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Browse public bills from the combined state legislature.
Appalachian Rural Roads and Bridges Safety Act
Directs Tennessee’s transportation department to prioritize deteriorating rural and Appalachian roads and bridges, especially routes providing access to schools, hospitals, emergency services, and jobs, while coordinating with counties and reporting progress annually.
6 cosponsors
California Mobile Mental Health Crisis Response Grant Act
Creates state grants for local mobile mental-health crisis teams to handle nonviolent mental-health and substance-use calls, with priority for underserved communities, coordination with care providers, and annual performance and spending reports.
1 cosponsor
Montana Working Lands Conservation Incentive Act
The bill creates a voluntary, rancher-led grant and technical-assistance program for soil health, water stewardship, and wildlife habitat projects without imposing new agricultural regulations. Funding may come from state, federal, and private sources.
1 cosponsor
Oregon Drought Watershed Transparency and Protection Act
The bill requires public reporting of major groundwater withdrawals in drought-prone watersheds while protecting personal information. During declared shortages, it prioritizes drinking water, public health, and essential instream flows within existing water-rights law.
3 cosponsors
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
4 cosponsors
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
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
8 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
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
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
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.
2 cosponsors
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.
2 cosponsors
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
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
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
Nevada Cost-of-Living Fiscal Transparency and Relief Act
The bill requires plain-language impact statements before major Nevada tax or fee increases and seeks verified administrative savings to finance one-time household rebates, subject to legislative approval and annual reporting.
4 cosponsors
Pennsylvania Pathways to Homes and Work Act
The bill would spend $50 million annually on a voluntary “housing-first, work-forward” program offering housing assistance, employment training, support services, and employer tax credits, with annual outcome reporting.
By Shaa
0 cosponsors
Pennsylvania Public Integrity Act
The bill requires conflict disclosures and recusals, restricts gifts, publishes major contract and beneficial-ownership information, protects whistleblowers, and creates a Public Integrity Office within the Attorney General’s office. It also establishes civil penalties and possible contracting bans for knowing violations.
By Shaa
1 cosponsor
South Dakota Lawful Arrest Immigration Status Coordination Act
Requires South Dakota agencies to check federal immigration databases after lawful custodial arrests and coordinate with federal authorities when appropriate, while protecting emergency care, barring profiling, and preserving notice and due-process rights.
By Nate Yoder
2 cosponsors
Hawaii Workforce and Affordable Housing Near Employment Centers Act
Establishes competitive grants and infrastructure aid for workforce and affordable housing near jobs and reliable transit, with expedited objective review. It preserves local zoning authority and includes affordability monitoring, relocation assistance, and right-to-return protections.
By Danny Lau
1 cosponsor
An Act to Promote Transit-Oriented Housing and Workforce Affordability
The bill permits multifamily housing near major transit hubs statewide, streamlines local approvals, and offers grants and tax incentives for projects meeting housing and affordability goals. Public support would favor projects using union labor, prevailing wages, and workforce-housing requirements.
By Tom Callahan
3 cosponsors
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.
1 cosponsor