https://capitolbottomline.com/What the statehouses are doing to the cost of doing business.en-usWed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMThttps://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-11-11/https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-11-11/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTPrattColorado's graduated income tax appears to have passed and reaches business income above $500,000. Florida's Amendment 3 cuts the cap on commercial assessment growth to 5%. And Texas senators prefiled bills to repeal data center tax breaks and require a new state permit.https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-11-10/https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-11-10/Tue, 10 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTPrattCompanies with more than $1 billion in revenue owe California their first Scope 1 and 2 emissions reports today, with flat fees to follow. In Texas, new filings would end optional workers' comp in construction, add a necessity test for oil waste sites and cut medical billing time to 90 days.https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-11-09/https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-11-09/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTPrattWith the election over, the unfinished business is back: 388 New York bills await the governor, Illinois returns November 17 with data center rules pending, and Texas opened 2027 bill filing with a solar tax repeal and a farm equipment right-to-repair bill.https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-11-05/https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-11-05/Thu, 05 Nov 2026 00:00:00 GMTPrattTwo days after the vote, Proposition 40 is losing and the asset tax ban in Proposition 42 leads, but California's top income tax rate is now permanent and the CEQA deadlines are trailing. Arizona's grocery tax cap passed, its mileage tax ban is too close to call, and Colorado's gas amendment failed.https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-10-29/https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-10-29/Thu, 29 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPrattFive days out, business taxes and permitting are on the Nov. 3 ballot in two states. California voters decide a one-time 5% wealth tax, a ban on new asset taxes, a permanent top income tax rate and CEQA deadlines. Arizona decides a 2% cap on city grocery taxes and a ban on mileage-based fees.https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-10-15/https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-10-15/Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPrattProposed Texas SB 17 rules would make lenders, title insurers and agents report suspect foreign land deals, and a newborn coverage rule for employer plans takes effect. Illinois will appeal the swipe fee injunction. Arizona certifies the Eagle Eye gas plant and credits APS bills.https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-10-01/https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-10-01/Thu, 01 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTPrattOn California's last signing day, Gov. Newsom signed AB 1331 and AB 1883 on workplace monitoring, vetoed AB 1813 over a $1.5 billion ratepayer estimate and vetoed a health care AI override bill. In Florida, SB 488 and HB 1293 take effect October 1.https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-09-29/https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-09-29/Tue, 29 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPrattCalifornia's governor suspended the summer gasoline rules a month ahead of schedule and signed SB 869, which puts added-sugar icons on chain restaurant drink menus. Colorado voters will decide Amendment 82 on November 3, and New York created a rebate for battery landscaping equipment.https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-09-22/https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-09-22/Tue, 22 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPrattGov. Newsom vetoed SB 954, which would have rewritten last year's environmental review exemption for advanced manufacturing, and AB 539, which would have locked in approved prior authorizations for a year. In Florida, the last scheduled step of the 2020 wage amendment lands September 30.https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-09-15/https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-09-15/Tue, 15 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPrattGov. Hochul signed a personnel-records access law that takes effect November 8 and a reporting-pay law for construction crews. In Sacramento, Gov. Newsom signed a voluntary system for third-party AI audits, while a narrowed AI layoff-notice bill waits on his desk.https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-09-08/https://capitolbottomline.com/releases/2026-09-08/Tue, 08 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTPrattThree California bills now waiting on the governor would raise the floor for farm labor, put a human in charge of AI-assisted firings and end private website-tracking suits under one statute. Arizona's budget tax law, with its three-year data center pause, takes effect September 12.