FEDERAL
Federal Bill of the Month – June 2026: H.R. 7502 – Recycled Materials Attribution Act
Introduced by Rep. Nicholas Langworthy (R-N.Y.), H.R. 7502 — the Recycled Materials Attribution Act—is an important step toward promoting transparency and allowing producers to make truthful environmental marketing claims to consumers.
The current patchwork of fragmented state and local laws governing recycling imposes heavy regulatory compliance costs on manufacturers that are inevitably passed down to consumers
Federal Bill of the Month – May 2026: H.R.8872 – Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in TANF Act
The legislation amends part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, which establishes the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant program. Enacted to replace the former welfare system, TANF provides $16.5 billion per year in federal funds to states to design and operate programs that help needy families achieve self-sufficiency, primarily by promoting work. While the aim of TANF is laudable, there is very little transparency about how states spend federal TANF funds.
Federal Bill of the Month – April 2026: H.R. 8293 – Abolish the CMMI Act
According to the Government Accountability Office (GAO), the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation (CMMI) has cost taxpayers $11.4 billion since its inception in 2010. While the agency was created to test and implement innovative healthcare payment and service delivery models, it has abysmally failed. In the last decade, CMMI has launched over 50 model tests. Of these model tests, only six have generated statistically significant savings for Medicare and, by extension, taxpayers.
STATE
State Bill of the Month – June 2026: South Carolina H. 3021
Introduced by state Rep. Jeff Bradley (R), South Carolina’s H. 3021 enacts the “Small Business Regulatory Freedom Act,” subjecting agency rulemaking to legislative review through the Small Business Regulatory Review Committee, which will identify and eliminate redundant regulation. This bill would ensure that South Carolina’s lawmakers reclaim authority over heavy-handed rules with major economic impacts to their constituents.
State Bill of Shame– May 2026: New York State Senate Bill S9144A
Introduced by New York State Senators Liz Krueger (D-NY-28), Kristen Gonzalez (D-NY-59), and others, New York State Senate Bill S9144A would implement a moratorium of more than three years on the issuance of permits for data centers. Additionally, the legislation would mandate that a minimum amount of data center electricity use come from renewables. It would also require costly environmental reviews and reporting, which would almost certainly deter data center construction. S9144A would effectively kill any data center construction proposal in the state of New York.
State Bill of the Month – April 2026: Wisconsin Assembly Bill 601
Introduced by Wisconsin State Representatives Tyler August (R), Kalan Haywood (D), Alex Dallman (R), Clinton Anderson (D), Elijah Behnke (R), Chanz Green (R), Nate Gustafson (R), Tony Kurtz (R), Jeffrey Mursau (R), Todd Novak (R), William Penterman (R), Priscilla Prado (D), Christine Sinicki (D), Shelia Stubbs (D), Robert Wittke (R) and Angela Stroud (D), Wisconsin Assembly Bill 601—recently signed into law by Gov. Evers—would modernize the state’s gaming framework by creating a narrow but consequential exception to existing gambling prohibitions. A.B. 601 effectively authorizes statewide mobile sports betting.