Highest Tracker Scores by State

States ranked by PlainRegWatch's scope-limited tracker score across the five policy categories it covers. Rankings use the jurisdictions PlainRegWatch tracks, with data from state legislatures, NCSL, and IAPP; see our methodology.

What This Ranking Tells Us

PlainRegWatch's tracker score weights enacted records across the five policy categories this site covers, then normalizes each state against the highest resulting score. It describes this dataset's coverage, not actual enforcement, legal burden, or every law in a state. A score of 100 is the highest score within this tracker at the time of the dataset snapshot.

Highest Tracker Scores by State

51 states tracked

  1. 1
    California 100 Score
    CA
  2. 2
    Colorado 76 Score
    CO
  3. 3
    Texas 69 Score
    TX
  4. 4
    Connecticut 62 Score
    CT
  5. 5
    Illinois 62 Score
    IL
  6. 6
    Minnesota 62 Score
    MN
  7. 7
    New York 62 Score
    NY
  8. 8
    Oregon 62 Score
    OR
  9. 9
    Washington 62 Score
    WA
  10. 10
    Delaware 59 Score
    DE
  11. 11
    Virginia 59 Score
    VA
  12. 12
    Utah 55 Score
    UT
  13. 13
    Florida 48 Score
    FL
  14. 14
    Maryland 48 Score
    MD
  15. 15
    Massachusetts 48 Score
    MA
  16. 16
    New Jersey 48 Score
    NJ
  17. 17
    Rhode Island 48 Score
    RI
  18. 18
    Vermont 48 Score
    VT
  19. 19
    Alabama 34 Score
    AL
  20. 20
    Hawaii 34 Score
    HI
  21. 21
    Maine 34 Score
    ME
  22. 22
    Nevada 34 Score
    NV
  23. 23
    North Dakota 34 Score
    ND
  24. 24
    Oklahoma 34 Score
    OK
  25. 25
    Pennsylvania 34 Score
    PA
  26. 26
    District of Columbia 34 Score
    DC
  27. 27
    Indiana 31 Score
    IN
  28. 28
    Iowa 31 Score
    IA
  29. 29
    Kentucky 31 Score
    KY
  30. 30
    Montana 31 Score
    MT
  31. 31
    Nebraska 31 Score
    NE
  32. 32
    New Hampshire 31 Score
    NH
  33. 33
    Tennessee 31 Score
    TN
  34. 34
    Arizona 28 Score
    AZ
  35. 35
    Louisiana 28 Score
    LA
  36. 36
    West Virginia 28 Score
    WV
  37. 37
    Alaska 17 Score
    AK
  38. 38
    Arkansas 17 Score
    AR
  39. 39
    Georgia 17 Score
    GA
  40. 40
    Idaho 17 Score
    ID
  41. 41
    Kansas 17 Score
    KS
  42. 42
    Michigan 17 Score
    MI
  43. 43
    Mississippi 17 Score
    MS
  44. 44
    Missouri 17 Score
    MO
  45. 45
    New Mexico 17 Score
    NM
  46. 46
    North Carolina 17 Score
    NC
  47. 47
    Ohio 17 Score
    OH
  48. 48
    South Carolina 17 Score
    SC
  49. 49
    South Dakota 17 Score
    SD
  50. 50
    Wisconsin 17 Score
    WI
  51. 51
    Wyoming 17 Score
    WY

Source PlainRegWatch State Regulation Tracker · July 2026

Source: PlainRegWatch State Regulation Tracker.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is the tracker score calculated?

PlainRegWatch weights the number of records marked enacted in each of its five tracked policy categories, then normalizes each state against the highest result in this dataset. It is a portal-derived coverage score, not an official assessment of enforcement, compliance burden, or every law in a state.

Is a high tracker score good or bad for businesses?

The tracker score only measures coverage in this dataset (weighted enacted-record counts across five categories). It is not a finding about enforcement strength, compliance cost, or legal burden. Whether a state is a good place to operate depends on the specific laws that apply to the business, not on this portal score.

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Every figure on PlainRegWatch is rendered from curated state legislative and Federal Register source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Positions use the displayed measure on the same state or category totals as the profile pages. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026. Tracker scores and rule counts are curated records in five tracked categories - not enforcement strength, legal advice, a complete inventory of US law, or a live bill-status feed.