PFAS Disclosure, an Apprenticeship Pilot, and a Data Center Order
By OmniLegislation Data Desk
Published September 6, 2026
California's enrolled bills on PFAS pesticide reporting and an apprenticeship pilot program, and Pennsylvania's executive order on data centers, entered the record on September 5. Across the federal government and every state combined, 309 items entered the record that day, with unusually heavy regulatory volume in several states.
Why it matters: California's Department of Industrial Relations and Department of Pesticide Regulation now have two enrolled bills awaiting the governor's action to track, while Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection has a new framework to implement.
What moved
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Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): Department of Pesticide Regulation. (AB1603), California. The bill requires the Department of Pesticide Regulation to post its quarterly chlorpyrifos reports on its website for public access, adding a transparency requirement to existing reports on chlorpyrifos use and exposure monitoring. Status: enrolled, having passed both chambers; last action was being enrolled and presented to the governor; next step is the governor's action. Applies to the Department of Pesticide Regulation's public reporting duties.
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No PFAS in Cosmetics Act (HB9594), federal. The bill would amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit the intentional addition of PFAS in cosmetic products. Status: introduced, referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce; next step awaits committee or floor action. The summary does not specify which businesses must comply beyond the prohibition itself.
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Department of Industrial Relations: apprenticeship pilot program. (SB1227), California. The bill proposes establishing an apprenticeship pilot program within the Department of Industrial Relations to address staffing vacancy rates exceeding 25%, requiring DIR and the Department of Human Resources to partner with employee bargaining units under merit-based civil service principles. Status: enrolled, having passed both chambers; last action was being enrolled and presented to the governor; next step is the governor's action. Applies to DIR, the Department of Human Resources, and represented bargaining units.
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Protecting Pennsylvania consumers from data center impacts, Pennsylvania. The record describes Executive Order 2026-05, which establishes Governor's Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) Requirements for data centers with peak demand over 25 megawatts, directing the Department of Environmental Protection to develop template Consent Orders addressing energy affordability, transparency, workforce development, and environmental protection. No further procedural stage is stated in the record; it entered the record through publication in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. Applies to data centers with peak demand over 25 megawatts.
By the numbers
- Federal filings totaled 119 items (69 regulations, 46 court opinions, 4 bills), below the trailing weekend average of about 179 across all types.
- Across all jurisdictions, 309 items entered the record combined, spanning 11 states plus the federal government.
- Alaska logged 62 items, all regulations, against a trailing weekend average of a little over one, roughly 43 times that pace; the highest count since tracking began, 117, falls on September 4, a data-load day.
- Pennsylvania logged 39 items, all regulations, against a trailing weekend average of about one every seven weekend days, and New York logged 31 items, all regulations, against a trailing weekend average of about one every three weekend days. Their highest counts since tracking began, 222 (Pennsylvania, September 1, data load day) and 1,951 (New York, June 2, data load day), also fall on data-load days.
- Ohio logged 17 items (15 regulations, 2 court opinions) against a trailing weekend average of just under one, roughly 20 times that pace; the highest count since tracking began, 1,378, falls on September 4, a data-load day. Florida logged 11 items (10 regulations, 1 court opinion) against a trailing weekend average of under half, roughly 26 times that pace; the highest count since tracking began, 1,764, falls on September 3, a data-load day.
Bill actions
No tracked bill logged a status change dated September 5 among tracked bills.
| State | Type | Collected | Weekend average | Highest in tracking (date) |
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| US (federal) | Regulation | 69 | 86.86 | 1,303 (June 15, data load day) |
| US (federal) | Opinion | 46 | 84.57 | 409 (May 18, data load day) |
| US (federal) | Bill | 4 | 6.29 | 915 (July 3, data load day) |
| Alaska | All types | 62 | 1.43 | 117 (September 4, data load day) |
| Pennsylvania | All types | 39 | 0.14 | 222 (September 1, data load day) |
| New York | All types | 31 | 0.29 | 1,951 (June 2, data load day) |
| Ohio | All types | 17 | 0.86 | 1,378 (September 4, data load day) |
| Florida | All types | 11 | 0.43 | 1,764 (September 3, data load day) |
Methodology
"Collected" reflects the pipeline's collection date, which is not necessarily the date a bill was filed or enrolled, a regulation was published or effective, or an order was issued. Counts are deduplicated processed records from OmniLegislation's own pipeline. Item descriptions come from the pipeline's own summaries of each record. Baselines are trailing 30 day averages for the same kind of day (weekend days against weekend days), excluding known data-load days. Highest single-day counts are measured since tracking began on April 5, 2026, and include load days, which are labeled. Bill actions cover tracked bills only. This report covers September 5, 2026. Bill records originate from LegiScan; court opinions from CourtListener, a Free Law Project service; federal regulations from the Federal Register.