The Standing Record

This is the Standing Record for July 21, 2026. Nothing new from July 20, 2026, but we added 22 events that erode our democratic ideals from earlier dates to the archive — 608 so far this month, 1158 in total. If you saw something happen — yesterday, or any other day — that belongs here, send it to our tip line.

This day in history

We haven't recorded anything for July 20, 2026 yet, so we thought it would be fun to take a look back in history.

As it turns out, the archive holds nothing from any prior July 20 either — a quiet date all around.

Filling out the archive

We're steadily backfilling the archive — working backward through the record so the timeline is complete, not just current. These are older events we archived yesterday. If you know of something from months or years back that belongs here, send it to our tip line.

• March 29, 2011 — Indiana Senate passed HJR 6, completing first-passage of anti-LGBTQ marriage constitutional amendment
• April 18, 2011 — Arizona Gov. Brewer signed SB1188, giving adoption agencies a married-couple preference amid state ban on same-sex marriage
• May 21, 2011 — Minnesota Legislature passed SF1308, referring same-sex marriage ban to November 2012 ballot
• September 13, 2011 — North Carolina General Assembly passed SB514, referring same-sex marriage ban constitutional amendment to 2012 ballot
• March 16, 2012 — South Dakota Gov. Daugaard signed SB130, barring school anti-bullying policies from naming any protected classes
• February 17, 2014 — Indiana General Assembly passed amended HJR-3, a constitutional same-sex marriage ban
• February 24, 2015 — Arkansas Gov. Hutchinson allowed SB202 to become law without his signature, nullifying Fayetteville's LGBT ordinance
• May 3, 2017 — Alabama Gov. Ivey signed HB24, shielding religious-exemption adoption and foster agencies
• May 29, 2017 — Texas Gov. Abbott signed HB100, defining "sex" in ride-hailing nondiscrimination law to exclude gender identity
• May 11, 2018 — Oklahoma Gov. Fallin signed SB 1140, shielding religious-exemption foster and adoption agencies
• March 30, 2020 — Idaho Gov. Brad Little signed HB 509, barring transgender residents from correcting birth-certificate sex markers
• April 28, 2021 — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice signed HB3293, banning transgender girls and women from school sports teams
• October 25, 2021 — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed HB 25, barring transgender K-12 students from school sports matching their gender identity
• February 11, 2025 — DHS fired FEMA CFO Mary Comans and three other officials without a hearing after Musk criticized migrant-hotel payments
• March 1, 2025 — ICE deported a cooperating federal witness before a cartel-linked trial, and his co-defendants were acquitted
• April 15, 2026 — DNI Gabbard sent DOJ a criminal referral targeting the 2019 impeachment whistleblower and IG who validated the complaint
• April 22, 2026 — Houston City Council rolled back ICE-detention limits under Gov. Abbott's funding threat
• April 23, 2026 — Dallas and Austin police rolled back ICE-detention limits under Gov. Abbott's funding threat
• July 15, 2026 — NPS rangers cited 72-year-old protester Sandra Shachar $305 for taping a news clipping at Philadelphia's President's House Site
• July 16, 2026 — ICE removed an estimated 116 immigration detainees from South Florida in violation of federal habeas orders, judge found
• July 16, 2026 — CBP forensic phone searches of Palestinian-American activist violated Fourth Amendment, federal judge ruled, based on unverified congressional letter
• July 19, 2026 — FBI told agents to stop investigating ICE confrontations while officials publicly denied any policy change

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