FEDERAL
Federal Bill of the Month – February 2026: H.R. 7256 – The Federal Workforce Early Separation Incentives Act
The Federal Workforce Early Separation Incentives Act—would modernize and strengthen the government’s ability to scale back the sprawling bureaucratic workforce by offering employees buyout packages sufficient to incentivize leaving their roles—when such roles are no longer needed. Under current law, Voluntary Separation Incentive Payments (VSIP) are capped at $25,000—an amount that was set back in the 1990s. The bill would update this model by allowing government agencies to offer up to six months of an employee’s salary under VSIP.
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Federal Bill of the Month – January 2026: H.R. 7226 – Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Streamline the Code of Federal Regulations Act of 2026
The Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Streamline the Code of Federal Regulations Act of 2026—would bring some much-needed efficiency to the sprawling federal bureaucracy by directing regulators to utilize artificial intelligence to identify existing unnecessary, outdated, and redundant rulemaking. This change would potentially save taxpayers billions of dollars in both compliance and administrative costs.
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Federal Bill of the Month: September – H.R. 5256 – 340B ACCESS Act
H.R. 5256, the 340B Affording Care for Communities and Ensuring a Strong Safety-Net Act (340B ACCESS Act), introduced by Rep. Buddy Carter (R-Ga.), reforms the 340B drug pricing program to address issues such as patient definition, duplicate discounts, and additional oversight. The time is now to reform the misused and abused 340B drug pricing program, and if enacted, the ACCESS Act would implement much-needed reforms and restore much-needed integrity to the program.
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STATE
State Bill of the Month – February 2026: South Carolina S.0519
Introduced by South Carolina Senator Tom Davis and 12 other South Carolina state legislators (R-SC-46), S.0519 would codify a lower tax rate on heated tobacco products (HTPs), setting a statutory tax rate of 5 percent on heated products. While a lower tax rate for reduced-risk products is a significant improvement compared to the high-tax status-quo, heated tobacco products would ideally not be taxed at all.
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State Bill of the Month – January 2026: Missouri HJR 174
Introduced by Missouri Speaker Jonathan Patterson (R-30), HJR 174 would propose a constitutional amendment to phase out the income tax. This amendment is contingent upon the will of the voters in Missouri, and if all revenue triggers established by law reduce the top individual income tax rate to below 1.4 percent. TPA recognizes that the resolution authorizes sales taxes to be ‘expanded by legislation.’ When that legislation is introduced, TPA will stand against it.
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State Bill of the Month – September 2025: Michigan H.B. 5086
Introduced by Michigan State Rep. Steve Carra (R-36), State Rep. Jaime Greene (R-65), and State Rep. Matthew Maddock (R-51), H.B. 5086 would repeal the Michigan Tobacco Products Tax Act of 1993.
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