The Strongest Law
Civil protection should not depend on geography.
Describe an unfair fee, benefit denial, or legal barrier. Find the state statute that already prevents it.
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01
Identify
Locate the enacted state statute that provides the most protective workable rule.
02
Establish
State what the statute requires in plain terms, with the official legislative text.
03
Document
Describe the harm sustained where a state has not adopted the same protection.
04
Petition
Prepare a petition to your state legislators with the governing citation.
Why states
In the United States, most baseline civil protections are enacted by state legislatures, not Congress. A protection proven workable in one state can be adopted by any other. Comparing enacted statutes shows where that standard already exists.
Administering ten baseline civic protections nationwide is estimated at $342 million — about $1.00 per American [OR] roughly one year of combined state legislative pay. See the program