State attorneys general frequently use sign-on letters and formal comments to express their views on a variety of national issues.
This includes stating positions on legislation pending in Congress, regulations proposed by federal agencies, and nominations made by the President. The National Association of Attorneys General assists with the development of several letters each year that garner bipartisan support. Many other letters and comments, especially recently, are organized by separate (and often opposing) coalitions of Democratic and Republican AGs.
In addition to signalling the priorities of the AGs signing on to letters or comments, these actions are often precursors for subsequent legal actions challenging federal policy, such as executive orders and regulatory changes.
You can find more information about these multistate letters and comments at the links below.
This information will be continuously updated as AGs send submit new multistate letters and comments.
A listing of multistate letters and comments sent by AGs from 2017 to the present. The table is fully searchable, and provides additional information about each action case as well as the original documents.
Additional charts and aggregate totals concerning this multistate activity, providing a visual overview of these actions.
An explanation of what is included and excluded from this dataset, as well as how the data was collected.