PLI Bulletin
Ordinances for Localities, Guns in Schools, Keys to Persuasion and More
Posted on September 1, 2016
Help Drug Offenders Act: A 1996 federal law allows states to decide if people who are convicted of drug felonies should be eligible for food stamps or TANF. There is a recent trend toward...
Fair Pay Act, How to Lobby, College Funding Cuts and More
Posted on August 18, 2016
Fair Pay Act: Massachusetts just enacted SB 2119, one of the strongest equal pay laws in the country. Starting in July 2018, employers cannot engage in wage discrimination for the same or “comparable” positions,...
CPC Fraud Prevention, Science of Persuasion, Early Childhood Education and More
Posted on August 4, 2016
Crisis Pregnancy Center Fraud Prevention Act: The City of Oakland, California recently enacted a truth-in-advertising law that addresses fraud by crisis pregnancy centers, which are anti-abortion offices masquerading as medical clinics. The Oakland statute is...
Prepaid Card Protection, Lifting Your Narrative, Paid Sick Days and More
Posted on July 21, 2016
Prepaid Card Consumer Protection Act: While the 2009 federal CARD Act imposed restrictions on prepaid gift cards, states can still prohibit expiration dates and fees, and require that customers can get cash when the...
Medical Equity, Minimum Wage, Use of Force and More
Posted on July 7, 2016
Medical Equity Now: PLI just published a brand new book of model legislation revealing the hypocrisy of abortion restrictions. This resource contains seven bills that can be used to make the point that legislative...
Juvenile Justice Reform, Explaining 2016 Elections, Rules of Direct Mail and More
Posted on June 23, 2016
Juvenile Justice Reform Act: This model bill combines three urgent reforms. First, it restricts the use of pretrial confinement to young offenders who actually pose a danger to society or where this is a...
Pharmaceutical Transparency, Hate Speech, Lead-In-Water Tests and More
Posted on June 9, 2016
Pharmaceutical Cost Transparency Act: Last week, Vermont became the first state to enact a Pharmaceutical Cost Transparency Act, requiring drug companies to justify the most egregious Rx price increases. Under the new law, companies...
Anti-Immigrant Bigotry, Progressive Values, Uber Licenses, and More
Posted on May 26, 2016
Abortion with Dignity Act: Many anti-abortion statutes violate one of the basic tenets of ethical medicine—informed consent. The Abortion with Dignity Act would provide a reproductive healthcare patient the right to sign a waiver...
Tobacco Tax, Government Enforcement, Zika Virus and More
Posted on May 12, 2016
Tobacco Tax Act: Despite cigarette tax increases in recent years, polls show that voters would gladly raise them higher in places like Idaho, Louisiana, Pennsylvania, California and essentially any other state. The Tobacco Tax...
Greenhouse Gas, Job Piracy, Crime Rates and More
Posted on April 28, 2016
Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act: Despite universal acknowledgement that governments need to act aggressively to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, only eight states are real leaders on the issue (CA, MA, MD, MA, NY, OR, VT...