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Browse public bills from the combined state legislature.
Rhode Island Mixed-Income Housing and Community Development Fund Act
Creates a state-administered fund offering competitive loans and grants for affordable mixed-income rental housing, prioritizing developments near schools, transit, jobs, and essential services while rewarding municipalities that approve locally reviewed projects.
0 cosponsors
Delaware Workforce Housing and Streamlined Development Act
The bill creates a workforce housing initiative for mixed-income developments near jobs and transit, offering coordinated, time-limited state review while retaining local zoning, public notice, environmental review, and affordability rules. Assistance and infrastructure priority would depend on legislative funding.
By Ellie Graham
0 cosponsors
The Transit-Oriented Mixed-Income Housing and Tenant Stability Act
The bill requires transit-served municipalities to allow reasonable multifamily, mixed-income housing near stations, offering grants and technical assistance for meeting housing targets. It also preserves affordable units and adds notice, relocation aid, and enforcement protections for tenants.
By Tom Callahan
1 cosponsor
Nebraska Small Business Cost Relief Act
The bill lowers selected licensing, inspection, and registration fees for qualifying locally owned Nebraska businesses with up to 50 employees. It also streamlines renewals and compliance information while retaining health, safety, and consumer protections.
By Samuel Kent
0 cosponsors
North Dakota Immigration Status Verification and Fraud Reporting Act
The bill requires North Dakota public agencies to verify immigration or work authorization only when federally permitted and relevant, while protecting personal data, allowing record corrections, and reporting credible fraud to federal authorities. It does not create independent state immigration enforcement or restrict legally required emergency services.
1 cosponsor
North Dakota Lawful Employment Verification and Reporting Act
Requires North Dakota employers to federally verify new hires’ work authorization, retain records, and report unresolved mismatches. It bars discriminatory screening, allows penalties for knowing violations, and provides a safe harbor for first-time good-faith errors.
0 cosponsors
North Carolina Immigration Information-Sharing and Victim Protection Act
The bill requires North Carolina law enforcement agencies to participate in applicable federal immigration information-sharing programs while ensuring immigration-status inquiries do not obstruct crime investigations, victim services, or protections for witnesses and crime reporters.
0 cosponsors
North Carolina Public Benefits Eligibility and Federal Cooperation Act
Requires North Carolina agencies administering public benefits to verify eligibility and lawful status using federal systems and cooperate with lawful immigration requests, while preserving emergency services, appeals, record corrections, and anti-discrimination safeguards.
0 cosponsors
Colorado Workforce Housing and Clean Development Act
The bill offers competitive state grants, faster local review, and technical assistance for income-restricted workforce housing near transit and employment centers that meets clean-energy standards, while retaining local zoning authority and requiring annual performance reports.
By Nate Weiss
1 cosponsor
Oregon Housing Stability and Infill Act
The bill creates a state-backed fund for affordable and supportive housing near transit, jobs, and services, while accelerating qualifying infill projects. It also adds tenant relocation protections, coordinates voluntary support services, and requires annual public reporting.
1 cosponsor
Pet Food Safety
The bill would ban Red No. 3 and purely cosmetic artificial red dyes in pet food sold in Indiana beginning in 2028. It also requires nutritional and labeling standards, authorizes inspections, and imposes penalties of up to $5,000 for repeated violations.
By Chris Storm
0 cosponsors
Arizona Border Cooperation and Taxpayer Protection Act
The bill requires Arizona state and local agencies to cooperate with federal immigration authorities when people unlawfully present are charged with or convicted of crimes, bans policies that block that cooperation, and restricts state-funded public benefits for undocumented immigrants to emergency care, required K-12 education, and other legally mandated services.
By Hank Calhoun
0 cosponsors
An Act Relating to Expanding Workforce and Middle-Income Housing Through Permit Streamlining and Transit-Oriented Development
This bill would speed up permits for workforce and middle-income housing, especially near high-capacity transit, while allowing cities to convert some underused commercial and office land into housing more easily. It also offers state planning and infrastructure grants to local governments that expand housing capacity and reduce delays.
7 cosponsors
An Act to Expand Affordable Housing Production and Tenant Stability in California
This bill would try to boost affordable housing in California by speeding up approvals for qualifying infill and mixed-income projects, while offering tax credits and low-interest financing to convert vacant commercial and public buildings into housing. It also gives grants to local governments that adopt anti-displacement policies like emergency rental assistance, eviction right-to-counsel, and tenant preservation plans in high-rent areas.
0 cosponsors
Indiana Power Revise
This bill would authorize a massive energy and infrastructure project near Richmond, Indiana, including underground utility relocation, a new reservoir, an underwater dual-reactor nuclear facility, and upgrades for five nearby fire departments. It promises resilience and power reliability, but would likely raise major questions about cost, land use, environmental risk, and the unusual underwater reactor concept.
By Chris Storm
0 cosponsors
Texas Strategic Investment and Job Creation Act of 2026
This bill creates temporary Texas tax abatements and limited infrastructure support for large projects like sports venues, factories, data centers, and mixed-use developments if they meet job and revenue targets. It also adds fast-track permitting, annual reporting, clawbacks for missed promises, and a five-year sunset.
By David Acton
1 cosponsor
Minimum Wage Hike
This bill would raise Illinois’ minimum wage to $20 per hour starting January 1, 2027. It offers a large pay increase for low-wage workers but could also raise labor costs for employers.
0 cosponsors
Colorado Consumer Call Protection and Fraud Deterrence Act
This bill cracks down on illegal telemarketing and scam robocalls in Colorado by creating steep civil penalties, allowing consumers to sue, giving the Attorney General stronger enforcement tools, and requiring phone carriers to provide call authentication and free robocall blocking. It also creates a restitution fund for victims and mandates annual public reporting on enforcement and carrier compliance.
1 cosponsor
Richmond Stadium Act
Virginia would finance a new Level 2 stadium for the Richmond Capitols, while requiring average ticket prices to stay capped at $150 for the next two seasons. The project also ties the stadium area to a Metro extension and a transit-oriented development plan.
0 cosponsors
Florida Sports Infrastructure and Small Business Growth Act
This bill lets Florida local governments create special districts to help fund pro football stadium projects and nearby improvements, but only if private sources cover most costs and no new statewide general tax is used. It also requires at least 35% of contracts to go to Florida small businesses, adds local hiring and apprenticeship programs, mandates annual transparency reports, and allows public support to be cut back or recovered if promises are not met.
By Samuel Sharp
1 cosponsor
Indiana Responder Break
This bill creates a state income tax credit of $500 to $1,000 for qualified emergency responders and adds training reimbursement support for certifications, testing, and continuing education. It is framed as a way to strengthen volunteer emergency response capacity using existing funds, grants, and administrative savings without raising taxes.
By Chris Storm
0 cosponsors
Colorado Housing Supply and Smart Growth Acceleration Act
Colorado would speed up permitting for multifamily and mixed-use housing near transit, set statewide application timelines, and offer tax credits and infrastructure grants for energy-efficient, workforce, and adaptive-reuse projects while leaving local health and safety enforcement in place.
By Nate Weiss
2 cosponsors
An Act Relating to Education — Rhode Island College-to-Career Affordability and Retention Act
This bill expands Rhode Island’s need-based college aid, completion grants, and community college tuition support while linking public higher education more closely to transfer pathways, paid internships, apprenticeships, and high-demand workforce programs. It also prioritizes Rhode Island residents who stay and work in-state and requires reporting on enrollment, graduation, and employment outcomes.
0 cosponsors
Arizona Border Security Cooperation and Trafficking Interdiction Act
This bill directs Arizona law enforcement agencies to expand lawful cooperation on border-related immigration enforcement and on stopping human trafficking, fentanyl smuggling, and related transnational crime. It also requires DPS to set standards, train agencies, and publicly report on enforcement activity, costs, and public safety results.
By Hank Calhoun
2 cosponsors
Northern Virginia Stadium Act
Virginia would finance a new Level 2 stadium for the Washington Senators in Fairfax County’s Lorton area, with average ticket prices capped at $150 for two seasons. The project also ties the stadium site to a Metro extension and a transit-oriented development plan.
0 cosponsors
Vermont Affordable, Efficient, and Resilient Housing Act
This bill uses state tax credits, grants, and infrastructure aid to encourage energy-efficient multifamily housing with units reserved for low- and moderate-income households, especially in village, downtown, and transit-accessible areas. It also pushes municipalities that receive certain housing funds to adopt faster, clearer permitting for qualifying infill and mixed-income projects.
0 cosponsors
Wisconsin Workforce Housing and Rental Preservation Act
This bill creates a Wisconsin program offering grants and low-interest loans to build and rehab multifamily housing near jobs, transit, and downtown areas. It also funds repairs for older rentals in exchange for affordability commitments and requires annual public reporting on results and spending.
2 cosponsors
Michigan Public Safety Coordination and Violent Offender Accountability Act
This bill creates a voluntary statewide crime data-sharing and analytic support program in Michigan focused on violent crime, repeat offenders, warrants, and case outcomes. It also adds privacy safeguards, error-correction procedures, targeted grants for high-crime areas, and annual public reporting on results and accountability.
0 cosponsors
Arkansas Cost-of-Living Relief and Responsible Purchasing Act
This bill would suspend Arkansas state sales tax for 12 months on groceries and basic household utility use to ease cost-of-living pressure, while tightening state purchasing rules through stronger bidding requirements, public procurement reporting, and a temporary freeze on nonessential purchases.
By Eli McGrath
4 cosponsors
An Act to Accelerate Transit-Oriented and Workforce Housing Production in the Commonwealth
This bill would require transit-served Massachusetts municipalities to speed up permitting for multifamily and workforce housing near stations, while offering state grants and infrastructure help to communities that hit housing production goals. It aims to increase housing supply and affordability for working families without changing health, safety, or environmental standards.
By Tom Callahan
1 cosponsor