Republicans sponsored more than half of the active bills this week.
Republicans sponsored more than half of the active bills this week.
Republicans sponsored more than half of the active bills this week.
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Legislative highlights
Recent activity
Enacted bills
States approved one election-related bill since our last edition, compared to one in 2023 and three in 2022.
Bills that passed both chambers
Three bills passed both chambers since our last edition and are awaiting gubernatorial action. To see all bills that have currently passed both chambers, click here.
South Dakota (Republican trifecta)
Wisconsin (Divided government)
Vetoed bills
Governors have not vetoed any bills since our last edition. No bills were vetoed during this period in 2023.
Recent activity by state and trifecta status
Of the 274 bills with activity this week, 74 (27%) are in states with Democratic trifectas, 122 (44.5%) are in states with Republican trifectas, and 78 (28.5%) are in states with a divided government.
The map below shows election-related bills acted on in the past week by state trifecta status.
All legislation
Enacted bills by sponsorship and trifecta status
States have enacted seven bills so far this year, compared to two bills in 2023 and 10 bills in 2022. The chart below shows the number and partisan sponsorship of enacted bills in 2024, 2023, and 2022.
Four of the election-related bills passed this year (57.1%) are in states with Democratic trifectas, one (14.3%) is in a state with a Republican trifecta, and two (28.6%) are in states with divided governments. The table below shows the number of enacted election-related bills introduced by trifecta status this year compared to 2023 and 2022.
All bills by topic and sponsorship
The chart below displays the topic and sponsorship of a sample of the 2,180 total bills we’ve followed this year. Note that the sums of the numbers listed do not equal the total number of bills because some bills deal with multiple topics.
All bills by state and trifecta status
Of all the election-related bills introduced this year, 1,114 (51.1%) are in states with Democratic trifectas, 664 (30.5%) are in states with Republican trifectas, and 402 (18.4%) are in states with divided governments.
In 2023, 42% of bills were in states with Democratic trifectas, 43.8% were in states with Republican trifectas, and 14.2% were in states with divided governments. In 2022, 37.8% of bills were in states with Democratic trifectas, 30.4% were in states with Republican trifectas, and 31.8% were in states with divided governments.
The map below shows the number of election-related bills introduced by state and trifecta status this year.
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