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Rights Legislation Tracker

Rights Legislation Tracker organizes records from LegiScan Pull and Bulk APIs into a static table for transparent comparison. It preserves official source links and dates, marks missing enrichment, and adds deterministic grouping, change, recency, trend, or significance fields only where the documented inputs support them, without recommendations or unsupported claims.

Records
5,000
Last changed
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Coverage
12/02/2024–08/28/2026
Method
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RecordRecord DateVuga GroupChange StatusRecency DaysPublic Significance Score
Relating to the San Antonio River Authority.05/29/2025unclassifiedunchanged458.080
Requires genetic testing results only be received by patients and health care providers providing direct care while health insurance companies only receive a record that the genetic testing was performed; provides insurers cannot require access to genetic testing results and cannot take adverse action against someone for not providing genetic testing results.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Honoring Dr. Pablo Ulloa for his staunch advocacy on behalf of Dominican Americans in the State of New York and for hosting an important event series in the Bronx and Manhattan, New York02/25/2025unclassifiedunchanged551.080
Relates to collective bargaining rights for college athletes; authorizes the public employment relations board to exercise jurisdiction over institutions of higher education and college student athlete employees of such institutions in relation to all collective bargaining matters.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Establishes a Green New Deal for New York task force; requires such task force to develop a detailed statewide, industrial, economic mobilization plan for the transition of the New York economy to become greenhouse gas emissions neutral by 2030 and to significantly draw down greenhouse gases from the atmosphere and oceans and to promote economic and environmental justice and equality.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Honoring Jennifer Jones Austin upon the occasion of her recognition at The Positive Community Media's 6th Annual Great American Emancipation Day Awards Celebration on February 22, 202502/12/2025unclassifiedunchanged564.080
Enacts the "New York open water data act"; directs certain agencies, under the leadership of conveners, to identify and integrate key water data sets; provides duties and an annual plan for data to be researched and reported.12/05/2025unclassifiedunchanged268.080
Proposing a constitutional amendment establishing the Texas Redistricting Commission to redistrict the Texas Legislature and Texas congressional districts and revising procedures for redistricting.03/19/2025unclassifiedunchanged529.080
Relates to the availability and purchase of zero-emission school buses.05/18/2026unclassifiedunchanged104.080
Implements a state-wide plan to prevent and reduce the use of seclusion and physical restraint in schools; prohibits the use of seclusion, mechanical restraint, chemical restraint, and dangerous restraints that restrict breathing on students; authorizes annual appropriations to provide grants to school districts; provides for more rapid notice to parents if restraints or seclusion is used on a student.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Commending the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York upon the occasion of hosting its 2025 Gala on June 23, 202502/25/2025unclassifiedunchanged551.080
Creates a Great Lakes and state waters bill of rights that declares the right of the Great Lakes and state waters to exist, flourish and naturally evolve.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Enacts the Educational Rights Transparency for New York Families Act, to establish standards for resource based educational rights of students within the state and implement a system of self-assessment and reporting by schools and school districts.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Authorizes the town of Brookhaven, county of Suffolk to amend an existing conservation easement to allow for rail access and service.03/10/2026unclassifiedunchanged173.080
Provides for the licensing of professional and clinical music therapists encompassing the assessment, evaluation, and the therapeutic intervention and treatment of mental, emotional, developmental and behavioral disorders through the use of music.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Honoring Rev. Dr. W. Franklyn Richardson upon the occasion of his recognition at The Positive Community Media's 6th Annual Great American Emancipation Day Awards Celebration on February 22, 202502/12/2025unclassifiedunchanged564.080
Authorizes the correctional association to inspect residential juvenile detention facilities.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relates to the manner in which certain provisions of the correction law are enforced.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Preserves the ability to appeal a violation of a defendant's right to make a statement personally at sentencing notwithstanding a defendant signed an otherwise valid waiver of appeal.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Enacts the "Consumer and Small business Protection Act"; relates to standing for persons affected by prohibited or unlawful business practices; expands prohibited acts to include unfair, deceptive or abusive acts.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Creates a residential condominium owner's bill of rights that includes the right to transparency, the right to timely decisions, voting rights, the right to notice, and the right against extraordinary expenses.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relating to the name and governance of the Railroad Commission of Texas.03/18/2025unclassifiedunchanged530.080
Establishes the office of urban agriculture.02/25/2026unclassifiedunchanged186.080
Provides for the transfer of the regional state park police to the division of state police.02/18/2025unclassifiedunchanged558.080
Honoring Rev. Dr. Herbert Daughtry upon the occasion of his designation for special recognition at The Positive Community Media's 6th Annual Great American Emancipation Day Awards Celebration02/12/2025unclassifiedunchanged564.080
Relates to the timely scheduling of criminal trials.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Relating to requirements for and transparency of epidemiological reports and immunization exemption information and reports.03/19/2025unclassifiedunchanged529.080
Relating to the purchase of or acquisition of title to real property by certain aliens or foreign entities.03/19/2025unclassifiedunchanged529.080
Relating to the access by a certificated telecommunications provider to the rights-of-way and poles of an electric cooperative.02/28/2025unclassifiedunchanged548.080
Relating to certain statutory changes to reflect and address same-sex marriages and parenting relationships and to the removal of provisions regarding the criminality or unacceptability of homosexual conduct.03/19/2025unclassifiedunchanged529.080
Relating to the Rural Economic Development and Investment Program and the Texas economic development fund.06/20/2025unclassifiedunchanged436.080
Creates climate liability for fossil fuel related activity which caused or contributed to climate change; creates a right of action.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080
Special education: resource specialists: special classes.10/10/2025unclassifiedunchanged324.080
Childcare: Early Childhood Policy Council.10/03/2025unclassifiedunchanged331.080
California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018: opt-out preference signal.10/08/2025unclassifiedunchanged326.080
Tule East Groundwater Sustainability Agency Act.03/09/2026unclassifiedunchanged174.080
Prior authorization: physical therapy.01/22/2026unclassifiedunchanged220.080
Yaeli’s Law.02/02/2026unclassifiedunchanged209.080
Surface mining: Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.10/03/2025unclassifiedunchanged331.080
Death certificates.10/03/2025unclassifiedunchanged331.080
Professional fiduciaries.08/29/2025unclassifiedunchanged366.080
Investor-Owned Utilities Accountability Act.08/29/2025unclassifiedunchanged366.080
Pupil instruction: sexual harassment, sexual assault, and sexual abuse prevention: safety.08/29/2025unclassifiedunchanged366.080
Elections: voting by mail.02/02/2026unclassifiedunchanged209.080
General plans: housing element: emergency shelter.10/10/2025unclassifiedunchanged324.080
Environmental justice: Department of Justice: Bureau of Environmental Justice: community air monitoring.09/19/2025unclassifiedunchanged345.080
Establishes a municipal group insurance technical assistance program for the purpose of assisting persons and municipalities with access to indemnity insurance and employee compensation pursuant to the volunteer firefighter's benefit law.05/19/2026unclassifiedunchanged103.080
Enacts the "Renewable Capitol act"; requires the office of general services, in consultation with the power authority of the state of New York, to ensure that all operations that power, heat or cool the empire state plaza complex shall entirely use renewable energy systems; requires the office of general services to establish an advisory committee to advise the office of general services on the preparation, design and content of a plan for the use of renewable energy systems.05/05/2026unclassifiedunchanged117.080
Relating to liability for capturing and storing carbon dioxide.05/14/2025unclassifiedunchanged473.080
Requires each agency to develop and implement a five-year accessibility plan, to include: the steps the agency is taking and will be taking over the next 5 years to ensure accessibility to the agency's facilities, services, and programs for persons with disabilities, and information on ongoing projects and projects planned over the next 5 years related to improving physical, digital and programmatic access, and effective communications for persons with disabilities.01/07/2026unclassifiedunchanged235.080