Vote Yes on this bill if you want stronger privacy rules that keep sex designation and past changes confidential, require consent before sharing, ensure IDs show only current sex, and let agencies deny risky data requests to reduce outing, discrimination, and harassment.

Organizations that support this bill may include LGBTQ+ advocacy groups, civil liberties and privacy organizations, and survivor safety groups focused on preventing doxxing and harassment.

Vote No on this bill if you want to preserve wider public access to records, allow agencies and researchers easier access to sex designation data, and keep subpoenas and data sharing less restricted.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include public records transparency advocates, some law enforcement and legal groups concerned about limits on subpoenas, and research or data organizations seeking broader access.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want stricter SNAP verification, regular cross-agency data checks, public reporting of fraud metrics, and quicker removal of nonresidents or suspected misuse.

Organizations that support this bill may include taxpayer watchdog groups, welfare integrity and anti-fraud organizations, law-and-order advocates, and business associations favoring tighter eligibility verification and transparency.

Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid expanded surveillance of recipients, reduce risks of wrongful benefit cuts and added paperwork, and prioritize easier access to food aid over fraud-focused enforcement.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include anti-hunger and food security nonprofits, civil liberties and privacy groups, disability and poverty advocates, and social service providers concerned about barriers to benefits.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want a unified, free scholarship application with set deadlines, priority for low-income, foster, and military students, expanded eligible uses (like digital devices and career club fees), stronger audits and background checks, and a $250M fund to stabilize district budgets when enrollment shifts.

Organizations that support this bill may include school choice advocacy groups, private and faith-based school associations, special-needs parent networks, and business groups that favor education vouchers and predictable funding.

Vote No on this bill if you want to curb the growth of private school vouchers, keep more state dollars in traditional public schools, avoid new mandates on districts, and prevent further reliance on private organizations to manage public education funds.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include teachers unions, public school boards associations, and civil rights or taxpayer watchdog groups concerned about diverting public funds to private schools and oversight gaps.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want to block people convicted of assaulting a family member or intimate partner from buying or carrying guns for three years, include dating partners, create a Class 1 misdemeanor for violations, and allow rights to be restored after three years absent other legal bars.

Organizations that support this bill may include domestic violence prevention groups, victim advocacy organizations, gun safety organizations, and some law enforcement and public safety associations.

Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid expanding firearm restrictions to dating relationships, prevent new misdemeanor penalties, and keep current gun rights rules for people with misdemeanor domestic assault convictions unchanged.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include gun rights groups, some civil liberties organizations concerned about due process and misdemeanor-based bans, and criminal justice advocates wary of added penalties.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want AI companion chatbots to clearly state they are not human, block sexual or suggestive content for minors, avoid manipulative engagement, detect and respond to self-harm talk with crisis help, publish safety practices and referral counts, and be accountable under consumer protection law.

Organizations that support this bill may include child safety and mental health advocates, suicide prevention groups, parent and educator associations, and consumer protection organizations that want clearer labels, youth protections, and crisis-response standards for AI companion apps.

Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid new state rules and reporting for AI companion apps, limit government involvement in chatbot design, reduce compliance costs and liability risks, and keep fewer restrictions that could slow product features or innovation.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include some AI and tech industry groups, startup associations, and digital rights advocates who worry about compliance costs, design mandates, free expression concerns, and broad liability under consumer protection law.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want a dedicated, flexible account to boost state pre-K with gifts and grants, keep funds from expiring, earn investment income, track donors, and speed adding seats for eligible children.

Early childhood advocates, school districts, child care providers, philanthropic foundations, and business groups focused on workforce readiness may support this bill because it creates a dedicated pre-K fund that can accept donations, earn interest, and be spent quickly on eligible children.

Vote No on this bill if you want pre-K funded only through the regular budget, prefer unspent money to return to the general fund, and oppose creating special accounts that can spend without a new legislative appropriation.

Taxpayer watchdogs, fiscal conservatives, and equity and transparency advocates may oppose this bill because it allows spending outside the normal appropriations process and could let donor priorities influence where pre-K seats expand.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want parent rights aligned with existing law, stronger 48-hour notice rules, transparency on fees and curriculum, opt-outs for sensitive surveys and sex education, nondiscrimination and language access protections, and safeguards during abuse or criminal investigations.

Organizations that support this bill may include education associations, school districts, civil rights and child protection groups, and language access advocates who favor clear, FERPA-aligned parent rights with student safety safeguards.

Vote No on this bill if you want tighter timelines and broader parental access to student records, more mandatory notifications about medical services or removals, and fewer limits on access during investigations.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include parental rights advocacy groups and social conservative organizations seeking faster record access, broader control over student information, and mandatory medical notifications.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want all homeowners age 75 and older to receive a full property tax exemption on their primary home starting in 2026, with the benefit transferable to a new home and protected during long-term care.

Organizations that support this bill may include AARP state chapters, senior and aging-in-place advocates, homeowner associations, and taxpayer groups that favor property tax cuts.

Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid local revenue losses for schools and services, prevent shifting taxes to other residents and renters, or prefer targeted, income-based relief instead of a universal age-based break.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include city and county associations, school boards and education advocates, public employee unions, budget watchdogs, and renter or housing equity groups concerned about tax shifts.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want stronger protections for responders, temporary emergency operation zones with clear rules for officers, limits on discriminatory targeting based on immigration or ethnicity, and updated city and county policies to keep disaster responses safe and coordinated.

Organizations that support this bill may include firefighter unions, EMT and paramedic associations, emergency management and public safety groups, immigrant rights and civil rights organizations, and local government associations seeking clearer disaster coordination.

Vote No on this bill if you want to avoid expanding the obstruction crime, prevent new identification, disclosure, and warrant requirements for officers in disaster zones, keep broader cooperation with federal enforcement, and limit new policy and reporting mandates on local agencies.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include some law enforcement and prosecutors’ associations, federal immigration enforcement stakeholders, and press freedom or civil liberties groups concerned about broader obstruction laws or restricted access near emergency scenes.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want a tribal member added to the Board of Natural Resources, appointed by the governor from tribal nominees, to bring tribal knowledge and collaboration to decisions about state forests and lands.

Organizations that support this bill may include tribal governments, conservation and environmental groups, co-management advocates, and community organizations seeking tribal voices in state land decisions.

Vote No on this bill if you want to keep the board at six members with no dedicated tribal seat and avoid changing how board members are appointed.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include some timber or resource industry associations, property rights groups, and stakeholders who prefer the current board makeup.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want a tribal representative added to the Board of Natural Resources to include Indigenous knowledge, improve collaboration, and strengthen long-term stewardship of public lands.

Organizations that support this bill may include federally recognized tribes, conservation and environmental groups, public lands co-management advocates, and state natural resource agencies.

Vote No on this bill if you want to keep the board’s current makeup, avoid adding an appointed seat, and prevent potential shifts in priorities that could affect timber revenues and decision speed.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include timber and resource extraction associations, some county revenue and trust beneficiary advocates, and small-government groups concerned about board size and balance.

Vote Yes on this bill if you want state and local employers to bar required use of pronouns that differ from sex, limit job forms to male or female, protect workers from punishment for beliefs opposing gender ideology, ban state-funded employers from requiring training on sexual orientation or gender identity, and allow lawsuits with attorney fees.

Organizations that support this bill may include religious liberty groups, conservative policy organizations, free speech advocates, and some employer associations seeking fewer mandates on pronoun use and training.

Vote No on this bill if you want employers to keep discretion to honor preferred pronouns, include nonbinary options on forms, offer or require LGBTQ-inclusive training, avoid new litigation risks, and maintain broader protections for transgender and nonbinary workers.

Organizations that oppose this bill may include LGBTQ rights groups, civil rights organizations, labor unions, HR associations, higher education groups, and medical and mental health organizations that favor inclusive workplace policies.