It includes a compliance period, good-faith error protections, back pay, and anti-discrimination safeguards.