Republican-led states advance Trump's agenda with new laws July 1

From bans on DEI programs to renaming the Gulf of Mexico, conservative states are officially implementing some of Trump’s policies.

While Congress scrambles to pass President Donald Trump’s massive domestic policy bill, many red states are already implementing key aspects of his agenda through new laws this week.

For most states, Tuesday is the start of a new fiscal year, when numerous laws take effect. Some of the statutes in Trump-won states this year mirror executive orders and other directives he signed early in his second term.

Here's a sampling of the new laws set to be enforced.

Indiana and Georgia are instituting bans on transgender women’s participation in women’s sports. Georgia’s law is called the Riley Gaines Act, after the former collegiate swimmer who was a surrogate for the Trump campaign last year and has become an advocate for banning transgender athletes from women’s sports.

The issue of banning trans women from women’s sports was a leading one for Trump, who campaigned on it and subsequently signed an executive order establishing the policy.