State Legislature Bills

Directs Tennessee’s transportation department to prioritize deteriorating rural and Appalachian roads and bridges, especially routes providing access to schools, hospitals, emergency services, and jobs, while coordinating with counties and reporting progress annually.

Creates state grants for local mobile mental-health crisis teams to handle nonviolent mental-health and substance-use calls, with priority for underserved communities, coordination with care providers, and annual performance and spending reports.

The bill creates a voluntary, rancher-led grant and technical-assistance program for soil health, water stewardship, and wildlife habitat projects without imposing new agricultural regulations. Funding may come from state, federal, and private sources.

The bill requires public reporting of major groundwater withdrawals in drought-prone watersheds while protecting personal information. During declared shortages, it prioritizes drinking water, public health, and essential instream flows within existing water-rights law.

Requires independent civilian review of serious police use-of-force incidents, anonymized public reporting, and safeguards for due process, privacy, and criminal investigations. It also offers competitive grants for oversight, training, transparency, and officer-support programs.

Creates a state-backed revolving loan and technical-assistance program offering low-interest financing to rural Iowa small businesses for modernization, efficiency, and job retention or creation, subject to appropriations and public reporting.

The bill broadly calls for clearer family-policy standards, transparent reporting, and accountable implementation across Minnesota, but provides no specific policies, requirements, or enforcement mechanisms.

Creates targeted, performance-based tax credits for manufacturers and skilled-trades employers investing in former industrial communities, with incentives for apprenticeships and Pennsylvania suppliers. It also streamlines permit reviews while retaining environmental, health, and safety protections.

Requires Mississippi employers to use E-Verify for new hires and penalizes knowing employment of unauthorized workers after a final federal determination, while providing notice, appeal rights, and anti-discrimination protections.

The bill temporarily expands Nebraska income-tax deductions for essential equipment bought by locally owned small businesses, simplifies certification, and requires free guidance. The relief expires after three tax years unless renewed.