BILL TRACKER

2026 State Financial Education Bills

13

bills introduced in 4 states

12

bills active in 4 states

0

bills signed into law in 0 states

Legend: Prefiled bills have been introduced before their state's legislative session's first day, Active bills have had hearings, amendments, votes, or other legislative milestones within the past 90 days, Inactive bills have had no updates or milestones within the past 90 days, Dead bills have no chance of passage or their state legislative session has adjourned, bills marked Signed Into Law have been signed by the state's Governor or allowed to become law, and Mission 2030 bills are supported by NGPF’s affiliated advocacy nonprofit, NGPF Mission 2030 Fund.

NOTE: only tracks state bills relevant to high school financial education. Contact info@ngpf.org for questions and concerns.

Current Bill Status

20260116 1
MA
H4670
Active

House House Committee on Ways and Means

Watered down by the Massachusetts House - embedded financial literacy requirement

Passed House 155-0 October 29, 2025 (Updated 1/16/26)

20260116 2
MS
HB994
Active

Rep. Greg Haney

State already requires a Personal Finance course, but this bill proposes personal finance as...

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Referred to Committee on Education on January 16, 2026 (Updated 1/16/26)

20260116 2 HB2
Active

Reps. Jason White and Jansen Owen

State already requires a Personal Finance course, but this bill proposes a financial...

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Passed House 61-59 on January 15, 2026 (Updated 1/16/26)

20260116 3
NY
S3331/A4433
Active

Sens. Jeremy Cooney and Pamela Helming; Asms. Josh Jensen and Karl Brabenec

Embedded financial literacy requirement for eleventh grade students

Re-introduced and referred to each Education Committee on January 7, 2026 (Updated...

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20260116 3 S94/A5052
Active

Sens. Leroy Comrie, Joseph Addabbo, Jeremy Cooney, Nathalia Fernandez, Patrick Gallivan,...

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Standalone high school personal finance graduation requirement

Re-introduced and referred to each Education Committee on January 7, 2026 (Updated...

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20260116 3 A4197
Active

Asms. Keith Brown, David McDonough, and Joseph DeStefano

Embedded business ownership and entrepreneurship curriculum requirement, including some...

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Re-introduced and referred to Assembly Education Committee on January 7, 2026 (Updated...

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20260116 3 S95/A109
Active

Sens. Leroy Comrie and Peter Harckham; Asms. Sam Berger, Maryjane Shimsky, Donna Lupardo,...

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Standalone high school personal finance graduation requirement

Re-introduced and referred to each Education Committee on January 7, 2026 (Updated...

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20260116 3 S4812 / A1337
Active

Sen. Joseph Addabbo; Asm. Sarah Clark

Personal finance elective offering

Re-introduced and referred to each Education Committee on January 7, 2026 (Updated...

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20260116 3 A8973
Active

Asm. George Alvarez

Three standalone personal finance course requirements between middle and high school

Re-introduced and referred to Assembly Education Committee on January 7, 2026 (Updated...

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20260116 3 A3581
Active

Asms. Matthew Simpson, Brian Maher, and Maryjane Shimsky

Embedded personal finance requirement

Re-introduced and referred to Assembly Education Committee on January 7, 2026 (Updated...

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20260116 3 A3660
Active

Asms. William Conrad, Sam Berger, Karen McMahon, Josh Jensen, and Rebecca Kassay

Establishes state seal of proficiency in financial literacy

Re-introduced and referred to Assembly Education Committee on January 7, 2026 (Updated...

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20260116 4
WA
SB5080
Active

Sens. Javier Valdez, Adrian Cortes, Paul Harris, Deborah Krishnadasan, Marko Liias, T'wina...

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Embedded financial literacy requirement with onerous reporting requirements

Re-filed on January 12, 2026 (Updated 1/16/26)

20260116 4 HB1285
Active

Reps. Skyler Rude, Monica Stonier, Debra Lekanoff, Beth Doglio, Travis Couture, April...

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Embedded financial literacy requirement

Re-introduced on January 12, 2026 (Updated 1/16/26)