LSSC's 2022 Mid-Session Overview Highlights This Year's Biggest Preemption Trends

State lawmakers who are abusing preemption haven’t slowed their efforts to take power away from local communities this year – LSSC’s new 2022 Mid-Session report looks at how state elected officials are continuing to undermine local authority on topics ranging from educational curriculum to voting rights to labor laws to LGBTQ equality. 

The report highlights the preemption trends that have gained the most steam this year, including the preemption of:

  • Educational curriculum decisions

  • LGBTQ measures

  • Public health authority

  • Local policing and firearm regulations

  • Workers’ rights

  • Voting rights

  • Local homelessness measures

Read the full report here. The report was highlighted in Route Fifty – check that article out here.

Adam Polaski