It probably cannot be known with any certainty, but since the first settlers arrived and settled in both present day Massechussetts and Virginia, it can be safely assumed that they brought the "rule of law" with them in their society and abided by those laws even before the US become a nation.
The Compromise of 1850
The first Jim Crow law was passed in 1881 in Tennessee. This law mandated racial segregation on railroad cars, requiring separate accommodations for white and African American passengers. It set a precedent for similar laws enacted across the Southern United States, institutionalizing racial discrimination and segregation.
Local and state laws that were passed to take away African-American rights, in the South, were referred to as Jim Crow laws. There were dozens of these laws passed in the 1950s and 1960s.
The first Adoption of Children Act was passed in the US state of Massachusetts in 1851. The Education for All Handicapped Children Act was passed the Senate in June 18, 1975.
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Massachusetts, Illinois and Maryland were among the first states to do so. The movement started in Britain during the Industrial Revolution.
Maine passed the first prohibition law in 1851, making the sale and consumption of alcohol illegal in the state.
Connecticut passed the first state copyright law in 1783.
California
In 1896 New York State passed the first accountancy law, which required testing the qualifications of those who wished to practice as public accountants.
In 1896, with the support of several accounting organizations, the state of New York passed a law restricting the title certified public accountant (CPA)
In 1657 Virginia passed a fugitive slave law.
Wisconsin
What does the law state?
State laws are passed by the individual state legislatures, federal law is passed by the US Congress.
what was th first law passed to limit Immigration?
west Virginia
There was a law passed were slaves were not allowed to read. Who passed the law and when and what did it state.