Lawmakers told Big Beautiful Bill is going to be a 'heavy lift for states'

BOSTON — How busy do state government officials expect to be as they unravel the impact of the sweeping One Big Beautiful Bill that’s now law?

Here’s one indicator: When policy analysts at the National Conference of State Legislatures summit hosted an in-the-weeds panel discussion about the law’s myriad provisions, the attendance was so robust that dozens of people had to stand along the conference room’s back wall just to listen.