United States National Trending Legislation
Legislative trends for all state and federal legislative bodies across the entire United States over the last 72 hours as measured by public interest and bill activity.
| Position | State | Bill | Status | Summary | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | NH | SB84 | Engrossed | Relative to zoning procedures concerning residential housing. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-07 Refer for Interim Study: Motion Adopted Voice Vote 01/07/2026 House Journal 1 P. 74 |
| #2 | FL | S1394 | Failed | Revising the primary investigative, enforcement, and prosecutorial responsibilities of law enforcement officers appointed by the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco within the Department of Business and Professional Regulation; revising the l... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13 Died in Regulated Industries |
| #3 | VA | HB614 | Passed | Department of Education; history and social science Standards of Learning and Curriculum Framework and associated instructional guides and materials; inclusion of quality, accurate, and complete instruction on the contributions and roles of all peop... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-22 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1061) |
| #4 | ND | SB2385 | Passed | AN ACT to create and enact a new chapter to title 23 and a new section to chapter 47-32 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to receivers for mobile home parks and a defense to an eviction from a mobile home; to amend and reenact sections 23-10... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-24 Filed with Secretary Of State 04/23 |
| #5 | FL | S0610 | Failed | Requiring that swimming pools located on residential real property that is transferred or sold on or after a specified date meet certain pool safety requirements; requiring that swimming pools located on residential real property that is transferred ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13 Died in Regulated Industries |
| #6 | MI | HB4911 | Engrossed | Occupations: barbers; mobile barber shops; allow. Amends secs. 1101, 1111 & 1112 of 1980 PA 299 (MCL 339.1101 et seq.). [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-21 |
| #7 | WA | SB5202 | Passed | Ensuring the efficacy of judicial orders as harm reduction tools that increase the safety of survivors of abuse and support law enforcement in their efforts to enforce the law. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-22 Effective date 7/27/2025*. |
| #8 | CA | SB703 | Vetoed | An act to add Part 3 (commencing with Section 2000) to Division 6 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, and to add Article 1.6 (commencing with Section 2790) to Chapter 2 of Division 3 of the Labor Code, relating to employment. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-02 Veto sustained. |
| #9 | VA | HB964 | Passed | Voter registration; restoration of political rights upon release from incarceration; certain adjudications. Provides that any person who loses his political rights as a result of a felony conviction shall be invested with those rights upon his releas... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-22 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1081) |
| #10 | UT | HB0192 | Passed | Vehicle Inspection Fee Amendments [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-26 Governor Signed in Lieutenant Governor's office for filing |
| #11 | WV | SB686 | Passed | The purpose of this bill is to provide an exception to waste and trespass for certain coal estates to encourage the safe and efficient mining, extraction, and production of coal. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-14 Approved by Governor 3/27/2026 - Senate Journal |
| #12 | TX | HB1923 | Introduced | Relating to removing the requirement that an applicant for or holder of a license to carry a handgun provide fingerprints. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-03-14 |
| #13 | TN | HB1757 | Passed | As enacted, creates an offense of recklessly discharging a firearm into the air, ground, a body of water, or an object in close proximity to the person if the firearm is discharged at a place of public gathering or at a public event where there are a... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1086 |
| #14 | SC | H3557 | Passed | Amend The South Carolina Code Of Laws By Amending Section 7-11-15, Relating To Qualifications To Run As A Candidate In General Elections, So As To Shorten The Candidate Filing Period, To Provide Filing Fees For Candidates Seeking Nomination By Politi... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26 Act No. 137 |
| #15 | FL | S0774 | Failed | Defining the term "911 public safety telecommunicator"; providing that specified provisions relating to certain medical benefits for mental or nervous injuries for first responders also apply to 911 public safety telecommunicators, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13 Died in Messages |
| #16 | TX | HB1765 | Engrossed | Relating to the issuance of an arrest warrant or search warrant authorizing the use of a no-knock entry by a peace officer. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-19 Received from the House |
| #17 | US | SB196 | Introduced | A bill to improve online ticket sales and protect consumers, and for other purposes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-09-02 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 144. |
| #18 | FL | S0082 | Failed | Ratifying the proposed amendment to the United States Constitution relating to equal rights for men and women, etc. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13 Died in Judiciary |
| #19 | TX | HB2043 | Introduced | Relating to the regulation of earned wage access services; requiring an occupational registration; imposing fees. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-29 Returned to Calendars Committee |
| #20 | NH | SB556 | Introduced | Including syringes and similar medical devices in the definition of special waste for purposes of solid waste management and making the disposal of such special waste a felony. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-13 Refer to Interim Study, Motion Adopted, Voice Vote; 02/19/2026; Senate Journal 4 |
| #21 | CT | HJ00069 | Passed | Resolution Confirming The Nomination Of Patrick M. Fahey, Esquire, Of South Glastonbury To Be A Judge Of The Superior Court. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-05 On Consent Calendar / In Concurrence |
| #22 | AZ | SB1416 | Passed | Missing; kidnapped children; reporting requirements [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-19 Chapter 174 |
| #23 | US | HR1583 | Introduced | Expressing support for the designation of October as "National Promotoras Month". [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-09-24 |
| #24 | NH | HB1179 | Introduced | Relative to minimum nursing home staffing standards. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-25 Minority Committee Report: Refer for Interim Study |
| #25 | WI | SB264 | Passed | An Act to renumber 632.895 (8) (a) 1.; to renumber and amend 632.895 (8) (d); to amend 40.51 (8m), 66.0137 (4), 120.13 (2) (g) and 609.80; to create 49.46 (2) (b) 6. n., 632.895 (8) (a) 1b., 632.895 (8) (a) 1f., 632.895 (8) (a) 1k., 632.895 (8) (a) 1... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-19 Published 3-20-2026 |
| #26 | TX | SB1939 | Passed | Relating to the ship channel improvement revolving fund. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20 Effective immediately |
| #27 | VA | HB5 | Passed | Employment; paid sick leave; civil penalties; civil actions. Requires one hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked for all employees of private employers and state and local governments, with certain exceptions. The bill requires that employ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-20 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP1128) |
| #28 | NY | A07924 | Introduced | Relates to the practice of natural hair care and braiding; creates an apprenticeship in such area; makes conforming technical changes. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-01 |
| #29 | CA | SB67 | Passed | An act to amend Sections 69411, 69433.9, 69436, 69514, and 70022 of the Education Code, relating to student financial aid. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-10-11 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 648, Statutes of 2025. |
| #30 | NJ | S832 | Introduced | Establishes process for selection, instruction, and oversight of commissioners to Article V convention for proposing amendments to United States Constitution; establishes criminal penalties for certain violations. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-13 |
| #31 | RI | H7621 | Introduced | HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSUMER PFAS BAN ACT OF 2024 - Exempts certain cookware that contains perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS that are authorized by the FDA for food contact for consumer goods from the provision of the consumer PF... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-31 |
| #32 | CO | SB018 | Passed | Concerning legal protections for the dignity of a minor, and, in connection therewith, suppressing a court record associated with changing a minor's name. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-20 Governor Signed |
| #33 | AZ | SB1055 | Vetoed | Arrestees; unlawfully present; reporting [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-19 Governor Vetoed |
| #34 | VA | HB375 | Passed | Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act; right of first refusal; resident entities and localities. Provides for a right of first refusal, under the Manufactured Home Lot Rental Act, for resident entities, defined in the bill, and localities in which a manuf... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0599) |
| #35 | NJ | S1943 | Introduced | Directs DCA to establish online database of affordable housing settlement agreements and other declaratory judgment actions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-13 |
| #36 | MI | SB0031 | Engrossed | Health facilities: hospitals; certain policies on patients who are giving birth; require a hospital to adopt. Amends secs. 20201 & 21513 of 1978 PA 368 (MCL 333.20201 & 333.21513) & adds sec. 21537. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-17 |
| #37 | CA | AB374 | Vetoed | An act to add Sections 45170 and 88169 to the Education Code, relating to classified employees. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-22 Consideration of Governor's veto stricken from file. |
| #38 | NY | S02705 | Introduced | Enacts the student suicide prevention act; requires the governing board or body of every local educational agency serving students in grades seven to twelve, to adopt policies, procedures and guidelines on student suicide prevention, intervention and... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-15 |
| #39 | VA | SB827 | Passed | Pilot program for underground transmission lines; qualifying projects; levy; report. Authorizes the State Corporation Commission, in reviewing any application submitted by a public utility for a certificate of public convenience and necessity for the... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-13 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0864) |
| #40 | MI | SB0502 | Engrossed | Crimes: terrorism; crime of making terrorist threat or false report of terrorism; modify. Amends sec. 543m of 1931 PA 328 (MCL 750.543m). [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-19 |
| #41 | IL | HB4896 | Passed | Reinserts the provisions of the bill as amended by Senate Amendment No. 1 with these changes. Requires that a person or persons seeking to commence an action under the Act each have a household income of under 80% of area median income as determined ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-26 Public Act . . . . . . . . . 104-0506 |
| #42 | OK | HB3661 | Passed | Revenue and taxation; sales tax; exemptions; commercial forestry equipment; effective date. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-12 Approved by Governor 05/12/2026 |
| #43 | NY | A11607 | Introduced | Requires the New York city housing authority to investigate complaints of squatters within twenty-four hours and promptly remove squatters from its apartments. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-06-05 |
| #44 | CA | SB779 | Passed | An act to amend Section 7138.1 of, and to amend, repeal, and add Sections 7028.7 and 7099.2 of, the Business and Professions Code, relating to contractors. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-10-01 Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 233, Statutes of 2025. |
| #45 | NY | S05935 | Passed | Prohibits online sweepstakes games and revenue from illegal markets; sets penalties; provides for enforcement of provisions. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-12-05 SIGNED CHAP.605 |
| #46 | NJ | A4285 | Introduced | Requires notification to appropriate departments if drug court participant tests positive for marijuana or cannabis. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-19 |
| #47 | IA | HF2681 | Introduced | A bill for an act relating to video recording systems in special education classrooms.(Formerly HF 2218.) [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-12 Amendment H-8217 filed. H.J. 668. |
| #48 | TX | HB3092 | Passed | Relating to a certificate of public convenience and necessity to construct an electric transmission line. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-06-20 Effective on 9/1/25 |
| #49 | FL | S1580 | Failed | Repealing a provision relating to penalties and violations related to illegal gambling; authorizing a person who is ineligible for employment with the commission to submit a waiver request to the commission asking to be considered eligible for employ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-13 Died in returning Messages |
| #50 | CT | SB00421 | Introduced | To require the Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection to implement a system for reporting double utility poles. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-07 File Number 471 |
