State Legislature Bills

This bill lets certain Maine fishing and port towns create special housing zones to speed up year-round affordable homes, ADUs, and mixed-use housing, while offering state grants, financing, and tax incentives for projects serving local workers. It aims to keep working waterfront communities livable for fishermen, teachers, health care staff, and other essential employees through affordability and occupancy requirements.

This bill creates a New Mexico program to expand primary care, behavioral health, and telehealth in rural and tribal communities through clinician loan repayment, clinic and mobile unit grants, and broadband-supported telehealth coordination. It focuses on provider shortages, maternal health, substance use treatment, and mental health access in underserved areas.

This bill would change Indiana’s school funding formula to give extra aid for low-income students, English learners, homeless students, and high-need districts, while requiring the money to go toward classroom supports and student services. It also creates grants to help underserved districts recruit and keep teachers and requires annual public reporting on funding, staffing, and student outcomes.

The Education Reform Act is a broad Maryland education bill focused on setting clear standards, requiring transparent reporting, and emphasizing accountable implementation to improve outcomes. Because the text is very general and lacks specific policy changes, voters are likely to react more to the themes than to concrete effects.

This bill speeds up permitting for workforce and affordable housing near job centers, transit, and existing infrastructure in Hawaii, while offering tax credits, infrastructure help, and financing support for projects that reserve many units for low- and moderate-income residents. It also favors Hawaii-based builders and nonprofits using local labor, while keeping design, environmental, and community standards in place.

This bill would require South Carolina law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities when unlawfully present individuals are charged with or convicted of crimes, and it would expand mandatory E-Verify use for many employers. It also adds tougher consequences for employer noncompliance and allows immigration status-related aggravating sentencing in some cases while preserving emergency services, K-12 access, due process, and victim/witness cooperation.

This bill creates a New York grant program to help public schools expand on-site mental health counseling, absenteeism intervention, dropout-prevention case management, and referral partnerships for at-risk students. It prioritizes high-need districts and requires annual reports on participation, attendance, graduation outcomes, and implementation needs.

This bill pushes Oregon cities to fast-track permits for multifamily housing near transit and job centers, especially projects with affordable units and energy-efficiency standards. It also offers state grants, fee cuts, and tax incentives while standardizing local codes to reduce delays and expand housing supply.

This bill creates a Rhode Island initiative funding high-impact tutoring, school and campus mental health counseling, and workforce-linked scholarships for certificates and associate degrees. It prioritizes low- and middle-income families, students with academic need, and programs tied to local employers, while requiring annual outcome reports.

This bill tightens Idaho’s state contracting rules by requiring conflict-of-interest and beneficial ownership disclosures, banning self-dealing in public contracts, and posting awards and sole-source justifications online. It also expands investigations, whistleblower protections, and penalties for officials or contractors who knowingly hide conflicts or profit from corrupt deals.