The title is overblown. The count of bills introduced has absolutely zero correlation to what effects enacting the bill has. Many of the of the bills in question are addressing things like tampering with electrical equipment and changing the fines for trespassing.

A very large quantity of legislation is passed for all sorts of reasons. Did you know that every single recipient of the Medal of Honor requires legislation passed to award it? One recent example: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/4641

You beat me too it. This is a very worrying development. Especially as the UK seems to be moving away from the EU and towards this nonsense