Thirty states weigh legislation on foreign funding in elections

[RandySF]

Lawmakers in 37 states acted on 460 election-related bills over the past week. Forty state legislatures are in regular or special sessions. In the last week, 16 bills were enacted, 37 bills passed both chambers of a state legislature, and no bills were vetoed.

Of the bills acted on this week, 141 (30.65%) are in states with Democratic trifectas, 259 (56.3%) are in states with Republican trifectas, and 60 (13.04%) are in states with divided government. The most active bill categories this week were campaign finance (141), election types and stages (99), and voter registration and list maintenance (87).

Ballotpedia is currently tracking 3,814 election-related bills across the country. We are actively processing bills filed since Feb. 24 as legislative activity increases for 2026.

The chart below breaks down the status of those 3,814 bills by where they stand in the legislative process:




https://news.ballotpedia.org/2026/03/10/the-ballot-bulletin-thirty-states-weigh-legislation-on-foreign-funding-in-elections/

[DJ Synikus Makisimus]

2. The article doesn't say whether the leg. is for or against foreign money.

Not a dig on you, RandySF. I suspect it depends on the state and its "color," but I'm not going to dig through the vast number of bills (7 in South Dakota alone) to find out. Perhaps ballotpedia.com or someone will make that clear at some point.