Alabama becomes the 24th state to prohibit foreign nationals or governments from contributing to ballot measure committe
Lawmakers in 36 states acted on 520 election-related bills over the past week. Thirty-five state legislatures are in regular or special sessions. In the last week, 20 bills were enacted, 22 bills passed both chambers of a state legislature, and no bills were vetoed.
Of the bills acted on this week, 207 (39.8%) are in states with Democratic trifectas, 160 (30.8%) are in states with Republican trifectas, and 153 (29.4%) are in states with divided government. The most active bill categories this week were campaign finance (161), election types and stages (125), and ballot measures (99).
Ballotpedia is currently tracking 4,285 election-related bills across the country. We are actively processing bills filed since March 21.
The chart below breaks down the status of those 4,285 bills by where they stand in the legislative process:
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