Many public higher education institutions throughout the United States are experiencing drastic shifts related to their services for underrepresented and at-risk student populations. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts have been at the American forefront since as early as the 1950s-1960s when the Civil Rights Movement first gained traction. These frameworks have historically come to include practices utilized by higher education institutions to promote, support, and serve students from diverse backgrounds with targeted funding, recruitment, and resources. Such diversity has oftentimes focused largely on race and gender. With a new wave of political movements and legislation throughout the United States, such efforts are being abandoned in a new effort to avoid division and promote an idea of inherent equality. The purpose of this article is to share information about various pieces of legislation currently sweeping the nation and how they impact assessment. The goal is to help educators, higher education institutions, evaluators, and other assessment professionals to better understand the shifts in diversity expectations and potential roadblocks to building inclusive environments and promoting equity through assessment and evaluation.