Environmental Health Database

The Environmental Health databases track state legislation and statutes addressing environmental factors that may adversely impact human health or the ecological balances essential to long-term human health and environmental quality, whether in the natural or man-made environment.

Environmental Health Legislation Database – 2009-2013 Sessions

A source for environmental health legislation from all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. territories, the Environmental Health Legislation Database is grouped into six topics:  Asthma; Children's Environmental Health; Indoor Air Quality (includes Mold and Radon); Pesticides (includes Mosquito Control); Toxics and Chemicals (includes Asbestos, Lead and Mercury); and Tracking, Surveillance and Biomonitoring. The legislation database is searchable by keyword, year, state, topic, bill type, and status. 
Archives - 1998 to 2008

Featured Links

• 2012 Environmental Health Legislative Update
• 2011 Environmental Health Legislative Update
• 2010 Active Year for Laws Addressing Environmental Health
• Environmental Health in the 2009 State Legislative Sessions
• Glossary of Legislative Terms
• Legislative Organization and Procedures
• 2011 Legislative Session Calendar 
• Full text of every bill in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Congress for this session 

NCSL Contacts

• Doug Farquhar, program manager
   (303) 856-1397
• Scott Hendrick, program manager    (303) 856-1409
• Claire Lewis, research analyst            (303) 856-1433
•  NCSL Environmental Health