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State Bills
Browse public bills from the combined state legislature.
Civilian Use-of-Force Review and Accountability Act
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.
0 cosponsors
Iowa Rural Small Business Resilience Act
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.
By Abby Shaw
1 cosponsor
Family Policy Reform Act
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.
0 cosponsors
Texas Community Flood Match Act
Creates a two-year, $180 million capped state fund competitively matching local spending on drainage, detention, and voluntary property buyouts in repeatedly flooded ZIP codes. Projects require at least a 50% local share, public scoring, limited overhead, and legislative reauthorization to continue.
By David Acton
0 cosponsors
North Carolina Career and Technical Education Partnership Act
The bill expands career and technical education in North Carolina high schools through partnerships with community colleges, employers, and workforce boards, offering credentials, dual enrollment, and supervised work experience while retaining core academics and tracking outcomes.
3 cosponsors
Pennsylvania Manufacturing and Skilled-Trades Investment Act
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.
By Leonard Cox
7 cosponsors
Mississippi Work Authorization Compliance and Fair Employment Act
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.
2 cosponsors
Missouri Lawful Status Verification and Federal Immigration Coordination Act
The bill requires lawful-status checks for certain state-funded benefits while exempting emergency care, public health, disaster aid, K–12 education, and federally protected services. It also permits lawful federal coordination, protects personal data, and provides a process to correct verification errors.
1 cosponsor
Clean coal intiatives
The bill allocates $100 million over two years for clean-coal tax credits, worker training, research, infrastructure, and a new authority focused on preserving Eastern Kentucky jobs while maintaining environmental rules and reliable power.
1 cosponsor
Nebraska Small Business Inflation Relief Act
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.
By Samuel Kent
2 cosponsors
Pennsylvania Economic Security, Jobs and Community Mobility Act
The bill appropriates $250 million for affordable housing, workforce training, small-business financing, energy savings, transportation, broadband, and targeted investment in underserved Pennsylvania communities. It also requires matching funds for many recipients, public performance reporting, independent evaluations, and clawbacks for misuse or nonperformance.
By Shaa
0 cosponsors
Iowa Teacher Retention and Rural Schools Act
The bill offers targeted bonuses to retain teachers in high-need subjects and rural districts, streamlines certification for qualified professionals and out-of-state educators, and funds mentoring, shared staffing, and professional development in rural schools.
By Abby Shaw
0 cosponsors
Washington Transit-Oriented Middle Housing and Permitting Act
The bill requires local governments to permit duplexes, townhomes, and small multifamily buildings near frequent transit while streamlining affordable and workforce housing reviews under objective standards. Existing health, safety, environmental, public notice, and appeal protections remain.
1 cosponsor
Michigan Skilled Workforce and Technology Jobs Act
The bill aligns Michigan workforce training with demonstrated employer demand, prioritizes high-demand careers and statewide access, and requires measurable employment outcomes. It favors existing resources and successful programs before creating new spending or administrative structures.
1 cosponsor
Rhode Island Transit-Connected Housing Affordability Act
The bill offers grants, tax credits, and other aid for mixed-income housing near public transit, provided projects include below-market and accessible units. It also requires municipalities to expedite reviews while retaining health, safety, environmental, and historic-preservation standards.
1 cosponsor
Washington Transit-Oriented Middle-Income Housing and Anti-Displacement Act
Creates state grants and incentives for cities that expedite middle-income housing near frequent transit and existing infrastructure, while requiring affordability, labor, relocation, right-to-return, and anti-displacement protections.
0 cosponsors
New Hampshire Workforce Housing Permitting and Infrastructure Act
The bill requires municipalities to adopt predictable workforce-housing rules, including review deadlines and by-right approval for compliant projects. It also offers competitive infrastructure grants to towns that approve qualifying housing while protecting essential services.
2 cosponsors
Hawaii Workforce and Middle-Income Housing Development Act
Provides grants, low-interest financing, and targeted tax credits for workforce and middle-income housing projects, prioritizing long-term affordability, local labor, existing infrastructure, streamlined reviews, and annual public reporting.
By Danny Lau
0 cosponsors
Idaho Work Authorization and Public Contract Integrity Act
Requires Idaho employers and state-funded contractors to use E-Verify for new hires, with complaint investigations, cure periods, escalating civil penalties, and safeguards against discrimination or state enforcement of federal immigration law.
1 cosponsor
1,000,000 Jobs
The bill promises to create 1,000,000 jobs and raise Virginia’s minimum wage, but provides no wage level, funding source, timeline, or implementation plan.
By Khyrie Lee
0 cosponsors
Vermont Climate-Ready Housing and Community Infill Act
Creates grants and tax credits for affordable housing in town centers and near transit, requiring energy efficiency, climate resilience, and continued affordability while prioritizing building reuse and displacement prevention.
2 cosponsors
Illinois Infrastructure & Jobs Investment Act
The bill prioritizes infrastructure repairs in high-need Illinois communities while promoting good-paying jobs, local business participation, and measurable results for public spending. It does not specify funding levels, revenue sources, or enforcement standards.
By Robby
1 cosponsor
Texas Private Land Stewardship and Wildfire Resilience Act of 2026
The bill creates a voluntary, two-year wildfire-resilience program offering repayable loans, technical assistance, limited liability protection, and recognition for verified private-land thinning, grassland restoration, and firebreak projects.
By David Acton
2 cosponsors
South Dakota Land and Water Federal Coordination Act
The bill requires state agencies to obtain written approval from the Governor and Legislature before implementing major federal land- or water-use directives affecting farms, ranches, or rural infrastructure. It also creates public review and authorizes legal challenges while acknowledging valid federal authority.
By Nate Yoder
2 cosponsors
Hawaii Workforce and Mixed-Income Housing Permitting Act
The bill streamlines county permitting for qualifying workforce and mixed-income housing while retaining public input, historic preservation, infrastructure reviews, and state and federal environmental protections.
By Danny Lau
1 cosponsor
Illinois Transit-Adjacent Housing and Infill Development Act
The bill streamlines approval of mixed-income housing near major transit, reduces parking mandates, and offers state tax credits and permitting grants for projects preserving affordable units for at least 30 years. Municipalities keep reasonable design and safety authority but cannot use zoning to block qualifying developments.
0 cosponsors
Alabama Workforce Verification and Contractor Compliance Act
Requires Alabama employers to verify all new hires through E-Verify or a successor system, while providing mismatch-correction and privacy procedures. State contractors that knowingly employ unauthorized workers could face penalties or contract suspension after due process.
3 cosponsors
Stop political violence act
The bill would make political violence against active political figures punishable by death, but it does not define “political violence” or “active political figures” and is unclear about state versus federal jurisdiction.
By Connor West
0 cosponsors
Florida Property Tax Relief
Contingent on voter approval of the expanded homestead exemption, the bill automatically grants homeowners the new relief while restricting local governments from offsetting savings through higher millage rates, fees, or assessments. It also requires public votes, detailed tax notices, statewide reporting, and protections for essential services.
By Jason Martin
0 cosponsors
Oklahoma Employment Eligibility and Wage Protection Act
Requires Oklahoma employers to electronically verify new hires’ work eligibility while penalizing knowing employment of unauthorized workers and wage theft tied to immigration-document discrepancies. It includes a compliance period, good-faith error protections, back pay, and anti-discrimination safeguards.
By Fred Bartel
2 cosponsors