States w/ EXISTING LAWS:  California | Connecticut | Florida | Hawaii | Illinois | Louisiana |  Maryland | Nebraska | Nevada | Oklahoma | Pennsylvania |Tennessee | Texas | Washington

States w/ CURRENTLY*  PROPOSED  LAWS:  Arizona | Alabama | Kansas | Massachusetts |Missouri |New York  | North Carolina | Rhode Island |  Virginia      (* 2007 or 2008 session)

States w/ PREVIOUSLY PROPOSED LAWS: Georgia (2004) | Iowa (2002) | Kentucky (2000) | Minnesota (2004) | Michigan (2005) | Mississippi (2005) | New Jersey (2002)