STATE WATCH

Alabama

The legislation The American Council is tracking in this state, with our position and analysis on each bill.

ON THE COUNCIL'S DESK

What we are tracking

Support
AB1881

California Indian Freedom Act of 2026

AB1881, the California Indian Freedom Act of 2026, establishes enforceable state protections for California Indian religious practices, sacred sites, and cultural landscapes on state lands, and requires tribal consent before governmental agencies alter those sites.

Passed One Chamber
August 28, 2026
california
Oppose
AB2563

Redefining 'Sex' Across California Law

AB 2563 would embed an expansive, legislatively defined meaning of 'sex discrimination' across more than two dozen California codes simultaneously, overriding existing statutory language and judicial interpretation throughout state law.

Passed One Chamber
August 28, 2026
california
Oppose
AB2540

Mandating Chemical Abortion at Campus Health Centers

AB2540 would require California community college student health centers to offer access to abortion by medication techniques beginning in 2029, and would impose new awareness-posting and reporting mandates on both community college and public university health centers.

Passed One Chamber
August 28, 2026
california
Support
AB2664

Protecting Places of Religious Worship from Crime

AB2664 creates a new Penal Code offense protecting worshippers from unwanted close-range approaches, signs, and harassment within 100 feet of any place of religious worship.

Passed One Chamber
August 28, 2026
california
Oppose
SB934

Sexual Orientation or Gender Identity Change Efforts

SB 934 amends Business and Professions Code sections 865, 865.1, and 865.2 to replace the existing defined term 'sexual orientation change efforts' with the broader term 'sexual orientation or gender identity change efforts,' extending existing prohibitions and unprofessional-conduct classifications to cover practices that seek to direct a patient toward a predetermined gender identity outcome, and applies those prohibitions to all licensed mental health providers working with patients under 18.

Passed
August 27, 2026
california
Support
AB1201

Restoring Family Reunification Services for Parents

AB 1201, the ReUNITY Act, narrows and sharpens the violent-felony bar to family reunification services so it targets only convictions directly tied to child or family victims, while preserving the court's full authority to deny or grant services based on the child's best interest.

Passed
August 27, 2026
california
Oppose
SB1124

Limited Emancipation for Homeless Minors Act

SB 1124 allows homeless and runaway youth aged 14 and older to consent to medically necessary health care without parental permission and grants providers immunity for treating them without parental consent.

In Committee
August 26, 2026
michigan
Support
AB1688

Strengthening Child Abuse Reporting Requirements

AB 1688 requires county welfare agencies to notify dependency-court attorneys for parents and co-placed children within 36 hours when an abuse or neglect report arises from an out-of-home placement.

Passed
August 26, 2026
california
Support
SB9

Safe Surrender: Protecting Newborns Through Baby Boxes

SB9 establishes legal infrastructure for infant safe surrender devices (baby boxes) in Alaska, giving mothers in crisis a safe, anonymous option that protects newborn life.

Passed
August 24, 2026
alaska
Support
SB4407

CHATBOT Act: Parental Consent for Kids' AI Use

The CHATBOT Act requires AI chatbot providers to obtain verifiable parental consent before teens can create accounts, mandates family account structures for children under 13, and grants parents enforceable controls over their child's settings, data, and access.

In Committee
August 5, 2026
federal
Support
HB9868

Preventing Forced Abortions Act of 2026

H.R. 9868 bars federal courts from enforcing surrogacy contract clauses that require a surrogate mother to abort, while requiring courts to enforce her agreed compensation regardless of any such clause.

In Committee
July 22, 2026
federal
Support
HB9351

COMPASS Act: Homeschool Relief for Military Families

The COMPASS Act shields military families who homeschool from being penalized under a new state's education laws when a permanent change of station uproots them mid-year.

In Committee
July 6, 2026
federal
Support
HB133

Reinstatement of Parental Rights in Adoption Cases

HB133 creates a legal pathway in Pennsylvania for reinstatement of parental rights after termination, with structured eligibility, court oversight, and child-centered protections.

In Committee
June 25, 2026
pennsylvania
Oppose
HB9448

Federal Workforce Reproductive Rights Protection Act

HB9448 bars federal agency relocations to states with abortion restrictions, funds employee travel for abortion, grants paid administrative leave for abortion travel, and shields abortion-related conduct from security-clearance review.

In Committee
June 24, 2026
federal
Support
HB9421

Ban Abortion by Mail Act

HB9421 enforces in-person visit and in-state licensure requirements for REMS-certified providers who prescribe abortion drugs by stripping their REMS-certified status with respect to the drug in question for at least two years if they violate either rule.

In Committee
June 24, 2026
federal
Support
SB4855

SAFE KIDS Act: AI Child Safety by Design

The SAFE KIDS Act establishes comprehensive federal child safety requirements for AI chatbots, including age verification, content prohibitions, crisis response protocols, parental controls, and strict limits on children's data.

In Committee
June 23, 2026
federal
Support
SB4873

Limit Foreign Aid to Pro-Abortion and Gender Ideology Groups

SB4873 amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to prohibit recipients of U.S. nonmilitary foreign assistance from promoting abortion, gender ideology, or discriminatory equity ideology, and extends those restrictions to all subrecipients.

In Committee
June 23, 2026
federal
Support
HB6076

Require Licensure of Freestanding Abortion Clinics

HB6076 creates a formal licensure framework for freestanding abortion clinics under Michigan's Public Health Code, establishing definitions, fees, operational standards, and patient protections.

In Committee
June 16, 2026
michigan
Support
HB9260

Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations Act, 2027

HB9260 funds federal workforce, apprenticeship, unemployment, veterans' employment, and pension protection programs for fiscal year 2027.

In Committee
June 11, 2026
federal
Support
SB175

Age Verification and Parental Consent for Apps

SB175 requires operating systems to collect age data at device setup and transmit age signals to app developers, giving parents and guardians a reliable, privacy-respecting tool to ensure age-appropriate digital experiences for Ohio's children.

In Committee
June 10, 2026
ohio
Support
SB0831

Require Parental Consent for Minor Informants

SB0831 requires law enforcement agencies to obtain written parental consent before using anyone under 18 as an informant or undercover participant, and gives parents enforceable legal recourse when that requirement is violated.

In Committee
June 10, 2026
michigan
Oppose
S3715

S3715: Student Bias Incident Intervention Requirements

S3715 requires school districts to mandate weekly mental health meetings for nine months for students determined to have committed a bias incident, place students in alternative education programs under specified circumstances, develop individualized intervention plans, and report all bias incidents to the state within 72 hours, among other requirements.

In Committee
June 1, 2026
new-jersey
Oppose
AB2615

Educational Equity Discrimination Amendments

AB2615 restructures how California investigates and penalizes school districts over instructional content, imposing sweeping new mandates, financial penalties, and content restrictions that threaten local control, due process, and genuine academic freedom.

In Committee
May 28, 2026
california
Support
HB952

Ohio Religious Freedom Restoration Act

HB952 enacts the Ohio Religious Freedom Restoration Act, prohibiting government from substantially burdening religious exercise without a compelling interest pursued through the least restrictive means, and giving Ohioans enforceable legal recourse when that standard is violated.

In Committee
May 27, 2026
ohio
Support
HB2616

Parental Consent Before Schools Change Child's Gender

HB2616 conditions federal ESEA funding on public schools obtaining parental consent before changing covered students' gender markers, pronouns, preferred names, or sex-based accommodations, and prohibits ESEA funds from being used to teach or advance gender ideology as defined in Executive Order 14168.

In Committee
May 21, 2026
federal
Support
SB4590

Limit Immigration Detention of Children and Disabled

The KIDS Act prohibits DHS from detaining children, individuals with cognitive disabilities, and their primary caregivers except under a court-issued criminal warrant, and bars immigration enforcement within 1,000 feet of a broad range of sensitive locations absent such a warrant.

In Committee
May 20, 2026
federal
Support
H1232

Constitutional Amendment: Life Begins at Fertilization

Proposes a North Carolina constitutional amendment recognizing every human life from the moment of fertilization.

Introduced
May 14, 2026
north-carolina
Support
HB8769

Military Chaplains Modernization Act of 2026

HB8769 modernizes Army chaplaincy law by formalizing leadership structure, codifying advisory roles at every command level, and protecting chaplains' right to minister according to their sincerely held religious beliefs.

In Committee
May 12, 2026
federal
Oppose
HB8734

To express the Sense of Congress with respect to safety of medication abortion and Federal preemption of State restrictions on dispensing medication abortion, and for other purposes.

HB8734 declares it the Sense of Congress that FDA approval of medication abortion preempts state laws requiring in-person dispensing or restricting telehealth prescribing; the American Council urges its defeat.

In Committee
May 11, 2026
federal
Support
S866

Add Home Schools to Opportunity Scholarships

Senate Bill 866 amends North Carolina's Opportunity Scholarship program to include home schools, awarding eligible homeschool students $1,500 per year for books, equipment, and other required costs.

Introduced
May 6, 2026
north-carolina
Support
SB0757

Banning Addictive Algorithmic Feeds for Minors

SB 0757 prohibits algorithm-driven feeds from reaching Michigan minors without age verification or parental consent, restricts notification timing during school and sleep hours, and gives the attorney general enforcement authority.

In Committee
April 29, 2026
michigan
Support
HB8427

Congressional Pension Integrity Act of 2026

H.R. 8427 bars taxpayer-funded congressional pensions after conviction for specified serious crimes or a chamber determination of supervisory sexual misconduct committed during congressional service.

In Committee
April 21, 2026
federal
Support
HB8379

Freedom from Ideological Requirements in Employment Act

HB 8379 bars the use of federal funds to require DEI training or statement-signing as a condition of federal civil service employment, and prohibits funding for federal workforce training in DEI, critical race and gender theory, intersectionality, or assertions of inherent group superiority or inferiority.

In Committee
April 20, 2026
federal
Support
SB251

Delaware Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act

SB251 enacts the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act in Delaware, prohibiting abortion at or after five months post-fertilization and establishing reporting, enforcement, and civil remedy provisions.

In Committee
April 15, 2026
delaware
Support
HB347

SHE WINS Act: Abortion Informed Consent

The SHE WINS Act (HB347) enacts informed-consent requirements before elective abortions, creates an enforceable civil cause of action with substantial damages for violations, and expands women's appellate rights to protect their privacy in court.

In Committee
April 15, 2026
ohio
Support
H3012

Protecting Pregnancy Centers From Government Coercion

H3012 shields South Carolina pregnancy centers from government mandates to perform, refer, counsel for, or advertise abortion, and gives centers enforceable legal remedies when those protections are violated.

In Committee
April 14, 2026
south-carolina
Support
HB2376

Civil Immigration Arrests in Houses of Worship

HB2376 bars immigration arrests on house-of-worship property without a judicial warrant and imposes a $10,000 civil penalty per violation.

In Committee
April 13, 2026
pennsylvania
Support
HB47

Protecting Children from AI Exploitation and Social Media Harm

HB47 creates new Alaska felony offenses for AI-generated child sexual abuse material, closes gaps in existing exploitation statutes, and protects technology workers who combat this material.

In Committee
April 13, 2026
alaska
Support
HB101

Raising Age of Consent to 18 in Alaska

HB101 raises the age of protected minors from 16 to 18 across more than two dozen Alaska statutes governing sexual offenses, violent crimes, civil claims, sentencing, and child welfare.

In Committee
April 13, 2026
alaska
Support
HB8239

SACRED Act: Protecting Worship from Harassment

The SACRED Act creates a new federal prohibition on intimidating, obstructing, or harassing worshipers near houses of worship, backed by criminal penalties, private civil suits, and enforcement by federal and state attorneys general.

In Committee
April 9, 2026
federal
Oppose
SB4

Keeping Charities Nonpartisan Act of 2026

SB4 would impose a new state-level political campaign prohibition on Maryland charitable organizations, with a frozen federal interpretive standard and a dedicated enforcement mechanism that bypasses normal settlement and referral processes.

Passed One Chamber
April 9, 2026
maryland
Support
S1103

Stop Harm from Addictive Social Media Act

S1103 requires large social media platforms to estimate users' ages, ban addictive design features and targeted ads from children's accounts, mandate parental consent, and give families real legal remedies when platforms violate these protections.

In Committee
April 1, 2026
south-carolina
Support
H5476

Protecting Children from Chatbots Act

H5476 requires large chatbot operators to verify user ages, restrict dangerous features for minors, mandate crisis intervention tools, and provide parents meaningful oversight of their children's AI interactions.

In Committee
March 31, 2026
south-carolina
Support
HB2338

Safeguarding Personal Expression at K-12 Schools

HB2338 amends the Public School Code of 1949 to require school entities to adopt student-expression policies, prohibit viewpoint discrimination against religious, political, or ideological speech, protect student clubs from discrimination based on their viewpoints or membership standards, create a private cause of action with a two-year rolling limitations period, and waive Pennsylvania's Eleventh Amendment immunity for federal suits arising under the article.

In Committee
March 30, 2026
pennsylvania
Support
H1662

Protecting Women from Coerced Abortion

H1662 requires abortion facilities to post and verbally deliver a notice that coerced abortion is illegal, backs that requirement with civil and financial accountability, and ensures every patient hears those words privately and in writing.

Introduced
March 26, 2026
massachusetts
Support
H1888

Raising the Proof Standard for Parental Rights Cases

H1888 reforms emergency child removal proceedings by requiring sworn testimony, setting a 'reasonable cause to believe' standard, capping emergency custody at 72 hours, and mandating that courts weigh the harms of removal itself.

Introduced
March 26, 2026
massachusetts
Support
H5448

Protecting Parental Presence During Children's Medical Care

Codifies parents' right to be present during their child's medical procedures and driving instruction, with enforceable penalties and a civil cause of action.

In Committee
March 26, 2026
south-carolina
Support
HB783

Require Notice of Chemical Abortion Reversal Option

HB783 requires providers to inform women before a chemical abortion that reversal may be possible and directs the Ohio Department of Health to build a statewide public awareness program, hotline, and web site on abortion pill reversal.

In Committee
March 25, 2026
ohio
Support
S1037

Protecting Children from Chatbots Act

S1037 requires large AI chatbot platforms to verify user ages, restrict dangerous features for minors, detect emotional dependence and crisis signals, and hold violators accountable through civil penalties and a private right of action.

In Committee
March 24, 2026
south-carolina
Support
AB2451

Strengthening Protections for Child Trafficking Victims

AB2451 expands California's child welfare dependency and support systems to cover all human trafficking victims, including labor trafficking victims currently left out of existing law.

In Committee
March 24, 2026
california
Support
S3993

Require Parental Consent for Minors on Social Media

S3993 prohibits social media companies with at least five million worldwide account holders from allowing New Jersey minors to hold accounts without verified parental or guardian consent, requires age verification for all New Jersey account holders, restricts direct messaging between minors and unlinked adults, limits data collection from minor accounts, and creates both Division of Consumer Affairs enforcement authority and a private right of action with civil penalties up to $2,500 per violation.

In Committee
March 19, 2026
new-jersey
Support
HB1281

Ultrasound and 24-Hour Wait Before Abortion

HB1281 requires transabdominal ultrasound imaging and a waiting period before an abortion is performed in Maryland, with specific procedural safeguards, documentation requirements, and a civil penalty for violations.

Introduced
March 19, 2026
maryland
Support
A4776

Parents' Bill of Rights Act – NJ A4776

A4776 establishes the Parents' Bill of Rights Act, codifying New Jersey parents' fundamental right to direct their child's education and requiring public schools to release information on request.

In Committee
March 19, 2026
new-jersey
Support
HB2293

Remove Charter School Enrollment Caps in Pennsylvania

HB2293 prohibits any governing authority, including the Pennsylvania Department of Education, from capping or otherwise limiting enrollment in charter or cyber charter schools, removes the existing exception that permitted caps agreed to in a written charter, and voids any such caps already in place as of the bill's effective date.

In Committee
March 18, 2026
pennsylvania
Support
HB7983

Clean Water for All Life Act

HB7983 amends title 18 to create a new federal criminal offense prohibiting provision or attempted provision of a chemical abortion drug in or affecting interstate commerce without physically examining the patient, without being physically present at the location of the abortion, and without providing a catch kit and red bag medical waste container with return instructions; sets penalties of up to 5 years imprisonment, a fine of up to $50,000, or both, per occurrence; renames Chapter 74 from 'Partial-Birth Abortions' to 'Abortion Crimes'; and establishes definitions for abortion, catch kit, chemical abortion drug, fertilization, red bag medical waste, and unborn child.

In Committee
March 18, 2026
federal
Oppose
H4122

Criminalizing Pro-Life Speech on Abortion Drugs

H4122 would add new restrictions to Chapter 111 and Chapter 112 that punish licensed clinicians for offering medication abortion reversal and impose deceptive-trade-practice liability on providers of conscience-based services; the American Council urges its defeat.

Introduced
March 16, 2026
massachusetts
Support
H3185

Taxpayer Conscience Protection for Abortion Funding

H3185 amends Chapter 62 to let Massachusetts taxpayers elect on their income tax return that none of their liability fund abortion services, redirecting that calculated share into a dedicated account for Baby Safe Haven Law public education.

Introduced
March 16, 2026
massachusetts
Oppose
S2984

Authorize Study of Abortion Access for Minors

Authorizes and directs the joint committee on the Judiciary to investigate and study Senate document No. 1579, which concerns eliminating barriers and expanding abortion access for patients under the age of 16.

In Committee
March 12, 2026
massachusetts
Support
S3930

Tax Credit for Homeschooling Expenses

S3930 creates a new New Jersey gross income tax credit of up to $1,000 per child (capped at $3,000 per family) for qualifying homeschool curriculum and learning expenses for families earning up to $150,000.

In Committee
March 12, 2026
new-jersey
Support
H5354

Foster Care Residential Assignment by Birth Sex

H5354 requires DSS-licensed residential foster care facilities to assign children to housing units, sleeping quarters, and other sex-specific facilities based on anatomical sex at birth as shown on the original birth certificate, prohibits consideration of gender identity in such assignments, and subjects willful violators to administrative penalties up to and including licensing sanctions.

In Committee
March 11, 2026
south-carolina
Oppose
A4544

Mandatory Psychologist Meetings and Bias Intervention Plans for Students

A4544 requires school districts to mandate weekly psychologist meetings for up to nine months for any student determined to have committed a bias incident, develop a Racial and Bias Intervention Plan for each such student, place students in alternative education programs under specified circumstances, and report all reported bias incidents to the Department of Education within 72 hours.

In Committee
March 10, 2026
new-jersey
Support
SB252

Require Ultrasound Offer Before Abortion in Delaware

SB252 requires health-care practitioners to offer ultrasound imaging and fetal heart tone auscultation to patients before a pregnancy is terminated, while preserving each patient's right to decline.

In Committee
March 5, 2026
delaware
Support
HB326

Regulating Abortion-Inducing Drugs in Alaska

HB326 establishes regulations on abortion-inducing drugs in Alaska, adding meaningful oversight to the dominant method by which unborn lives are ended in the state.

In Committee
February 25, 2026
alaska
Support
H5253

Parental Consent and Safeguards for AI in Schools

H5253 establishes written parental consent, transparency, data protection, and human-teacher oversight requirements for AI use in South Carolina public schools.

In Committee
February 24, 2026
south-carolina
Support
H4757

Parental Rights Act: Affirming Parents' Fundamental Authority

H4757 establishes parental rights in education and healthcare as fundamental rights in South Carolina law, with enforceable protections, transparency requirements, and accountability mechanisms.

In Committee
February 24, 2026
south-carolina
Support
SCR102

Allow Public Funds for Historic Preservation of Places of Worship

SCR102 proposes a constitutional amendment adding a sentence to Article I, paragraph 3 of the New Jersey Constitution that permits public funds to be used to repair or restore a church or other place of worship as part of a historic preservation program, subject to voter approval at the next qualifying general election.

In Committee
February 19, 2026
new-jersey
Oppose
A4284

Transgender Inmate Housing by Gender Identity

A4284 mandates that New Jersey DOC assign inmates to correctional facilities based solely on stated gender identity and compels staff speech under threat of discipline, eliminating the existing case-by-case safety review process without replacing it with meaningful safeguards.

In Committee
February 19, 2026
new-jersey
Oppose
A4349

Mandatory Insurance Coverage for Abortion Services

A4349 mandates that nearly all New Jersey health insurance contracts, state employee and school employee health benefit plans, and Medicaid cover abortion with no cost-sharing and no prior authorization, and bars medical malpractice insurers from taking adverse action against providers based on their performance of legally protected reproductive health services.

In Committee
February 19, 2026
new-jersey
Support
A4170

Mandatory Forfeiture of Office Upon Criminal Conviction

Requires public officials and employees convicted of certain offenses to automatically forfeit their positions, removing political discretion from the removal process.

In Committee
February 19, 2026
new-jersey
Support
HB318

Protecting Minors from Social Media Harms

Requires parental consent before minors can access social media platforms, giving families legal authority to guard their children's digital lives.

In Committee
February 18, 2026
alaska
Support
A4037

Bar Noncitizen Voting in Local NJ Elections

A4037 declares that local units of government lack authority to permit noncitizens to vote in local elections, voids any such ordinances or actions as null and void, designates an elected officer's vote to approve such measures as a violation of their oath of office, and adds oath-of-office violations to the Local Government Ethics Law as a violation subject to potential fine.

In Committee
February 12, 2026
new-jersey
Oppose
S3319

S3319: Deceptive Advertising of Pregnancy-Related Services

S3319 supplements the New Jersey Consumer Fraud Act to prohibit crisis pregnancy centers, as defined in the bill, from publishing untrue, deceptive, or misleading advertisements or statements about pregnancy-related services, and authorizes the Attorney General to seek injunctions and remedial orders against them.

In Committee
February 5, 2026
new-jersey
Support
HB885

Women's Freedom From Coercion Act

HB885 creates a new felony in Maryland law for knowingly causing a pregnant person to ingest an abortion-inducing drug without consent, through fraud or coercion, or by force or threat of force.

Introduced
February 5, 2026
maryland
Support
HR1026

Condemning Violent Disruption of Cities Church Worship Service

The American Council urges the House to pass HR1026, condemning the January 18, 2026 disruption of worship at Cities Church in St. Paul and reaffirming that free exercise of religion must be protected from intimidation, obstruction, and violence.

In Committee
January 30, 2026
federal
Support
S0870

Protect Chaplain-Soldier Confidential Communications in SC Militia

S0870 adds a new section to South Carolina law that defines confidential communications and militia classes, sets qualification and uniform requirements for military chaplains across all militia classes, grants chaplains authority to engage in privileged communications with militia members and authorized personnel, prohibits commanders and courts from compelling disclosure of clergy-penitent communications, requires informed and specific consent before any chaplain may disclose a confidential communication, and directs the State to recognize the clergy-penitent privilege for all militia classes and for active duty or reserve chaplains whether currently in active status or not.

In Committee
January 29, 2026
south-carolina
Support
HB7237

Chemical Abortion Risk Awareness Act

HB7237 amends the Public Health Service Act to require covered chemical abortion providers to deliver, read aloud, and obtain written confirmation of FDA-approved drug label warnings at least 24 hours before a chemical abortion, authorizes withholding of federal funds from noncompliant providers, and creates a private right of civil action with damages and mandatory plaintiff attorney's fees.

In Committee
January 23, 2026
federal
Support
SB302

Women's Freedom From Coercion Act

SB 302 creates a new Maryland felony, punishable by up to 25 years imprisonment, for knowingly and willfully causing a pregnant person to ingest an abortion-inducing drug without consent, through fraud or coercion, or by force or threat of force.

Introduced
January 22, 2026
maryland
Support
H3113

Expanding Safe Haven Options for Newborns

H3113 amends South Carolina's infant safe haven law to authorize approved locations to install certified newborn safety devices as a lawful alternative surrender point, extending criminal immunity, civil immunity, and procedural protections to their use.

In Committee
January 20, 2026
south-carolina
Support
SB3667

Life at Conception Act of 2026

SB3667 declares that the constitutional right to life is vested in each human being, defines 'human person' and 'human being' to include every member of the species homo sapiens at all stages of life beginning at fertilization, cloning, or any other moment an individual member comes into being, and defines 'State' to include U.S. territories and possessions for purposes of applying the 14th Amendment to carry out that declaration -- while providing that nothing in the Act shall be construed to require prosecution of any woman for the death of her unborn child, a prohibition on in vitro fertilization, or a prohibition on use of birth control or another means of preventing fertilization.

In Committee
January 15, 2026
federal
Support
S0121

Streamlining Adoption and Permanency for SC Children

S0121 shortens foster-care timelines, strengthens due process in termination and adoption proceedings, creates enforceable post-adoption contact agreements, and establishes a state tax credit mirroring the federal credit for qualified domestic adoption expenses.

In Committee
January 14, 2026
south-carolina
Support
A331

Protect Children from Custody with Sex Offenders

A331 expands the list of criminal convictions, including first-degree kidnapping, human trafficking involving sexual activity, lewdness, luring with a prior sex-offense record, and child prostitution offenses, that bar a person from being awarded custody of or visitation rights to a minor child, extends those bars to equivalent convictions under the laws of other jurisdictions, and requires a court that nevertheless awards such custody or visitation to stay enforcement for at least 10 days to permit appeal.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
Oppose
S2214

Ultrasound Licensing Requirement for Pregnancy Centers

S2214 requires that any ultrasound performed on a pregnant woman at a limited service pregnancy center be performed by a health care professional whose scope of practice includes performing ultrasounds, effective immediately upon enactment.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
Support
A218

New Jersey Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

A218 requires health care professionals present at a live birth following an abortion or attempted abortion to provide standard-of-care treatment and ensure immediate hospital transport, criminalizes failure to provide that care and failure to report violations, makes the intentional killing of a child born alive a violation of New Jersey's murder statute, and creates a civil cause of action for the mother.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
Support
ACR38

Allow Public Funds for Historic Preservation of Places of Worship

ACR38 proposes a constitutional amendment adding a sentence to Article I, paragraph 3 of the New Jersey Constitution to permit public funds to be used to repair or restore a church or other place of worship as part of a historic preservation program, and requires the amendment to be submitted to voters at the next qualifying general election.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
Support
A532

Voucher for Parents Who Object to Harmful Curriculum

A532 requires New Jersey resident school districts to provide a voucher equal to 75 percent of annual per-pupil spending, prorated for remaining school days, to a parent or guardian who objects to a curriculum material or activity as harmful, withdraws the child, and enrolls the child in a nonpublic school.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
Support
A1933

Authorize Class Three Officers at Houses of Worship

A1933 authorizes Class Three special law enforcement officers to exercise full police powers while providing security at places of religious worship, and requires school districts that hire these officers for public schools to also procure their services for nonpublic schools in the district, with the district bearing compensation responsibility in both settings.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
Support
S854

Voucher for Parents Who Object to Harmful Curriculum

S854 requires New Jersey resident school districts to provide a voucher equal to 75 percent of annual per-pupil spending, prorated for remaining school days, to any parent or guardian who objects to a curriculum material or activity as harmful, withdraws their child, and enrolls the child in a nonpublic school.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
Support
S499

New Jersey Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act

S499 declares infants born alive after an abortion or attempted abortion to be legal persons entitled to all state-law protections, requires health care professionals present at such a birth to provide the same standard of care as for any other newborn of the same gestational age and to ensure immediate hospital transport, creates criminal penalties for failure to provide that care or to report a known violation, penalizes the intentional killing of such an infant by reference to New Jersey's murder statute, exempts the mother from conspiracy liability, and gives the mother a civil cause of action against any violator.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
Oppose
A3122

Mandatory Zero-Cost Abortion Coverage in All NJ Health Plans

A3122 mandates no-cost abortion coverage across private insurance, Medicaid, and public employee health plans; the American Council urges constituents to contact their legislators and demand a no vote.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
Oppose
A2221

Mandate Public Colleges Facilitate Abortion Access

A2221 would compel every New Jersey public college and university to build abortion referral infrastructure into its official health services plan, entangling public institutions in the provision and promotion of abortion against their mission and conscience.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
Oppose
S2263

Campus Abortion Services Mandate for Public Colleges

S2263 mandates that every four-year public university in New Jersey build a formal reproductive health services plan that must include abortion access or referral, and requires county colleges to build verified abortion referral networks, with no conscience protection for institutions.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
Oppose
A2217

Codifying Expanded Abortion Provider Authority in NJ

A2217 expands abortion procedures to physician assistants and midwives under altered licensing standards; the American Council urges its defeat.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
Oppose
S2259

Codifying Expanded Abortion Provider Authority in New Jersey

S2259 strips longstanding facility licensing and surgical standards from abortion procedures and expands who may perform them, eroding patient safety protections the American Council believes must be preserved.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
Oppose
A2222

Taxpayer-Funded Loan Forgiveness for Abortion Providers

A2222 would create a state-funded loan redemption program directing up to $200,000 per participant and $5 million in public funds to professionals working at sites that explicitly include abortion providers.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
Oppose
S2261

Reproductive Health Care Access Fund Bill

S2261 creates a state fund to train abortion providers, grant security funds to abortion facilities, and loan public money to expand abortion access statewide, and the American Council urges its defeat.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
Oppose
A2219

Reproductive Health Care Access Fund Appropriation

A2219 creates a state-funded infrastructure of training, security grants, and loans designed to expand abortion access in New Jersey; the American Council urges its defeat.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
Oppose
S2257

Mandatory Insurance Coverage for Abortion Services

S2257 mandates zero-cost-share insurance and Medicaid coverage for abortion and related reproductive services, bars prior authorization, and prohibits medical malpractice insurers from taking adverse action against providers who perform legally protected health care services.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
Oppose
A2452

NJ A2452: Mandatory Abortion Coverage and $20M Funding

Requires zero-cost abortion coverage in all NJ insurance contracts, appropriates $20 million for abortion expansion, and declares abortion a constitutional right immune from future legislative correction.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
Support
A231

Homeschool Parent's Bill of Rights

A231 would enshrine in New Jersey law a parent's fundamental right to direct their child's home education, codifying specific protections for curriculum authority, instructional approach, and learning environment.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
Support
A3829

Preschool Vouchers for Child Care Desert Families

A3829 requires school districts classified as child care deserts to provide preschool education vouchers to eligible families who cannot access a free district preschool program.

In Committee
January 13, 2026
new-jersey
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