Nurse Anesthetist Licensure, PFAS Testing, Pennsylvania Filings Busiest Since September 19
By OmniLegislation Data Desk
Published October 11, 2026
New Jersey introduced a bill setting drinking-water limits for five PFAS chemicals, Pennsylvania's nursing board finalized rules for certified registered nurse anesthetists, and Illinois announced temporary penalty relief for on-road dyed diesel fuel used in farming. Pennsylvania's agencies also filed 37 regulations on October 10, the most since September 19.
Why it matters: New Jersey's Department of Environmental Protection, Pennsylvania's barber and nursing licensees, and Illinois farmers using on-road dyed diesel all have new filings from the collection day to review against their own compliance calendars.
What moved
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Requires DEP to establish maximum contaminant level for certain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances in drinking water and establish private well testing program. (S4468), New Jersey. The bill requires the Department of Environmental Protection to set maximum contaminant levels for five PFAS substances in drinking water no later than April 26, 2029, and to create a Private Well Testing Program and assistance fund for private well owners. Status is Introduced; it was referred to the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee and awaits committee or floor action.
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Certified registered nurse anesthetists and fees, Pennsylvania. The State Board of Nursing published final-form rulemaking implementing Act 60 of 2021, establishing certification requirements, practice standards, continuing education, and fee schedules for certified registered nurse anesthetists, while deleting a prior anesthesia provision one year after publication so existing practitioners can obtain certification.
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Licensure by endorsement, Pennsylvania. The State Board of Barber Examiners' final-form regulations, effective October 10, let barbers and barber-teachers licensed in another jurisdiction obtain Pennsylvania licenses if they hold a current license in good standing, meet training-hour and competency requirements, and have no disciplinary history.
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Temporary Penalty Relief: On-Road Dyed Diesel Use for Farming and Agriculture, Illinois. The Department of Revenue, coordinating with the Illinois State Police, announced temporary penalty relief that will suspend penalties for certain on-road uses of dyed diesel fuel for farming and agricultural purposes from October 6 through December 31. The status is adopted.
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Project-Level Predecisional Administrative Review Process, federal. The U.S. Department of Agriculture adopted a final rule amending how the public may file objections to proposed projects and activities under land management plans on national forests and grasslands, consolidating and streamlining the review process.
By the numbers
Pennsylvania's agencies filed 37 regulations, compared with a trailing 30 day weekend average of about 20 for the state; the last day at or above this count was September 19, 21 days earlier. Federal regulations entered the record at 104, more than twice the trailing 30 day weekend average of about 46 for federal regulations. Federal court opinions, at 17, ran well below the federal weekend average of about 87. Across all 14 states with items, 118 state-level records entered the record alongside 125 federal records, for 243 total. Virginia (23 regulations), Ohio (17 regulations), Alaska (15 regulations), and California (13 opinions and 2 regulations) rounded out the day's most active states.
Bill actions
No tracked bill carried a LegiScan action dated October 10 among tracked bills.
Collection day data
| State | Type | Collected | Weekend average | Highest in tracking (date) |
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| US | Regulation | 104 | 45.63 | 1,303 (June 15, 2026, data load day) |
| US | Opinion | 17 | 87.25 | 677 (October 2, 2026, data load day) |
| US | Bill | 2 | 3.00 | 915 (July 3, 2026, data load day) |
| US | Executive order | 2 | 0.75 | 18 (May 31, 2026, data load day) |
| PA | Regulation | 37 | 19.75 | 222 (September 1, 2026, data load day) |
| VA | Regulation | 23 | 8.75 | 751 (September 3, 2026, data load day) |
| OH | Regulation | 17 | 16.88 | 1,317 (September 4, 2026, data load day) |
| AK | Regulation | 15 | 17.13 | 380 (September 10, 2026, data load day) |
| CA | Opinion | 13 | 12.75 | 195 (May 18, 2026, data load day) |
Methodology
"Collected" means the date OmniLegislation's pipeline processed a record, not the date it was filed or published at the source. Counts are deduplicated processed records from OmniLegislation's own pipeline, and 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, weekdays against weekdays, excluding known data-load days; highest single-day counts are measured since tracking began on April 5, 2026, and include load days, which are labelled. Bill actions cover tracked bills only. This report covers October 10, 2026. Bill records originate from LegiScan; court opinions from CourtListener, a Free Law Project service; federal regulations from the Federal Register.