Tracking Abuse of Preemption Legislation in the States: March 29, 2022

During the 2022 state legislative session Local Solutions Support Center (LSSC) will publish a weekly digest summarizing notable abusive preemption bills and their progress through session. An archive of our previous updates is here. Additional information on what abusive preemption is and how LSSC is working to combat it can be found here

If you would like additional information on these bills or if you would like to discuss potential opportunities for tracking collaboration, please contact legal@supportdemocracy.org or tracking@supportdemocracy.org.  


Updates in Our Top States

MO SB1106 (Housing) Would withhold state homelessness assistance funding from cities and counties that do not enforce certain anti-camping laws and see an increase in their unhouse population. This bill is in committee. See bill here

MO SB1171 (Environmental and Business Regulations) Would prohibit any public body, including local governments, from contracting with businesses that use environmental, social, and governance scoring for their own contracting and subcontracting. This bill is in committee. See bill here

MO HB1686 (Public Health Authority) Would prohibit any public body (excluding hospitals), political subdivision, or public school district from requiring COVID-19 vaccinations. This bill has passed the state assembly and crossed over to the state senate. See bill here

OK SB2 (LGBTQ) Requires all parents of all student athletes to sign an affidavit confirming the student’s biological sex at birth prior to the student participating in school athletics. Allows other students and their parents to sue a school for violating this affidavit requirement. This bill has been sent to the governor for signature. See bill here.