Representing a continuing effort to document and track legislative activity on issues critical to families, this publication provides a compilation of brief summaries of all legislation enacted up to the end of August, 1989 by 48 states and Puerto Rico. Included are bills covering 16 major public policy topics related to children, youth, and families. The topics are: abuse and neglect; child care/early childhood education; child health; child mental health; child support enforcement; child welfare; custody and visitation; domestic violence; family law; general children, youth, and family administration and organization; juvenile justice; kidnapping or missing children; public assistance; substance abuse and control; teenage pregnancy; and youth at risk. Excepting preschool education, education issues are not included unless they are related to other topic areas, such as teen pregnancy and substance abuse. No legislation from Kentucky is included, since that state's legislature did not meet in regular session during the year. Legislation passed or signed into law after August 30, 1989, or not received by the National Conference of State Legislatures prior to that date, is not announced. States affected by this limit are California, Illinois, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Included in the publication is a glossary of acronyms and a state-by-state list of enacted legislation that organizes the bills by state, topic, and bill number. (RH)