Sentences with phrase «legislature advanced a bill»

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The most advanced affirmations of religious liberty at the time of the founding of the republic, Thomas Jefferson's Bill for Establishing Religious Freedom (submitted to the Virginia legislature in 1779 and enacted 1786) and James Madison's Memorial and Remonstrance Against Religious Assessment (1785), were not widely known until our century.

Cuomo's bill has not advanced in the legislature.

The public safety bill, which is being drafted, requires the executive to submit any prison closure plan a year in advance to the legislature for ratification or amendment.

In 2015 - 16, a few more states passed laws recognizing the right of parents to hold their children out of standardized testing, while similar opt - out bills advanced in one or both houses of several other legislatures.

More than half of those state legislatures have advanced bills to some extent, at least out of committee, according to the National Conference of State Llegislatures have advanced bills to some extent, at least out of committee, according to the National Conference of State LegislaturesLegislatures.

But this bill, which is being hurried through the legislature far in advance of when Maryland will submit its state ESSA plan, limits the combined total weight of academic indicators — particularly test scores — to no more than 55 percent of a school's final rating.

On another animal issue, Kaneshiro hopes the legislature passes a bill this year that failed to advance last year, regulating puppy breeding facilities.

Following the replacement of net metering in Michigan with compensation based on wholesale rates and a scrapping of the policy in Maine, a bill is advancing in the Connecticut legislature to take the same route.

With the help of a lobbyist and the excellent leadership of Connecticut Society of Medical Assistants Public Policy Chair Holly Martin, a bill was introduced into the Connecticut legislature that would permit physicians, advanced practice registered nurses, and physician assistants to delegate to medical assistants who meet specified education and credentialing requirements and who work under a provider's direct supervision in outpatient settings vaccines.