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An Interim Report on State Taking The Lead: An Interim Report on State Legislative Successes in Enacting Progressive Policy Progressive States Task Forces Progressive States Board of Directors Representatives from the following organizations serve Joel Barkin, Progressive States Network on task forces relevant to specific issues and to act as a Steve Doherty, Co-Chair resource to legislators and local organizations. David Sirota, Co-Chair ACORN Wes Boyd, MoveOn.org AFL-CIO David Brock, Media Matters for America AFSCME Rep. Garnet Coleman, Texas State Assembly America’s Agenda Asm. Adriano Espaillat, New York Assembly Americans for Health Care Leo Gerard, United Steelworkers Apollo Alliance Ellen Golombek, SEIU Center for American Progress Center for Policy Alternatives Lisa Seitz Gruwell, Skyline Public Works Citizens for Tax Justice Joe Hoeffel, Dept. of Community & Economic Development (PA) Community Catalyst Steve Kest, ACORN COWS George Lakoff, Rockridge Institute Families USA Ned Lamont, Lamont Digital Systems Federation of State PIRGs Robert McChesney, Free Press Free Press Rep. Hannah Pingree, Maine House of Representatives Herndon Alliance John Podesta, Center for American Progress JR Commons Center Labor Project on Working Families Lee Saunders, AFSCME Mobility Agenda- CEPR Naomi Walker, AFL-CIO Moms Rising Rep. Neva Walker, Minnesota State House Multi-States Working Families Consortium Rep. David Zuckerman, Vermont State House National Conference of Environmental Legislators National Employment Law Project National Partnership for Women & Families National Womens Law Center Northeast Action People for the American Way For More Information Public Campaign For more information on policy options discussed in SEIU this program or help in your states, we will be adding ad - Sierra Club ditional details in coming months at www.progressives - Skyline Public Works tates.org and feel free to contact: Smart Growth America State Environmental Leadership Program Nathan Newman Policy Director at Progressive States Network UC-Berkeley Center for Labor Research (212) 680-3114 Universal Health Care Action Network (UHCAN) [email protected] Vote by Mail Project TAKING THE LEAD: An Interim Report on State Legislative Successes in Enacting Progressive Policy Written by: Nathan Newman, PSN Policy Director J. Mijin Cha, PSN Policy Specialist Adam Thompson, PSN Policy Specialist JUNE 2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents Taking the Lead: IntroductIon to the Report .................... 1 State-by-State Profiles .................................................. 17 Some State Success Highlights ........................................ 2 Star States .................................................................... 17 Protecting Working Families ............................................ 3 Colorado ................................................................. 17 Iowa ........................................................................ 18 Minimum Wage ................................................................ 3 Maryland ................................................................. 18 Living Wage ...................................................................... 4 New Mexico ............................................................. 18 Family Leave and Valuing Families Legislation .................. 4 Vermont .................................................................. 19 Rewarding Work in the Tax Code ....................................... 5 Washington State .................................................... 19 Expanding the Freedom to Form Unions ........................... 5 Policy Leaders ............................................................... 20 Expanding Health Care for All ......................................... 7 Hawaii ..................................................................... 20 2007 is the Year of the Kids ............................................. 7 Minnesota ............................................................... 20 Comprehensive Health Care Reform ................................. 8 Nevada .................................................................... 20 Small Steps, Big Gains ..................................................... 9 Incremental Gainers ...................................................... 21 Some Dangerous Turns in State Health Reform .............. 10 Arkansas ................................................................. 21 Promoting Clean Energy and Jobs ................................. 11 Florida ..................................................................... 21 Renewable Portfolio Standards ...................................... 11 Indiana ................................................................... 21 Green Buildings ............................................................. 11 Nebraska ................................................................ 22 Climate Change Efforts ................................................... 12 Texas ....................................................................... 22 Transit Related Gains ..................................................... 13 Virginia .................................................................... 22 West Virginia ............................................................ 23 Other Key Issues ........................................................... 14 Leadership Laggards ..................................................... 23 Electoral Reforms ........................................................... 14 Alaska ..................................................................... 23 Challenging the Iraq Escalation ...................................... 15 Kansas .................................................................... 23 Demanding Trade Deals that Respect State Interests ...... 15 Kentucky ................................................................. 23 Social Equity .................................................................. 15 Montana ................................................................. 24 Telecommunications and Broadband ............................. 16 North Dakota ........................................................... 24 Oklahoma ............................................................... 24 South Dakota .......................................................... 24 Utah ........................................................................ 25 Wyoming ................................................................. 25 Bottom of the Barrel ..................................................... 25 Georgia ................................................................... 25 Idaho ...................................................................... 25 Mississippi .............................................................. 26 Missouri .................................................................. 26 Taking the Lead: An Interim Report on State Successes in 2007 | III INTRODUCTION TAKING THE LEAD: An Interim Report on State Legislative Successes in Enacting Progressive Policy The 2006 elections sent a clear special interest lobbyists and enact legislation that bene - fits the public interest. message that voters wanted a more The state successes detailed in this report are the result progressive turn in public policy. of two changes at the state level: the public opinion that brought new progressives into state leadership positions, At the federal level, even the new Congressional leader - and the greater grassroots support those legislators are ship has been stymied in delivering that change in the face now able to tap into to move public policy. Even where of partisan gridlock and filibusters, but state governments state leadership has remained the same, we have seen a have seen sweeping reforms. On issues ranging from shift in policy as even more conservative state leaders rec - health care to clean energy to electoral reform to assisting ognize the need to respond to shifting public opinion and working families, state leaders have stepped up and deliv - the new mobilization by progressives in the states. ered often precedent-setting reforms. Even on issues like the minimum wage where we have seen some federal ac - The Report tion, many states are still delivering higher wage standards This report is divided into two sections. The front section and bolder leadership. And on other national issues, states details by policy area the overall gains made in the states, in 2007 took leadership in demanding fairer trade deals including Protecting Working Families, Expanding Health and an end of the escalation in Iraq. Care to All, Promoting Clean Energy and Jobs , and a range The bottom line is that states are driving progressive of other issues. The second section lists short summaries change in the nation. of achievements (and a few set-backs) in each of the states that have already finished their legislative sessions. This Why Progressive Policy is Winning second section highlights which states are taking the lead The rising importance of progressive state policy is not an as policy innovators and those that are still mired in the accident. As the Progressive States Network detailed in status quo by big moneyed rightwing interests. our 2006 report, Governing the Nation from the State - This report is very much an interim report, no doubt houses: The Rightwing Agenda in the States and How Pro - missing some additional important innovations enacted by gressives Can Fight Back , the rightwing in
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