# Effective Dates What takes effect next and what changed most recently, across every USCLI tracker. Each entry links to its full write-up and official sources. Source: https://uscli.org/law-changes ## Taking effect next - Jan 1, 2027 — **[Louisiana Data Privacy Act takes effect](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/louisiana#act-502-2026)** — Licensing Ledger: Louisiana — Enacts a consumer data privacy law at La. R.S. 51:1780.1 to 1780.5. It applies only to businesses with annual gross revenue over $25 million, or that each year buy, receive, sell, or share the personal information of 75,000 or more consumers, households,… - Jan 1, 2027 — **[Consumer data privacy law](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/oklahoma#sb-546)** — Licensing Ledger: Oklahoma — Applies to businesses that control or process personal data of at least 100,000 Oklahoma consumers a year, or at least 25,000 while getting over 50 percent of gross revenue from selling personal data. Publicly available information, including lawfully… - May 1, 2027 — **[Alabama Personal Data Protection Act](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/alabama#act-2026-552)** — Licensing Ledger: Alabama — Applies to businesses that control or process personal data of more than 25,000 Alabama consumers, or get more than 25 percent of gross revenue from selling personal data. Publicly available information is not personal data, and businesses with fewer than… ## Most recent changes - Oct 15, 2026 — **[Continuing education rule amendments on the commission agenda](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/texas#ce-proposal-2026)** — Licensing Ledger: Texas — The Public Safety Commission listed “proposed amendments to 37 TAC Section 35.161, concerning Continuing Education Requirements” among rule proposals for publication and public comment. The proposed text has not appeared in the Texas Register as of October… - Oct 15, 2026 — **[De-escalation training and independent investigation rules updated](https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/washington#wsr-26-19)** — Officer Ledger: Washington — WSR 26-19-053 updates WAC 139-11 on de-escalation training under the Law Enforcement Training and Community Safety Act (LETCSA). WSR 26-19-054 rewrites WAC 139-12, the LETCSA criteria for independent investigations, into new sections 139-12-040 to -120.… - Oct 14, 2026 — **[Rule amendment: exam retake wait removed, out-of-state temporary work capped](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/arkansas#rule-015-01-26-001)** — Licensing Ledger: Arkansas — Once in effect, the amendment removes the 5-working-day wait before retaking the investigator exam; the $50 retake fee stays (350-1103(e)). Allows out-of-state investigators only two 10-day temporary authorizations in a calendar year (new 350-1110(c)).… - Oct 6, 2026 — **[Tracking device law gains a Medicaid visit verification exemption](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/ohio#sb-315)** — Licensing Ledger: Ohio — Senate Bill 315, which mainly concerns SNAP and Medicaid program integrity, added one exemption to ORC 2903.216, as new division (D)(10). The tracking device ban does not apply to location verification technology used by the Department of Medicaid, a… - Oct 1, 2026 — **[Background check fee rises to $40](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/alabama#alea-fee-2026)** — Licensing Ledger: Alabama — The Board’s 2026 instructions say the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency criminal history fee becomes $40 on October 1, 2026; the 2025 instructions listed $37. - Oct 1, 2026 — **[Repeat second-degree stalking becomes a felony](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/alabama#act-2026-535)** — Licensing Ledger: Alabama — A second or later violation of stalking in the second degree (Code 13A-6-90.1) is a Class C felony; a first violation remains a Class B misdemeanor. The offense elements did not change, and there is no investigator exception. - Oct 1, 2026 — **[Federal background check fee rises; older application forms rejected](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/arkansas#fbi-fee-2026)** — Licensing Ledger: Arkansas — The federal background check fee rose from $10 to $13, and earlier versions of the application forms are no longer accepted. - Oct 1, 2026 — **[Data broker registry and statewide deletion mechanism](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/connecticut#pa-26-64)** — Licensing Ledger: Connecticut — Data brokers that sell or license brokered personal data must register with the Department of Consumer Protection by January 1, 2027, for $2,500 a year. The Department must launch a deletion mechanism by July 1, 2028, and from October 1, 2028 brokers must… - Oct 1, 2026 — **[Private detectives keep DMV access; vessel records restored](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/connecticut#pa-26-24)** — Licensing Ledger: Connecticut — Restates Conn. Gen. Stat. 14-10(f). The DMV may release personal information to a requester who files a signed statement, under penalty of false statement, that the use is permitted, including use by a licensed private detective in an investigation… - Oct 1, 2026 — **[Limits on government license plate reader data](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/connecticut#pa-26-14)** — Licensing Ledger: Connecticut — Limits public agencies, law enforcement agencies, and their vendors to listed uses of automated license plate reader data, and bars sharing it except with listed agencies or with an individual asking about a vehicle registered in that individual’s name. - Oct 1, 2026 — **[Employer electronic monitoring notice expanded](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/connecticut#pa-26-73)** — Licensing Ledger: Connecticut — Amends Conn. Gen. Stat. 31-48d so the existing written and posted notice of electronic monitoring must also name the specific locations where it may occur, and employees hired on or after October 1, 2026 must get a plain-language statement of what may be… - Oct 1, 2026 — **[Proposed fee rule: lower late fee, higher reinstatement fee](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/kentucky#kar-41-040-2026)** — Licensing Ledger: Kentucky — The board filed an amendment to its fee regulation. The late renewal fee for individual and company licenses would drop from $250 to $100, and the late window would run from July 1 to September 1 instead of to August 31. The reinstatement fee for a… - Oct 1, 2026 — **[Proposed background checks for limited employees](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/kentucky#kar-41-100-2026)** — Licensing Ledger: Kentucky — Licensees already must register each limited employee (a person who investigates for a licensee less than 240 hours a year) within five business days of hire, pay $20, keep a daily log of hours, and file an annual report in December. The amendment would… - Oct 1, 2026 — **[Stalking becomes a felony in aggravated cases](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/maryland#ch-429-2026)** — Licensing Ledger: Maryland — Stalking under Criminal Law 3-802, which includes tracking another person by a device without their knowledge or consent, remains a misdemeanor but becomes a felony, punishable by up to 10 years, when the offender is subject to a protective order or court… - Oct 1, 2026 — **[Military and Foreign Service families may practice on out-of-state licenses](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/maryland#ch-694-492-2026)** — Licensing Ledger: Maryland — Both laws add State Government subtitles and amend Business Occupations and Professions 13-401(a) so that an active service member, a Foreign Service member, or a spouse who relocates to Maryland and holds another state’s license may provide private… - Oct 1, 2026 — **[Criminal history check fee rises to $43](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/north-dakota#fbi-fee-2026)** — Licensing Ledger: North Dakota — The FBI fingerprint fee rose by $3, so the criminal history record check now totals $43 and a new registration application $88. New forms must be used. - Oct 1, 2026 — **[Separation and eligibility reporting rules revised](https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/california#reg-1003)** — Officer Ledger: California — Regulation 1003 sets how agencies report officer appointments and separations to POST under PC 13510.9. The May 21, 2025 amendment realigned the Affidavit of Separation (POST 2-357) with PC 13510.9(d) and set how POST is notified of convictions that… - Oct 1, 2026 — **[Face coverings barred and identification required for officers on duty in Maryland, including federal officers](https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/maryland#ch-612-2026)** — Officer Ledger: Maryland — “Law enforcement officer” here means a sworn member of a law enforcement agency of Maryland, another state, a political subdivision, or the federal government. Under 3-535, an officer “may not” wear a face covering while performing duty in the State except… - Sep 30, 2026 — **[A PI license does not cover transport escort services for minors](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/california#sb-1190)** — Licensing Ledger: California — Adds Business and Professions Code 7539.2. A PI license or registration is not a permit to operate a transport escort service, as defined in Health and Safety Code 1596.653. A transport escort service does not need a PI license just because it transports… - Sep 30, 2026 — **[Background monitoring fees rise by $3](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/ohio#rapback-fees)** — Licensing Ledger: Ohio — PISGS announced that the Attorney General’s Office is raising annual RAPBACK enrollment fees by $3. The new fees are $8 for a new registrant or registrant renewal and $16 for a new qualifying agent or qualifying agent renewal. The notice cites ORC… - Sep 23, 2026 — **[Executive order regulatory review; Board stakeholder meeting](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/nevada#eo-2026-003)** — Licensing Ledger: Nevada — The order requires every executive branch board to hold a public stakeholder hearing by October 29, 2026, review its regulations, and report to the Governor by December 31, 2026 with 5 to 10 regulations recommended to be streamlined, clarified, reduced, or… - Sep 23, 2026 — **[Fee increase proposed for 2027](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/washington#wsr-26-19-136)** — Licensing Ledger: Washington — The proposal adds a separate $25 application fee to each new investigator license, armed endorsement, and agency license; renewal fees stay single fees. An investigator license would rise from $220 to $250 plus the application fee, and renewal from $193 to… - Sep 18, 2026 — **[DNA law updated for the new promoting-prostitution offense](https://uscli.org/forensic-science-tracker/pennsylvania#act-41)** — Forensic Ledger: Pennsylvania — In the definition of “felony sex offense” in 44 Pa.C.S. 2303, the act replaces the reference to 18 Pa.C.S. 5902(c)(1)(iv) with 18 Pa.C.S. 3027, the new promoting-prostitution offense the act creates. Every felony already required a sample, so the change… - Sep 14, 2026 — **[Master agreements need not give start and end dates for each job](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/california#sb-1311)** — Licensing Ledger: California — Amends section 7524(a)(3), the written client agreement rule. A master agreement for services contracted frequently over a set period no longer has to state approximate start and completion dates for the work, if it states its own beginning and termination… - Sep 14, 2026 — **[BSIS no longer required to send licensees copies of the law](https://uscli.org/licensing-tracker/california#sb-1445)** — Licensing Ledger: California — Repeals section 7519, which requires the Director of Consumer Affairs to give every licensed PI business a free copy of the current licensing law and regulations at least every two years. It also repeals the matching provision for private security services… - Sep 14, 2026 — **[Dementia training: current officers must document it or stop carrying a firearm](https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/ohio#oac-109-2-1-13)** — Officer Ledger: Ohio — The rule adds up to 2 hours of basic training on interacting with people with dementia. Officers who began basic training before April 3, 2023 “shall have two years from July 1, 2024” to give the executive director proof that they completed the training.… - Sep 12, 2026 — **[Employer pays an officer’s fees when a firing is twice found without just cause and the officer is not reinstated](https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/arizona#ch-179-2026)** — Officer Ledger: Arizona — New A.R.S. 38-1106(J) applies when two things happen. A hearing officer, administrative law judge, or appeals board finds a termination was without just cause and the employer does not reinstate the officer. Then a superior court action under 38-1107 also… - Sep 12, 2026 — **[No retaliation or obstruction against employees who testify in discipline appeals](https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/arizona#ch-88-2026)** — Officer Ledger: Arizona — An agency, employer, or political subdivision “may not” retaliate against an employee for testifying in an in-camera disclosure proceeding under 38-1106(E). It also “may not prohibit or obstruct” an employee, including a designated subject matter expert,… - Sep 12, 2026 — **[Military Police to Peace Officer Pathway Act: an alternative route for military police veterans, starting 2027](https://uscli.org/officer-certification-tracker/arizona#ch-32-2026)** — Officer Ledger: Arizona — New A.R.S. 41-1822(A)(8): “beginning January 1, 2027” the Board “shall” set up an alternative certification pathway for honorably discharged veterans who served as military police. The pathway must accept existing military police training and experience… - Sep 12, 2026 — **[Trainee autopsies may be supervised by a physician trained, not board certified, in forensic pathology](https://uscli.org/forensic-science-tracker/arizona#sb-1123)** — Forensic Ledger: Arizona — A county medical examiner may authorize medical students, and residents and fellows in pathology training, to perform autopsies under a licensed physician “trained” in forensic pathology. The words “board certified” were struck (11-594(B)(2)). 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