Capitol Bottom Line

What the statehouses are doing to the cost of doing business.

Release No. 11 · Written by Pratt

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11 releases so far, newest first. The codes show which statehouses each release covered.

November 2026

· No. 11
Colorado Voters Back a Higher Top Rate on Business Income; Florida Halves Its Commercial Assessment Cap; Texas Targets Data Centers

CO FL TX

· No. 10
California's First Corporate Emissions Reports Are Due; Texas Bills Would Require Workers' Comp for Builders and a $100,000 Oil Waste Fee

CA TX

· No. 9
Hochul Still Holds New York's Data Center and Health Data Bills; Illinois Revives the POWER Act; Texas Files Solar and Farm Repair Bills

NY IL TX

· No. 8
California's Billionaire Tax Trails and Its Top Rate Wins; Arizona Caps Grocery Taxes; Colorado Rejects a Right to Natural Gas

CA AZ CO

October 2026

· No. 7
California Weighs a Billionaire Tax, a Permanent Top Rate and Faster CEQA Review; Arizona Votes on Grocery and Mileage Taxes

CA AZ

· No. 6
Texas Drafts Lenders and Title Firms Into Its Foreign Land Law; Illinois Appeals for Its Swipe Fee Ban; Arizona Approves a 700 MW Gas Plant

TX IL AZ

· No. 5
Newsom Signs Workplace Surveillance Limits and Vetoes a Community Solar Mandate; Florida's Trucking and Rental Fraud Laws Start Oct. 1

CA FL

September 2026

· No. 4
Newsom Ends California's Summer Gas Blend Early and Signs Menu Sugar Warnings; Colorado Puts a Right to Natural Gas on the Ballot

CA CO NY

· No. 3
Newsom Keeps California's Factory CEQA Exemption and Vetoes a One-Year Prior Authorization Rule; Florida's $15 Wage Arrives Sept. 30

CA FL

· No. 2
New York Opens Personnel Files to Workers and Raises Construction Call-In Pay; California Signs a Voluntary AI Audit Framework

NY CA

· No. 1
California Sends Newsom a $19.75 Farm Wage, an AI Firing Rule and Website Lawsuit Relief; Arizona's Data Center Pause Takes Effect

CA AZ