State Legislature Bills

Creates a competitive matching-grant program to repair rural drinking-water and wastewater systems, protect watersheds, and restore flood- or industry-damaged infrastructure, with priority for distressed communities and requirements for transparent reporting and audits.

The bill strengthens wage-theft enforcement, workplace safety and retaliation protections, scheduling notice, temporary-worker oversight, worker education, and annual reporting. Many details, costs, and employer exemptions would be determined later through agency rules and appropriations.

The bill declares a statewide initiative to promote private investment, workforce training, apprenticeships, entrepreneurship, and job growth in economically distressed Chicago neighborhoods, while calling for transparent, results-based use of public development funds. It provides broad goals but few implementation or funding details.

The bill increases penalties for violence, property damage, and credible threats targeting public officials, election workers, or public-gathering participants while protecting lawful protest and speech. It also requires incident reporting, election-official notification, and anonymized annual summaries.

Establishes a competitive grant program through existing Montana agencies to repair rural roads, bridges, culverts, and public water systems, prioritizing safety, water quality, farm-to-market access, and projects with local matching funds.

The bill accelerates repairs and modernization for South Carolina roads, bridges, ports, drainage, and hurricane defenses while prioritizing safety and economic need. It limits funding to authorized sources and requires competitive contracts, public timelines, quarterly reports, and independent audits.

Prioritizes repairs to existing Nevada roads and bridges while supporting reliable public transit, and requires quarterly public reporting on project budgets, timelines, delays, and costs. It mandates annual legislative review without creating a statewide tax or fee.

The bill creates dedicated Wisconsin funding for childcare, housing, and food assistance for eligible working families, prioritizing people who are working, training, studying, or seeking employment. It also offers voluntary job-support services and requires annual reports on outcomes and costs.

Establishes a competitive, annually funded grant program for flood mitigation and infrastructure upgrades, prioritizing documented risk, public safety, community need, and transparent project selection.

The bill creates a competitive state grant program for bridges, municipal water systems, and industrial access roads, prioritizing safety, manufacturing, supply chains, and job creation. Municipal matching contributions, transparent criteria, and annual public reports are required.