Topics

Environment and climate

Bills on this topic in each legislature's current session.

Bills
6,419
Became law
1,025
States
50

The same idea in several states

Bills in different states whose titles and summaries closely match.

By state

Each state's bills on this topic this session, how many passed a chamber, and how many became law.

StateBillsPassed a chamberBecame law
New Jersey 767 27 12
Minnesota 609 11 7
Texas 550 149 83
New York 520 67 36
Maryland 360 149 109
Massachusetts 315 22 10
Hawaii 306 78 24
California 243 154 87
Pennsylvania 231 41 8
Michigan 162 28 4
North Carolina 161 64 36
Washington 133 30 30
Maine 121 74 67
Tennessee 116 19 17
South Carolina 109 19 16
Illinois 105 27 18
Connecticut 102 41 34
Rhode Island 101 16 14
Iowa 99 17 7
Florida 83 17 12
Arizona 75 31 14
Kansas 74 30 17
Montana 70 48 46
New Hampshire 69 30 20
West Virginia 64 3 2
Oklahoma 64 18 6
Missouri 63 6 3
Ohio 61 12 5
Utah 59 50 43
Vermont 55 21 20
Kentucky 51 14 12
Wisconsin 48 6 6
Nevada 46 34 28
Alaska 43 9 6
Virginia 43 26 23
Mississippi 41 15 8
Arkansas 38 29 25
Colorado 37 24 22
Georgia 35 18 10
Alabama 32 13 10
Louisiana 29 15 15
New Mexico 25 4 2
North Dakota 25 16 16
Indiana 22 10 8
Idaho 16 11 11
South Dakota 11 4 4
Wyoming 9 3 3
Oregon 8 4 3
Delaware 7 5 5
Nebraska 6 1 1

Recently became law

StateBillTitleLast action
New Jersey S 4495 Green Acres funds-fund cert projects, State-owned land by cert nonprofit org Oct 27, 2026
New York S 10045 Extends the authority of the department of environmental conservation to restrict the taking of fish, shellfish and crustacea in special ma… Oct 23, 2026
Pennsylvania HB 961 An Act amending Title 30 (Fish) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, in dams, bar racks and migration devices, further providing for … Oct 22, 2026
Pennsylvania SB 804 An Act amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, providing for medical devices; in Commonwealth serv… Oct 22, 2026
Pennsylvania SB 1287 An Act amending the act of July 31, 1968 (P.L.805, No.247), known as the Pennsylvania Municipalities Planning Code, in subdivision and land… Oct 8, 2026
Alaska HB 263 An Act making appropriations for the operating and loan program expenses of state government and for certain programs; capitalizing funds; … Sep 30, 2026
Alaska HB 314 An Act relating to registered interior designers and interior design; relating to project costs for the construction, enlargement, or impro… Sep 30, 2026
California AB 1486 Climate resiliency: research farms: grant program. Sep 30, 2026
California AB 1944 Zero-emission transit buses: axle weight. Sep 30, 2026
California AB 2231 California Environmental Quality Act: hospital projects. Sep 30, 2026
California AB 2234 California Environmental Quality Act: geothermal exploratory projects. Sep 30, 2026
California AB 40 California Environmental Quality Act: environmental impact reports: coal handling, storage, and export. Sep 30, 2026
California AB 864 Hazardous waste: solar photovoltaic modules. Sep 30, 2026
California SB 1375 California Environmental Quality Act: exemption: urban intermodal rail station project. Sep 30, 2026
California SB 811 Hazardous materials: metal shredding facilities. Sep 30, 2026

Topics come from each legislature's own subject terms where it publishes them, and from the bill's title. Resolutions aren't counted.