Topic

State laws

2,099 bills on this subject

Filed across 4 Congresses, from the 107th to the 110th, and most in the 109th at 582. A subject is a heading the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, and a bill usually carries several, so these are the bills that touch this subject rather than the bills only about it.

Bills by Congress 107th to 110th
428 bills in the 110th Congress. Showing 421–428, newest first. Every Congress
Bill Title Status Latest action
S 21 Prevention First Act Star Print ordered on the bill. January 9, 2007
SCONRES 83 A concurrent resolution supporting the goals and ideals of National Better Hearing and Speech Month. Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4627) May 21, 2008
SCONRES 59 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that joint custody laws for fit parents should be passed by each State, so that more children are raised with the benefits of having a father and a mother in their lives. Referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. (text of measure as introduced: CR S15925) December 18, 2007
SCONRES 11 A concurrent resolution providing that any agreement relating to trade and investment that is negotiated by the executive branch with another country comply with certain minimum standards. Referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1923-1924) February 13, 2007
SJRES 40 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing the Congress and the States to prohibit the act of desecration of the flag of the United States and to set criminal penalties for that act. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. June 12, 2008
SJRES 21 A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to contributions and expenditures intended to affect elections. Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S13099) October 18, 2007
SRES 626 A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate that the Supreme Court of the United States erroneously decided Kennedy v. Louisiana, No. 07-343 (2008), and that the eighth amendment to the Constitution of the United States allows the imposition of the death penalty for the rape of a child. Referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7481-7482) July 25, 2008
SRES 551 A resolution celebrating 75 years of successful State-based alcohol regulation. Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent. (text: CR S9436-9437) September 24, 2008

Subjects are the headings the Library of Congress assigns to a bill, not labels written here, so the wording is theirs. Bills are listed newest first by their latest action. A bill carries several subjects, so it appears under each of them. Records come from Congress.gov.