Top 10 US States by Total Regulation Count
PlainRegWatch state-level rollup ranking US states by the total number of cataloged regulations and enacted laws across all tracked policy categories.
Research
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What this research covers
PlainRegWatch research ranks regulation density across 51 states in a 5-category archive (159 cataloged regulations), answering one ranking question per study from the live curated mirror.
- 51
- states with regulations
- 5
- policy categories tracked
- 159
- regulations catalogued
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- published ranking studies
Studies below answer one ranking question each from the five-category state regulation archive; they are descriptive catalog statistics, not legal advice.
Top 10 Policy Categories by State Regulation Coverage
PlainRegWatch policy-category rollup ranking categories by the count of state regulations cataloged across the 50 states.
Download the regulation-level extract used in this research: state-regulation-landscape.csv. National reference on statistics.
Every figure on PlainRegWatch is rendered from curated state legislative and Federal Register source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Figures on this page come from the curated five-category archive. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Primary sources: IAPP US State Privacy Legislation Tracker, National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL), EWG food-additive tracker, Repair.org, and official state legislative records. 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. Nothing on PlainRegWatch is legal advice; for any decision that matters, follow the primary source and consult a qualified professional (see our disclaimer).