Here you can download the state and local public policies data.

• a_fiscal_09.xls – Fiscal policies (updated 2/19/09)
• b_guns_07.xls – Gun control (corrected 2/19/09)
  
• c_drugs.xls – Alcohol & marijuana laws
• d_mala.xls – Miscellaneous mala prohibita
• e_educ_06.xls – Education regulations (corrected 2/19/09)
• f_land.xls – Land-use and environmental laws
• g_labor.xls – Labor laws (corrected 3/3/09)
• h_health.xls – Health insurance regulations
• i_smoking.xls – Tobacco laws
• j_util.xls – Utilities deregulation
• k_lic.xls – Occupational licensing
• l_forf.xls – Asset forfeiture rules
• m_ed.xls – Eminent domain reforms
• o_courts.xls – Liability system ranking
• p_abor.xls – Abortion laws
• q_death.xls – Death penalty
• r_enfor.xls – Law enforcement statistics (updated 2/19/09)
• s_marr.xls – Marriage and domestic partnership laws
• t_elec.xls – Campaign finance regulations
• summary.xls – Summary file with policy ideology variables (updated 2/19/09)

Deprecated data (archive):

• a_fiscal.xls – Fiscal policy
• b_guns.xls – Gun control
• e_educ.xls – Education regulations
• g_labor.xls – Labor laws
• r_enfor.xls – Law enforcement data
• summary.xls – Summary file with policy ideology variables

Terms of Use:

These data are freely available for any non-profit use. We request that users of the data cite the original article introducing the data set (and give the applicable version of the data), as follows:

Sorens, Jason, Fait Muedini, and William P. Ruger (2008). “U.S. State and Local Public Policies in 2006: A New Database.” State Politics and Policy Quarterly 8 (3): 309-26.