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Research

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Summit Resources

Watch recordings of livestreamed sessions, find presentations and more from the 2022 NCSL Legislative Summit.

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State Strategies to Address Soaring Rates of STDs

While reported cases of STDs drastically decreased during the early months of the pandemic, reported cases of gonorrhea, syphilis and congenital syphilis had surpassed their 2019 totals by the end of 2020.

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Ranked Choice Voting in Practice

NCSL offers this information in the hope that it’s useful to policymakers considering ranked choice voting legislation but does not take a position on whether the system should be adopted.

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States Pursue Tax Relief in 2022

With most state budgets in strong, stable position, tax relief has been the most prominent tax policy trend in 2022. This brief reviews the most significant tax cut enactments to date.

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State Campaign Finance Disclosure Requirements

Find out more about the obligations and responsibilities of candidates, committees and others regarding contributions, expenditures, independent expenditures, electioneering communications and ballot measures disclosure requirements.

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State Elections Legislation

Since legislation is constantly changing, NCSL provides this database that allows you to search for the latest state elections legislation by state.

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Overview

NCSL conducts policy research in a variety of areas ranging from agriculture and budget and tax issues and education to health care and immigration and transportation. NCSL’s experts are here to answer your questions and give you unbiased, comprehensive information as soon as you need it on issues facing state legislatures. We answer more than 20,000 requests for information a year. Call us anytime or check out our issues list to see what we have online.

Our consulting services on policy issues go beyond testifying. We help draft bills, organize workshops, and convene legislative-executive teams. NCSL staff are prepared to come to your state to work with legislators and staff on almost any public policy issue, or issue related to the management of a legislature. Contact your state’s liaison to schedule a briefing or to learn more about this service.

We also offer access to 50-state information and other legislative resources, such as weekly session schedules. You can find legislation in the 50 states, District of Columbia and Congress through NCSL’s new 50-State Bill Information Service, a searchable database containing the full text of legislation for the current session. You also can Join listservs and discussion groups, search tens of thousands of documents, receive personalized information on your issues, access NCSL books and newsletters, look-up your colleagues in the 50 states and take advantage of e-learning opportunities.