As the summer months heat up, state legislative activity has noticeably cooled. Only two states (New Jersey and Massachusetts) are in active session, and Rhode Island, which had been in recess, is scheduled to adjourn at the end of the month. California’s brief recess is set to end on August 6, when state lawmakers will try to usher a host of bills through committee and eventually to the governor’s desk. Only a handful of other state legislatures will similarly reconvene after a summer recess. The few labor and employment bills and ordinances enacted in July address the same topics that have remained popular throughout the year: discrimination and harassment, equal pay, paid sick leave, and wage and hour. This month’s State of the States discusses these enacted measures and those that moved in July 2018.