Legislative Action: Charting the Path to Healing and Resilience: A National Compendium of Trauma-Responsive...

Legislative Action: NCSL Injury Prevention Legislation Database

An interactive database that provides information about injury prevention legislation that has been introduced or enacted in states, including Adverse Childhood Experiences and child abuse and neglect.

Legislative Action: Vermont – An Act Relating to Ensuring a Coordinated Public Health Approach to...

An act relating to ensuring a coordinated public health approach to addressing childhood adversity and promoting resilience

Legislative Action: Oklahoma – Legislation Creating Task Force on Trauma-Informed Care SB 1517

Legislation that creates the Task Force on Trauma-Informed Care to study and make recommendations to the Oklahoma State Legislature on best practices with respect to children and youth who have experienced trauma.

Legislative Action: Healing Maryland’s Trauma Act HB 548 to Establish a Commission on Trauma-Informed Care

Legislation that established a Commission on Trauma-Informed Care.

Legislative Action: Massachusetts Legislation to Create a Childhood Trauma Task Force

Legislation created a childhood trauma task force responsible for determining how the Commonwealth can better identify and provide services to children who have experienced trauma, with the goal of preventing future juvenile justice system involvement.

Legislative Action: Louisiana SB 211 Requiring Training for Teachers and School Personnel on ACEs and...

Legislation requires training for teachers and other school personnel on ACEs and trauma-informed education

Legislative Action: Kentucky SB 1 School Safety and Resiliency Act

The School Safety and Resiliency Act of 2019 (Senate Bill 1) ensures all students are able to learn in a safe and supportive school environment, including by implementing trauma-informed practices.

Legislative Action: Illinois Trauma-Informed Care Legislation

Legislation that calls for acknowledging and taking into account the principles of trauma and the concepts of toxic stress, early adversity, and buffering relationships and the role of early intervention and investment in trauma-informed policies.

Legislative Action: Hawaiʻi – SB 2482 New State Office to Promote Trauma-Informed Care

Legislation establishing the Office of Wellness and Resilience within the Office of the Governor to support and implement the statewide framework developed by the Trauma-Informed Care Task Force.