The Fairness Campaign promotes statewide legislation that provides protection against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity.

If the others follow Nassau's lead, most of the state's population will be covered, increasing the pressure for statewide legislation.

That bill led to the statewide legislation requiring five-cent deposits on bottles approved in 1983.

He was instrumental in researching and developing statewide legislation, including the law to close the Fresh Kills Landfill.

She voiced hope that new statewide legislation would supersede Nassau's law.

Both amendments are the result of statewide legislation passed last August that permits municipalities to loosen eligibility requirements for either or both programs.

We believe that statewide legislation would be the best way to deal with the problem.

The statewide legislation has not yet passed.

Ms. Anderson's committee is also exploring statewide legislation should the provisions fail to win support from residents.

The first statewide legislation on mothers' pensions passed in Chicago in 1911.