This bill speeds up state review for workforce and middle-income housing projects in Illinois, especially near transit and on vacant or outdated commercial sites. It also offers tax credits, low-interest financing, infrastructure help, and model zoning guidance to encourage conversion of obsolete offices and retail space into housing while keeping safety and environmental rules in place.

This bill would give Montana a 12-month suspension of certain state taxes and regulatory fees on dyed farm diesel, home heating propane and fuel, and key agricultural inputs like fertilizer, seed, and livestock feed. It aims to lower rural household and farm costs during inflation, with anti-fraud rules and a follow-up public report on savings and revenue impacts.

A temporary Texas inflation relief bill that mixes property tax and regulatory relief with housing deregulation, faster permitting, workforce training reforms, a DOGE-style state efficiency audit, and a permanent ban on taxpayer-funded lobbying and new protections for farmers and ranchers. Its biggest political fault lines are local zoning preemption, automatic permit approvals, and limits on certain lawsuits over agricultural harms.

New Mexico would create a Department of Health grant and workforce program to expand primary care, behavioral health, and maternal health services in rural, tribal, frontier, and other underserved areas. The bill funds clinics, mobile units, telehealth, and provider recruitment tools like loan repayment and training support, with annual reports on access and workforce results.

This bill creates a state-facilitated health insurance cooperative for small businesses, freelancers, and sole proprietors in Texas to access negotiated group rates. It emphasizes lower costs and simpler enrollment while requiring the program to be fully self-funded with no use of state general revenue or state liability for claims.

This Idaho bill increases penalties for organized retail theft, fentanyl trafficking, and repeat violent felonies, while funding an Attorney General-led program to improve coordination among prosecutors and law enforcement. It also requires annual reports on spending, case outcomes, and recommendations to improve enforcement and public safety.

This bill increases penalties for organized cargo theft, repeat freight theft, and port-related smuggling in Alabama, while letting ALEA coordinate a formal task force with police, port authorities, prosecutors, and regulators. It focuses on major shipping corridors and port facilities, with implementation limited by current constitutional protections and available funding.

This bill creates a Wisconsin program to fund mixed-income housing, preserve older rental units, and back anti-displacement efforts in expensive urban areas. It prioritizes projects near jobs or transit that use matching funds and include measurable protections against involuntary displacement.

This bill would fund affordable and mixed-income housing near major transit stops, but only in places that adopt faster by-right approval for qualifying projects. It also ties funding to tenant protections like just-cause eviction, right-to-return, relocation help, and preserving existing affordable units, with the state tracking housing and displacement results.

This bill would push South Carolina police and agencies to cooperate more closely with federal immigration enforcement, allow sentence enhancements for certain felonies committed by people unlawfully present where legally provable, and require lawful-presence verification for most state-funded public benefits while preserving emergency care, K-12 education, and other legally protected services.

This bill would make computer science and STEM instruction a required part of Colorado’s K-8 core curriculum every year and require high school students to earn at least one coding-inclusive computer science credit to graduate. It aims to expand statewide tech education and make STEM skills a standard part of K-12 schooling.

This bill creates a faster state review path for qualifying starter-home and multifamily projects that already comply with local zoning and safety rules, sets deadlines for local permit decisions, and requires cities to publicly list impact fees and other housing approval costs in a standard format. It aims to lower housing-related costs through speed and transparency while preserving local authority over land-use planning, health, and safety.

This bill requires Florida state and local law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration authorities when people unlawfully present in the U.S. are charged with or convicted of serious crimes, bars local limits on that cooperation, adds penalty enhancements for certain felony convictions, and mandates annual compliance reporting. It frames implementation around public safety, due process, and uniform statewide enforcement.

Georgia would give six months of temporary cost-of-living relief by suspending the state gas tax, removing certain state utility regulatory fees, and exempting essentials like diapers, infant formula, OTC medicines, feminine hygiene products, and basic cleaning supplies from state sales tax. The changes would take effect within 30 days and automatically expire after six months unless lawmakers renew them.

This bill would require faster local review for mixed-income and transit-oriented housing near rail stations and major bus corridors if projects meet state standards, while offering voluntary state incentives to towns that loosen zoning or add deed-restricted affordable housing. It keeps local site-plan authority but imposes decision timelines for qualifying applications.

This bill creates a fast-track state permitting process for workforce and starter-home housing, plus targeted infrastructure grants and limited tax incentives for mixed-income projects near job centers and transit. In return, projects must meet local code, follow transparent affordability standards, and report annually on units built, approval speed, and where development occurs.

This bill would require Colorado local governments to allow by-right moderate-density housing in transit corridors and activity centers, while speeding approval for projects that meet energy and water standards. It also creates a voluntary state fast-track certification program that rewards jurisdictions with compliant housing plans and timely permitting through priority for certain housing and infrastructure grants.

This bill creates an Iowa program to recruit and keep teachers by offering tuition aid or student loan repayment for new teachers who commit to hard-to-staff public schools, especially in rural areas. It also funds mentoring and classroom supply stipends for early-career teachers and expands alternative pathways into teaching, with annual public reporting on results.

This bill would give extra state education funding to Indiana public school districts with high poverty, staffing shortages, or weak academic performance, while offering teacher retention incentives and expanding career and technical education access. It also requires annual public reporting on how funds are distributed and what results they produce.

Ohio would expand a statewide program that links high schools, community colleges, unions, and employers to fund paid pre-apprenticeships, dual-credit career-tech classes, equipment, transportation, and job placement in high-demand skilled trades. The bill is aimed at moving students, recent graduates, and displaced workers into credentials, registered apprenticeships, or full-time jobs without requiring a four-year degree.

This bill would require Connecticut municipalities to create faster permitting for mixed-income housing near rail stations, major bus corridors, and job centers, while offering state planning grants and infrastructure incentives to towns that approve projects with below-market units. It aims to increase housing supply and reduce cost-of-living pressure while keeping local health and safety standards in place.

Wisconsin would create a workforce program through the Department of Workforce Development to expand registered apprenticeships and give performance-based hiring incentives to manufacturers and skilled-trades employers that partner with schools, technical colleges, and union or joint labor-management training programs. The bill targets recent graduates, displaced workers, and high-unemployment areas while requiring industry-recognized training, fair wages, and reporting on retention outcomes.

This bill creates a new organized retail theft offense for coordinated or resale-focused theft schemes, raises penalties for repeat burglary, and funds state-local task forces, prosecutors, and evidence-sharing systems to target theft rings and habitual property offenders. It also requires annual reports on arrests, prosecutions, stolen goods recovery, and program effectiveness.

This bill would speed up approvals for mixed-income infill and transit-oriented housing in already-developed areas, while coordinating utilities and state agencies on grid upgrades for new multifamily housing. It also gives local governments technical help to modernize permitting and reduce delays, aiming to ease housing costs near jobs, schools, and transit.

This bill would bar North Carolina governments from denying or limiting grants, contracts, licenses, certifications, or public-program participation solely because a qualified nonprofit is religious or faith-based. Religious providers would still have to follow the same health, safety, licensing, financial accountability, and applicable state and federal service rules as everyone else.

This bill would require larger Colorado municipalities to allow more housing types like duplexes, triplexes, ADUs, and mixed-use multifamily housing by right in transit-accessible and infill areas, while speeding up permitting for qualifying projects. It also offers planning grants and technical help to local governments, keeps more local control outside covered areas, and requires yearly reporting on housing supply, permit delays, and affordability.

This bill creates a state grant program in Iowa to help public school districts recruit and keep teachers, especially in rural areas and hard-to-staff subjects like special education, math, science, and career and technical education. Districts could use funds for signing incentives, loan repayment, relocation support, residency partnerships, and retention stipends, with annual reporting required.

This bill would bar North Dakota from using state staff, money, or resources to enforce new federal emergency, land-use, or resource-control actions affecting land, water, energy, agriculture, or minerals unless state leaders specifically approve it. It preserves compliance with final court orders, existing agreements, and constitutional obligations.

This bill would suspend Kansas sales tax on groceries for 12 months and require stricter, faster review of electric, gas, and water utility rate hikes, especially those exceeding inflation. It is framed as targeted cost-of-living relief while keeping utility oversight and service reliability in place.

This Missouri bill creates a new organized retail theft offense for coordinated shoplifting and resale schemes, raises penalties for repeat offenders and people with prior violent felony convictions, and funds prosecutors and law enforcement coordination through a Department of Public Safety grant program. It also requires annual reporting on how the money is used and what case outcomes result.