State Legislature Bills

The bill creates competitive state grants to expand reliable high-speed internet in underserved rural Missouri, while requiring recipients to meet coverage, pricing, affordability, and performance standards with public reporting.

Creates a voluntary rural family support program offering childcare aid, parental-leave coordination, case management, and employer grants or tax incentives, subject to legislative funding.

The bill broadly calls for clearer trade standards, transparent reporting, and accountable implementation across South Carolina, but provides no specific policies, enforcement mechanisms, or funding details.

The bill broadly calls for clear firearm-related standards, transparent reporting, and accountable implementation across Wyoming, but provides no specific regulations, enforcement mechanisms, or policy changes.

The bill creates a statewide program to fund grid upgrades, rural reliability projects, and home efficiency improvements for lower-income households, while requiring utilities to disclose plans for limiting rate increases.

The bill broadly calls for clearer civil-rights standards, transparent reporting, and accountable implementation across Kansas, but provides no specific policies, enforcement mechanisms, funding, or deadlines.

Establishes expanded air-quality monitoring and public emissions reporting near major industrial and utility sources, while offering performance-based incentives for verified pollution reductions and retaining existing health and enforcement standards.

Creates a one-stop permitting program for locally owned oil, natural gas, and wind projects while retaining environmental, safety, and land-use rules. It also requires emergency energy reserves for critical infrastructure and directs agencies to issue standards within one year.

Establishes a competitively awarded, annually funded grant program to expand affordable high-speed broadband in rural Pennsylvania and former steel communities, with priority for unconnected homes, workforce centers, small businesses, and open-access projects.

Establishes competitive Kansas Water Office grants for local governments, rural water districts, and eligible agricultural users to repair water systems, reduce leakage, improve conservation, and protect reliable supplies. Projects require local matching funds and performance reports.