Where can I find new federal regulations for 2026?

The primary official sources are federalregister.gov (daily publication of proposed and final rules), regulations.gov (the dockets where you can read comments and submit your own), and reginfo.gov (the OMB/OIRA Unified Agenda and dashboard showing what each agency plans next). All three are free. The Unified Agenda publishes twice a year — typically in spring (April/May) and fall (October/November) — and is the best single forward-looking view.

The catch: these sites are organized by agency, docket number, and CFR citation, not by industry or business size. A restaurant owner searching "food safety" gets thousands of results spanning FDA, USDA, EPA, OSHA, and DOL. The Federal Register issues roughly 80,000 pages per year.

Faster paths for small businesses: (1) RegImpact scans all three feeds and surfaces only items matching your industry and size; (2) the SBA Office of Advocacy publishes a weekly regulatory alert at advocacy.sba.gov; (3) your industry trade association almost certainly summarizes relevant rules in member newsletters; (4) law firms publish free client alerts you can subscribe to without being a client.