Bill tracking for human rights, racial justice and migration groups
For advocacy groups defending civil and human rights, whose work turns on what statehouses and Congress do next.
When a bill or proposed federal rule that matches what you watch is filed in any state legislature, the DC Council, Congress or on regulations.gov, Statute Scope emails you a brief built from its own text. For human rights, racial justice and migration groups, we flag “divisive concepts” bans, policing, sanctuary bans and state immigration crimes, asylum and birthright citizenship, voter ID and proof of citizenship, protest and mask laws, abortion bans, disability rights and foreign-agent designations.
What we flag for human rights, racial justice and migration groups
Every brief tags the bill with the concerns it touches and quotes the words that set each tag off. Here is what we tag in your field, and why it matters to you.
Race curriculum & "divisive concepts"
Bans on teaching or training about systemic racism change what schools, agencies and contractors can say.
Affirmative action & race-conscious programs
Ends or defends race-conscious admissions, contracting and grant programs.
Reparations
Creates or bars commissions and remedies for slavery and its legacy.
Hate crimes
Adds, removes or changes protected categories and reporting in hate-crime law.
Policing & qualified immunity
Use-of-force, immunity and oversight rules decide what accountability exists for police misconduct.
Immigration enforcement & sanctuary
Sanctuary bans, 287(g) mandates and state immigration crimes pull local police and service providers into enforcement.
Asylum, TPS & citizenship
Asylum, TPS, parole and birthright-citizenship changes decide who can stay and who qualifies for services.
Voting rights & election rules
ID, proof-of-citizenship, roll-maintenance and mail-voting rules decide who can register and vote.
Redistricting & ballot initiatives
Maps and limits on citizen initiatives change who holds power and how advocates can take issues to voters.
Protest, riot & mask laws
Riot, road-blocking, mask and infrastructure-trespass laws raise criminal and civil exposure for protesters and organizers.
Anti-BDS & antisemitism definitions
Boycott bans and adopted antisemitism definitions govern contractors, campuses and speech about Israel.
Abortion, personhood & pregnancy
Abortion bans, fetal personhood and pregnancy-criminalization laws change rights, travel and prosecution risk.
Disability rights
ADA, Section 504 and guardianship rules decide access, integration and wages for disabled people.
Tribal sovereignty & ICWA
ICWA, jurisdiction and MMIP laws define tribal authority over children, land and justice.
Bail, sentencing & death penalty
Bail, sentencing, solitary and capital-punishment laws change incarceration and who is affected.
Foreign-agent & "terror" designations of groups
State "baby FARA" laws and terror-supporting designations let officials investigate, defund or shut down advocacy groups.
Trafficking & sex work
Trafficking and prostitution laws, including FOSTA-style measures, shape services for survivors and the legal risk for sex workers.
What you'll get alerts on
- State immigration, voting and protest bills
- Federal bills on asylum, citizenship and civil-rights enforcement
- The same model bill moving in several states at once
Every alert comes with a brief: the bottom line, the key provisions in the bill's own words, who to contact and the full text. See a sample brief, or read which legislatures and agencies we cover.
Plans for human rights, racial justice and migration groups
One subscription covers everyone at your organization, with no per-seat fees. Watch is $150 a month for 5 criteria and Desk is $450 a month for 20, with more on Desk at $40 a month for each 5. One criterion is one jurisdiction (a state, DC or the federal government) plus one search. Searching for the same thing in 5 states is 5 criteria.
- Nonprofit rate: 65% of the price for nonprofits with an annual budget under $5 million, and nonprofit universities with an annual budget under $100 million.
- Solidarity rate: half price for nonprofits and community or mutual-aid groups that are both trans-owned and trans-led, within the nonprofit-rate size limits.