TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Today, Gov. DeSantis signed House Bill 1475, making participation in school sports contingent on determining a student’s “biological sex,” which refers to a persons’ sex assigned at birth. The following...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. – The U.S. Senate, in a 35-54 vote today , filibustered the creation of a bipartisan commission to investigate the attack on the U.S. Capitol on January 6. The following statement is from Margaret Huang,...
BATON ROUGE, La. – This afternoon, the Louisiana Senate voted 35-0 to pass House Bill (HB) 286. HB 286 was authored by Rep. Fred Jones (D-Monroe) and will extend the early voting period for presidential elections in the state to...
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Today, Governor Kay Ivey of Alabama signed House Bill (HB) 285 into law, which formally bans the practice of curbside voting in the state for future elections. The SPLC Action Fund has previously expressed...
MIAMI – SPLC Action Fund joins advocates in applauding the Biden administration for redesignating Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Haitian nationals over the weekend. The following statement is from Neyissa Desir, outreach...
Montgomery, Ala.-- The Alabama House passed Senate Bill 210, establishing stronger due process protections for property owners subject to civil asset forfeiture, today. The legislation reforms the procedures through which the...
JACKSON, Miss. – Today, a growing coalition of Mississippi doctors, nurses, patients, small business owners, non-profit organizations, health advocates, and hospitals launched a statewide campaign to put Medicaid expansion on the...