State legislatures bombarded their constituents with thousands of labor and employment bills in 2025, some directly targeted at the staffing industry—many of which, if enacted as drafted, would have had dire consequences for staffing firms and the employees they place every day.
Thankfully, ASA advocacy efforts, and the efforts of ASA-affiliated chapters, saved the day. ASA was there in state capitals to make the industry’s presence felt, and chapters filled committee hearing rooms to tell the industry’s side of the story.
In 2025, ASA executed an extensive and highly effective legislative advocacy strategy across the federal and state levels, engaging proactively on a broad range of tax, employment, artificial intelligence, health care staffing, and other regulatory issues that directly affect the staffing industry. Through direct lobbying, coalition leadership, member engagement, and targeted testimony, ASA helped secure major federal policy wins, mitigate or defeat harmful proposals in numerous states, and shape emerging regulatory frameworks.
Key engagements included successful federal tax advocacy through enactment of HR 1; strategic amendments to problematic state legislation; and the defeat or delay of several high-risk bills that would have imposed rate caps, conversion fee bans, or burdensome registration and reporting requirements on staffing firms. A detailed picture of the bills and issues ASA engaged on in 2025 is available in the 2025 ASA Legislative Scorecard. Here are some of the highlights.
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