(Click on each state abbreviation for details)

As of March 16, 2023

FL: Senate President Kathleen Passidomo said there is little support in the Senate for a House bill that would lower the minimum age to buy rifles and other long guns.

ID: The House Education Committee advanced a bill that would prohibit K-12 students from using bathrooms that do not match their biological sex.

IL: The state has mandated paid time off up to 40 hours per year for full-time employees “for any purpose.”

IA: Lawmakers approved what may be the largest government overhaul in any state this year with a bill that would consolidate departments, cut agencies, and eliminate 200 jobs.

IA: The Senate Ways and Means committee advanced legislation to reduce and eventually eliminate the state income tax.

KS: After sparring over competing proposals, lawmakers signed off on a measure to reduce the state and local taxes on groceries.

ME: The Legislature will host the State of the Tribes Address for the first time in two decades, providing tribal chiefs the opportunity to speak directly to lawmakers.

NM: The Governor signed legislation sponsored by Senate President Pro Term Mimi Stewart that requires gun owners to keep firearms safely stored.

NM: Legislators agreed on a medical malpractice proposal that would enable independent outpatient clinics to continue operating — a bipartisan breakthrough in a combative debate.

NY: Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said the legislature should invest funds in mental health, crime and violence prevention, and education.

NC: After years of debate, Medicaid expansion has passed the House and Senate with bipartisan support.

OK: Senate President Pro Tem Greg Treat is creating an Economic Development Select Committee to study

SD: The Governor has put her veto on a fourth bill that the Legislature approved in its 2023 session, the latest an objection to excluding cryptocurrency from the definition of “money.”

UT: The Governor has signed legislation banning all abortion clinics in the state by the start of next year.

As of March 2, 2023

FL: Affordable housing, a priority of Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, rates #1 in this list of “10 big issues to watch in Florida’s 2023 legislative session.”

ID: A legislative committee rejected a bill that would have made schools and libraries liable to lawsuits for distributing material deemed harmful to children.

IN: A bill banning all gender-affirming care passed the Senate 36-12. Senate President Pro Tem Rodric Bray characterized the banned treatments as “uncertain, unproven, and life-altering.”

MI: Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks said the Senate will move a package of gun-control bills through committee and to the floor as soon as possible.

MS: With the Governor’s signature on a GOP-led bill, Mississippi became the third state this year to ban gender-affirming care for transgender youth.

MO: A Senate committee has approved a bill to exempt ammunition and the sale of firearms from state and local sales taxes.

MO: Infighting among Republican lawmakers came to a head in a dispute over transgender care.

MT: The Senate Business, Labor and Economic Affairs Committee advanced a bill that would prohibit internet service providers from allowing anyone to access TikTok, punishable by a $10,000 fine.

OH: The Senate Committee on Rail Safety held its first meeting after the derailment in East Palestine. Senate President Matt Huffman has said lawmakers could explore changes to tort law.

SD: The Governor said she would veto a state budget that does not include her proposed repeal of the state sales tax on food.

UT: A push to mandate that members of religious clergy report child sexual abuse when it's brought to their attention is facing resistance.

WY: A bill that outlaws medication abortions is likely to become law after legislators sent it out of the House in a 56-5 vote.