FEDERAL
Federal Bill of the Month – April 2026: H.R. 8293 – Abolish the CMMI Act
Georgia House Bill 1393 would significantly expand the ability of rural hospital authorities in Georgia to collaborate with one another and with outside healthcare entities while shielding that conduct from antitrust scrutiny. This bill would also fully repeal Georgia’s certificate of need (CON) laws except for long-term care facilities (nursing homes).
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Federal Bill of the Month – March 2026: S. 4151 – Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act of 2026
The Unfunded Mandates Accountability and Transparency Act of 2026, a long overdue piece of legislation, would strengthen guardrails on federal regulation by requiring agencies to more fully consider the economic costs their rules impose on state and local governments, businesses, and taxpayers.
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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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STATE
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.
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State Bill of the Month – March 2026: Georgia House Bill 1393
Introduced by Georgia State Representatives William Werkheiser (R-GA-157), Angie O’Steen (R-GA-169), Leesa Hagan (R-GA-156), James Burchett (R-GA-176), Butch Parrish (R-GA-158), John Corbett (R-GA-174) and Ben Watson (R-GA-1), Georgia House Bill 1393 would significantly expand the ability of rural hospital authorities in Georgia to collaborate with one another and with outside healthcare entities while shielding that conduct from antitrust scrutiny. This bill would also fully repeal Georgia’s certificate of need (CON) laws except for long-term care facilities (nursing homes).
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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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