A recent study found that nearly 10,000 legislative bills filed over the past 8 years
across the United States were exact copies or replicas of one another (
O’Dell and Penzenstadler, 2019
). These copies and replicas, known as model legislation, differ in origin, draft
style, and purpose. Authors of model legislation often include interest groups, corporations,
and coalitions of private or public actors. Authors draft model legislation on a topic
of interest and activate an advocacy campaign aiming for wide-reaching enactments.
Of the nearly 10,000 bills analyzed by USA Today, The Arizona Republic, and the Center for Public Integrity, more than 2,000 were enacted into law at the
state and federal level (
O’Dell and Penzenstadler, 2019
). Model legislation often concerns occupational licensing and other healthcare topics
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Biography
Nicole Livanos, JD, MPP, is Senior Associate, State Advocacy and Legislative Affairs, Nursing Regulation, NCSBN, Chicago, Illinois.
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