• Colorado HB 1182: Requires property insurers to transparently disclose and account for wildfire risk models and mitigation actions while also providing policyholders with clear information, appeal rights, and incentives for wildfire risk reduction.
• Colorado SB 028: This law changes how often Colorado’s public employee retirement system (PERA) is reviewed. It requires financial studies and audits to happen every four years instead of every five, and ensures audit results are based on the most recent study, with an independent review also happening every four years.
• Oregon HB 2081: Directs the Oregon Investment Council and the State Treasurer to take actions to manage the risks of climate change for the Public Employees Retirement Fund, a pension plan specifically designed for individuals employed in the public sector.
• Maine LD 1/SP 29: Establishes the State Resilience Office and creates programs to fund improved resiliency from future extreme weather events.

Utilities 

• Hawai’i SB 589: Requires the Public Utilities Commission to set installation goals and compensation rates for customer-sited distributed energy resources, establish tariffs for grid services and microgrids, clarify microgrid utility status, and implement policies for renewable energy wheeling.
• Maine LD 186: Authorizes the Public Utility Commission to implement time-of-use (TOU) rates for electricity customers and requires the Commission to consider the impacts of a TOU rate on vulnerable populations prior to its implementation. 
• Maryland HB 0121: Requires utilities to submit an annual report on their votes cast in any PJM meeting and include an explanation for how that vote supported the public interest. 
• Nevada AB 452: Requires the Nevada Public Utilities Commission to investigate cost-sharing adjustments, mandates utility refunds for certain overcharges, and updates rules for public utility applications.
• New Jersey S 3308: Requires utilities to approve the interconnection requests of solar and batteries 20 MWs or less, unless the interconnection would be unsafe or if the application is incomplete. 
• New Mexico HB 91: Authorizes utilities to create low-income electricity rates. 
• Oregon HB 3681: Streamlines Energy Facility Siting Council site certificate process with 12-month final orders, Supreme Court appeals, minor boundary changes without amendments, and simplified PUC review for transmission lines.
• Oregon SB 688: Allows the Public Utility Commission to adopt, and provides resources for, performance-based regulation for utilities.
• Texas HB 5323: Creates the Texas Energy Waste Advisory Committee to recommend ways to reduce energy waste, boost efficiency, and improve demand response programs.
• Virginia SB 1100: Creates a three-year, 450 MW Virtual Power Plant pilot program – the largest in the nation. After three years, the law directs the pilot to be adopted as a formal program.

Transmission

• Colorado HB 1292: Permits transmission developers to co-locate high voltage lines in state highway rights-of-way, requires public reporting, tribal consent, developer compensation, and mandates a state study to identify suitable corridors.
• Delaware HJR 3: Directs all Delaware electric utilities to participate in a study analyzing the costs, benefits, feasibility, and barriers of adopting grid-enhancing technologies.
• Indiana SB 0422: Requires utilities to evaluate the use of Grid Enhancing Technologies in Integrated Resource Plans. Directs the Utility Regulatory Commission to study and report on the deployment of GETs; authorizes utilities to recover costs of deploying GETs. 
• Maine LD 810: Clarifies that a transmission line does not require legislative approval after the Public Utilities Commission’s review process.
• New Mexico HB 93: Requires utilities to include grid-enhancing technology (GETs) projects in planning.  Allows utilities to recover the cost of deploying GETs through customer rates.
• Ohio HB 15: Utilities must evaluate, and report on, the efficacy of deploying Grid Enhancing Technologies when applying for a Certificate of Public Convenience to build a new transmission line.  
• Oregon HB 3336: Requires power companies to file and update cost-effective grid-enhancing technology plans with the PUC, mandates local governments to review related applications using clear criteria without hearings, and sets a state policy for electric transmission.
• Utah HB 212: Expands and encourages deployment of advanced transmission technologies to increase grid capacity, efficiency, and reliability. 
• Virginia HB 1822: Requires the State Corporation Commission to consider the use of advanced conductors when evaluating a new transmission line over 138 kV.

• Colorado HB 1165: Establishes a regulatory and funding framework for the management of underground energy resources, such as geologic storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) and geothermal.
• Hawai’i HCR 58: Requests the formation of a Geothermal Energy Working Group to evaluate the regulatory and policy landscape surrounding geothermal energy in Hawai’i. 
• Nevada AB 479: Explicitly defines agrivoltaics and classifies agrivoltaic land as agricultural property so property owners can receive the same property tax benefits as traditional agricultural land.
• New Hampshire SB 233: Establishes the energy reliability and large-scale storage task force to develop market-based solutions and programs to incentivize the development and connection of large-scale energy storage systems. 
• New Mexico HB 361: Authorizes the conversion of oil or gas wells into a facility that provides energy storage or develops geothermal energy. 
• North Dakota SB 2360: Mandates a study to assess the feasibility of developing geothermal energy in the state.
• Texas HB 4370: Makes geothermal infrastructure eligible for Public Improvement Projects, allowing utilities, municipalities, and other entities to own and operate geothermal infrastructure and to fund geothermal projects with public bonds.
• Utah HB 350: Modifies the High Cost Infrastructure Development Tax Credit Act to include district energy systems that use thermal energy sources to provide space heating, hot water, or space cooling. 
• Utah SB 213: Provides tax exemptions for operators of facilities that manufacture energy storage devices or equipment. 
• Virginia SB 1316: Expands Virginia’s Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard to include geothermal resources.
• Washington HB 1514: Encourages the deployment of low-carbon thermal energy networks by integrating them into existing utility regulations.

• Florida SB 7000: Extends the exemption protecting site-specific location information for endangered species from public records disclosure.
• Hawai’i SB 849: Prohibits harming the ʻIo–Hawaiian hawk–and increases penalties for taking native Hawaiian species.
• Maine LD 95: Expands confidentiality regarding location data for threatened and endangered species to include species of special concern.
• New Hampshire HB 2: Requires the Department of Environmental Services to adopt rules and review procedures such that actions of state agencies do not jeopardize the existence or habitats of species protected under the Endangered Species Conservation Act.
• New Hampshire SB 235: Enables funds from the Pitman-Robertson Act to be spent by the Fish and Game Department on threatened and endangered species in New Hampshire.
• New Mexico HB 2: Appropriates over $10.5 million over three years to support agency capacity building to conserve species of greatest conservation need, including the American beaver.
• New Mexico SB 5: Reforms the state wildlife commission appointment processes, term limits, and other operational processes.
• Utah HB 378: Creates a new tax on direct current transmission and radioactive waste facilities to help fund the Endangered Species Protection Account. 
• Wyoming SF 0179: Establishes a credit-based system to balance development with long-term sage-grouse habitat protection, setting rules for mitigation responsibilities, service areas, and regulatory oversight.

• Arkansas HB 1607: Creates the Office of Outdoor Recreation within the Department of Parks, Heritage, and Tourism, making an existing office permanent.
• Colorado HB25-1061: Establishes a $4 million Community Schoolyards Grant Program funded by the Local Government Severance Tax Fund to develop green, community-based schoolyards, prioritizing underserved areas.
• Colorado HB25-1163: Guarantees the rights of enrolled members of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe and enrolled members of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe to enter state parks without having to pay an entrance fee. Tribal nations often maintain treaty rights to freely access land, Tribes maintain significant historical and cultural ties to land, and entrance fees serve as a financial barrier for some Tribal citizens. 
• Florida H.B.209 / S.B. 80: Prioritizes and defines conservation-based public outdoor recreation use in state parks to prevent the conversion of parks’ natural spaces into paved sport courts.
• Indiana H.B.1616: Urges a study on the economic value and impacts of public recreational lands. Outdoor recreation contributes $1.2 trillion in economic output nationally, which largely originates in the quality and availability of public recreational lands.
• Maine LD 895: Establishes an Outdoor School for All program to provide immersive multi-day outdoor education experiences to students in grades four to eight. 
• Montana SB 238: Establishes a program funded by optional donations on hunting licenses that supports bowhunters with disabilities by helping nonprofits acquire modified archery equipment.
• New Mexico HM 31: Expands citizen science by establishing a “Citizen Science Day,” and integrating citizen science into state agencies, prioritizing youth engagement and environmental data collection.
• Nevada SB 405: Creates the Transit-to-Trails Task Force to improve public transit access to outdoor recreation areas.
• Texas H.B.4230: Establishes the Bicentennial Trail, a network of hike and bike trails connecting significant historic and cultural sites as well as existing trails to promote outdoor recreation, environmental stewardship, and the state’s historical and cultural heritage.

• Colorado HB 1093: Broadens the definition of anti-growth laws to restrict local limits on residential density unless offset elsewhere, exempts areas near wildlife crossings, and allows municipalities to seek judicial review of land use initiatives.
• Colorado HB 1292: Allows high voltage transmission lines in state highway rights-of-way, sets permitting and reporting rules, requires Tribal consent on reservations, and mandates a state study to identify suitable corridors.
• Indiana HB 1461: Modifies transportation funding and taxation by increasing county tax limits, adjusting fund distribution rules, expanding bonding authority, allowing interstate tolling requests, and linking grant eligibility to local tax adoption and pavement conditions.
• Maine LD 1340: Establishes a fund to provide grants for municipal road culvert upgrades, focusing on storm preparedness and habitat restoration, financed through proceeds from bond sales, appropriations, allocations, and contributions from both public and private sources.
• Maryland HB 0731: Creates the Maryland Connectivity Coalition to coordinate efforts to prevent habitat fragmentation for endangered wildlife, while granting the State Highway Administration final authority over wildlife crossing decisions.
• Montana HB 855 and HB 932: Creates the big game and wildlife highway crossings and accommodations account and allocates a portion of the state cannabis tax as a permanent funding source. 
• Nevada AB 486: Updates transportation policies by requiring wildlife-related project reporting, revising Deputy Director qualifications, and modifying highway project proposal procedures to the Department’s Board.
• New Jersey S 3618: Appropriates $90,000 for the Wildlife Corridor Action Plan to be carried out by the Department of Environmental Protection and Department of Transportation. 
• Oregon HB 2978: Updates a wildlife-vehicle collision reduction program by requiring improved reporting and the creation of an interagency advisory group.
• Wyoming SF 0088: Allocates funding for ten major natural resource and wildlife conservation projects in Wyoming, each exceeding $400,000, to support habitat restoration, invasive species control, and wildlife safety measures.

• Hawai’i HB 750: Requires the Department of Health to conduct a statewide Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) needs assessment on waste reduction and recycling for packaging and paper products, establish an advisory council, hold a public hearing, and submit findings to the Legislature by the end of 2027.
• Maryland SB 0901: Requires producers of covered packaging and paper products to submit a producer responsibility plan to the Department of the Environment by July 1, 2028, and every five years after, or develop an alternative program, with associated fees payable by producer responsibility organizations.
• Oregon SB 795: Updates abandoned vessel laws by defining offenses, allowing authorized removal of marine debris without notice, imposing fines for vessel abandonment, and empowering the Department of State Lands to manage cleanup efforts.
• Oregon SB 992: Directs the Oregon Liquor and Cannabis Commission to study and modernize the Bottle Bill, authorize new redemption center types, adjust convenience zone rules, and update beverage container return policies.
• Rhode Island SB 996/HB 6207: Mandates a statewide analysis for implementing a beverage container redemption and recycling plan, emphasizing producer responsibility and oversight.
• Washington HB 1293: Updates penalties for littering to include fines covering costs of cleanup and community service requirements. 
• Washington SB 5284: Requires extended producer responsibility programs for consumer packaging and paper products.

Biosolids 

• Oregon HB 2947: Directs the Oregon State University Extension Service and the College of Agricultural Sciences of Oregon State University to study the distribution and occurrence of PFAS found in biosolids applied to agricultural fields that do not produce crops intended for human consumption. 
• Rhode Island S.B. 650 / HB 5844: Beginning on September 1, 2025, people seeking to apply biosolids to lands must test the biosolids for PFAS contaminants on a quarterly basis and report those findings to the state Department of Environmental Management.
• Washington SB 5033: Prohibits the land application of biosolids containing PFAS.

Consumer Products 

• Illinois HB 2516: Establishes that a person may not sell, offer for sale, or distribute for sale  the following products if the product contains intentionally added PFAS: (1) cookware, (2) cosmetics, (3) dental floss, (4) juvenile products, (5) menstrual products, (6) intimate apparel, or (7) food packaging or food contact products. 
• New Hampshire HB 167: Prohibits the sale of ski, boat, and board waxes that contain intentionally added PFAS.
• Vermont H 238: A phaseout of consumer products being manufactured, sold, and distributed containing added PFAS. 

Firefighting 

• Illinois HB 2409: Starting January 1, 2026, sellers of firefighting personal protective equipment containing PFAS chemicals must provide written notice to purchasers at the time of sale, stating it contains PFAS and why, and both parties must retain this notice for at least three years.
• Rhode Island SB 241 / HB 5019: Prohibits a manufacturer from manufacturing, knowingly selling, offering for sale, distributing for sale and using any firefighting personal protective equipment containing intentionally added PFAS as of January 1, 2027. 

Drinking Water 

• Maine LD 1326: Protecting the drinking water for consumers of certain water systems by establishing maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for certain PFAS.
• Virginia HB 2050: Creates the Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program to reduce excessive levels of PFAS in public drinking water derived from the Occoquan Reservoir.

• Wisconsin SB 45: As part of a larger budget bill, this legislation establishes a process for identifying “covered communities” based on factors including income, housing, pollution, and traffic. The Department of Natural Resources is required to prepare an environmental impact report and hold a public hearing for facility permit applications wholly or partly in covered communities, and may deny a permit if it finds the facility constitutes an unreasonable risk to the environment and the health of the residents in the covered community.

• Florida HB 1143: Restricts oil and gas drilling near national estuarine reserves, requires the Department of Environmental Protection to assess protection of natural resources from spills, and sets criteria for balancing these protections.
• Louisiana SR 81: Recognizes Tuesday, May 6, 2025, as Louisiana Renewable Energy Day. 
• Maine LD 1868: Updates renewable and clean resource procurement laws to advance a renewable energy economy. 
• Maryland SB 0829: Extending deadlines for the Minority Business Enterprise Program’s rules and related reports affecting public-private partnerships, offshore wind, gaming, and sports wagering.
• Oregon HB 3874: Increases from 50 megawatts to 100 megawatts the minimum size that a wind energy facility needs to be before a wind energy facility is required to obtain a site certificate from the Energy Facility Siting Council.
• South Carolina HB 4025: Prohibits the authorization or appropriation of state funds for the planning, permitting, licensing, or approval of projects that transport, develop, explore, or produce unrefined or unprocessed oil or gas from state waters. 

• Hawai’i HB 506: Appropriates funds for equipment for the Oahu Branch of the Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement of the Department of Land and Natural Resources.
• Hawai’i SCR 157: Urges the state to adopt and support implementation of the United Nations’ agreement on conserving marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
• Washington HB 1631: Establishes bull kelp forests as the official state marine forest.

• Maine LD 1023: Reestablishes the Blue Economy Task Force to support Maine’s emergence as a center for blue economy innovation and opportunity.
• Maine LD 1245: Creates a fund to spread awareness of Maine’s working waterfronts.
• Maine LD 1595: Strengthens working waterfronts against private nuisance complaints regarding aquaculture. 
• Maine LD 1596: Directs the Department of Marine Resources to submit a report on the findings and recommendations of the aquaculture advisory council to support sea farmers. 
• Maine LD 1858: Amends the Local Foods Fund within the Department of Education to require the fund be used to match $1 for every $2 a school administrative unit pays for food, including seafood, from a farmer, person who fishes commercially, aquaculture farmer, and more. 
• Maryland HB 0397: Allows loans up to $25,000 for seasonal full-time jobs and shortens the eligibility period for seafood dealers from five to three years.
• New Jersey A 5687: Establishes the Next New Jersey Manufacturing Program to incentivize in-state manufacturing investments and job creation.
• Rhode Island H 5686: Directs the Coastal Resources Management Council to create a marine resources development plan to provide an integrated strategy for: improving the health and function of the state’s marine ecosystems; providing for appropriate marine-related economic development; and promoting the use and enjoyment of Rhode Island’s marine resources by the people of the state. 
• Washington HB 1167: Directs the statewide career and technical education task force to consider educational opportunities for careers in maritime professions.