Sentences with phrase «passage of the bill came»

Passage of the bill came after two years of debate and at least one other attempt by the city's elected officials to charge a fee or tax on disposable bags.

The passage of the bill came a week after the Council requested $ 10 million in federal funds to expand a program to provide the city's 30,000 autistic children with GPS trackers.

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But Faso has come under fire from liberal advocacy groups after backing the passage in the House of Representatives of the American Health Care Act, the bill that would dismantled the Affordable Care Act.

Here's Sen. Eric Schneiderman's brief appearance last week on «Countdown With Keith Olbermann» during which he discussed the passage of what's come to be known as «Ian's Law» — a bill that blocks insurance companies from dropping high - claims patients under the auspices of keeping costs lower for the majority of policy holders.

The deputy to substantive minister Elizabeth Ofosu - Agyare also stated that it is during their «tenure that the first and second drafts of the film bill have come into being and although parliament is yet to pass it for the president to append his signature, stakeholders can lobby parliamentarians so the film bill is passed as the ministry continues to push for the passage.»

Women's rights bills were once again debated in the legislature, but ended in a political stalemate, with none of the provisions coming any closer to passage by both houses.

Patients with serious health conditions, including children with a severe seizure disorder, came to the Capitol on the first formal day of the legislative session to urge passage of a bill to more fully allow access to medical marijuana in New York.

Patients with serious health conditions, including children with a severe seizure disorder, came to the Capitol to urge passage of a bill to more fully allow access to medical marijuana in New York.

So, for example, when rent control came up for renewal in 2011, the Assembly passed a bill expanding tenant protections, even though the companion bill in the Republican - controlled Senate had little chance of passage since it was sponsored by a Democrat.

Another significant moment coming up later this month is the completion of the health and social care bill's passage through parliament.

Herman Farrell, the head of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, said last week during passage of one of the budget bills that the state dipped into reserves in the amount of $ 2 billion to balance the coming year's budget.

Daily fantasy sports companies drafted former Buffalo Bills» Hall of Fame quarterback Jim Kelly and former NFL quarterback Vinny Testaverde to come to the Capitol today to urge passage of DFS legalization.

The vote — which came hours after the Senate narrowly approved a motion to begin debate on the legislation — is a setback for Republicans hoping to mark passage of a final repeal bill this week.

Chelsea Clinton's volunteer stint yesterday came on the heels of her father's announcement of support for passage of a gay marriage bill in New York.

Patients with serious health conditions, including children with a severe seizure disorder, came to the state Capitol to urge passage of a bill to better allow access to medical marijuana in New York.

DeMartini's statement came just hours after Cuomo's second legislative session came to an end with the passage of the governor's bill that restricted to parents the public disclosure of the new teacher - evaluation ratings that will soon be required.

The Minority Leader said in an interview with TV3 that despite the volume of work that the Bill comes with, it will be laid before parliament for necessary considerations to be made for its passage.

Bloomberg was infuriated by the governor's abrupt announcement about his bill, which came on the heels of the Senate's 33 - 27 passage of Sen. John Flanagan's legislation to repeal LIFO.

Instead he argued that the delay was necessary to avoid the passage of a last - minute anti-surcharge bill in Albany as the state legislative session came to an end last week.

This has some advocates worried about whether he'll come through on promises he's made to gay leaders, like prioritizing the passage of a same - sex - marriage bill.

The governor recalled how the 2002 Sexual Orientation Non-Discrimination Act deliberately excluded transgender persons from its protections for fear it would poison the bill's chances of passage, and the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act — which would have extended those legal shields to individuals who do not conform to prevailing sexual identification norms — has passed the Assembly eight times, but State Senate leadership prevented it from coming up for a vote.

During the 2018 budget reading, coming a day after the passage of the Office of the Special Prosecutor Bill, the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Atta, disclosed that, Attorney General's office will have the office up and running in 2018.

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Upper Room Christian's pastor, Patrick Wooden, a vocal proponent of the school voucher legislation, was part of a group of pastors to come to Raleigh to support the bill's passage.

If Bonilla's revised - again bill, which has been stripped of its probation provision, comes up for a re-vote, she says she really hopes there will be «three courageous legislators» who will vote for its passage.

Passage of the new housing bill being pushed through Congress has stalled because of one senator's insistence on adding an energy bill he came up with to the package.

When you put this bill together with the Health Department's recent announcement to invest millions of dollars to optimize Animal Care & Control, as well as the Council's passage in January of a law to stop the country's worst puppy mills from supplying city pet stores, you can clearly see a city striving to rise above — and lead — when it comes to animal compassion and welfare.

That hope came to fruition Wednesday with passage of House Bill 3561, which «prohibits construction or operation of a wind energy facility, or facility expansion, from encroaching upon or having a significant adverse impact on the mission, training or operations of any military installation or branch.»

The provisions governing the age at which a child can consent to the processing of their personal data for Information Society Services has caused some concern during the Bill's passage through parliament; it is ressonable to assume that the issue will come up again once the Bill reaches its final stage of the Parliamentary process in the House of Commons in light of developments over the past week.

The changes are expected to come into effect on 1 January 2018, following a period of around six months to allow practitioners and others concerned to prepare for commencement of the relevant amendments after yesterday's passage of the Bill.