Sentences with phrase «senate approval of the bill»

The Senate approval of the bill comes after charter schools have fought hard for the last few legislative sessions for more facilities funding.

With last week's Senate approval of Bill C - 10, Canada is close to becoming the most regressive Western democracy on criminal justice.

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The bill, it is now clear, has no chance of receiving approval in Senate in its current form.

The chances, however, that this Bill will receive approval from the Senate, let alone the House of Commons, are non-existent.

News Release Ottawa, April 25, 2018 — The Senate demonstrated confidence in the National Energy's Boards rigorous review and approval of the Trans Mountain Pipeline project with the adoption at 2nd reading Bill S - 245, the Trans Mountain Pipeline Project Act.

In response to the ongoing debate over H.R. 4015 — a bill that was submitted to the U.S. Senate for consideration after approval by the House of Representatives on December 21, 2017 — Glass Lewis would like to -LSB-...]

RACHEL JACKSON: Yes, actually I found out about the federal bill and they knew about Mikael's bill on the assembly floor and so I drafted a mirror bill and gave it to senator Kennedy, New York State Senator Kennedy and he really ran with it and introduced it to the senate and so together where Tim and Kennedy have been working with him to get approval for that, so I was lobbying in Albany and that's where I got to meet Mikael and spoke with a lot of the assembly members, a lot of the senators and there was real overwhelming support for it.

A bill sponsored by Senate Health Chairman Kemp Hannon (R - Nassau County) from 2013 through 2016 called for a pilot project that would authorize business corporations to acquire as many as 10 hospitals.68 These corporations could not be publicly traded, but their owners would be exempt from other requirements, including the «natural person» rule, character and competence reviews and prior approval of sales and transfers.

The Senate passed a bill to legalize the sport, by a vote of 43 to 14, and the Speaker of the Assembly opened the door to possible approval in his house.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER With the Hawaii State Senate giving final approval to a marriage equality bill on November 12, gay and lesbian couples in a total of 16 states plus the District of Columbia have now won the right to marry.

Two bills proposed by Rep. John Katko (R - N.Y.) passed in the House of Representatives and moved on to the Senate for approval last month.

This and another bill — both proposed by Katko — passed in the House of Representatives last month and have moved on to the Senate for approval.

BREAKING: SENATE PASSES SWEEPING IMMIGRATION BILL... The Senate gave final approval Thursday to an overhaul of U.S. immigration laws that would create a path to citizenship for millions of undocumented immigrants while increasing security along the Mexican border.

Senate Republicans were deeply torn on the issue, but ultimately approved the measure (the political calculation hinged on having all Republicans vote for the bill out of solidarity, making attacks on the measure's approval for an individual lawmaker all the harder).

Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos is not yet on board, and without his approval, the bill can not be brought to the floor of the Senate for a vote.

Savino, who has already amended the Compassionate Care Act to limit smoking pot to those over the age of 21, rejected Cuomo's call to ban smoking altogether, and insisted that the Senate would move forward to vote on a bill before the session's end — with or without the governor's approval.

Congressional Republicans, buoyed by the Senate's approval early Saturday of a landmark tax overhaul, expressed confidence that final legislation would be sent to the president by the end of this month, though significant differences remain between the two bills.

The 29 to 21 voted proceeded mostly on party lines, as leaders of the Senate Democratic conference pushed approval the bill, which was drafted by Gov. David Paterson and passed the Assembly late last month.

Doctors and other health professionals would be immune from professional conduct charges if they pursued a hotly debated course of treatment for Lyme disease under a bill given preliminary approval by the Vermont Senate.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER With just two days remaining until the State Legislature in Albany adjourns its 2014 session, the lead Senate sponsor of a bill that would ban mental health professionals from engaging in «sexual orientation change efforts» with minors remains hopeful that the measure could win approval.

The full impact of these actions is yet to be seen, but the most obvious for voters will likely be the approval of Senate Bill 202.

UPDATE: The Massachusetts House of Representatives has given initial approval to a bill allowing Gov. Deval Patrick to name an interim appointment to the Senate seat left vacant when Edward Kennedy died last month.

Builders could start putting in footings and foundations for public buildings or places of employment without the approval of state officials if a bill before a Senate committee Tuesday becomes law.

Despite resounding approval in the Democrat - controlled Assembly last Wednesday by a vote of 112 to 24, the bill ran out of momentum in the state Senate, never making it to the floor for a vote.

Assembly members on Tuesday also gave final approval to a bill passed by the Senate a day earlier that placed greater restrictions on the indoor use of electronic cigarettes, effectively banning their use in most restaurants, bars and workplaces.

The Senate also gave final approval to a bill that adds PTSD to the list of ailments that can be treated with medical marijuana.

The approval of same - sex marriage represented a reversal of fortune for gay - rights advocates, who just two years ago suffered a humiliating defeat when a same - sex marriage bill was easily rejected by the Senate, which was then controlled by Democrats.

The Senate Appropriations Committee's approval July 20 of its fiscal 2018 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bill, for instance, would restore spending for the Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy and reverse the proposal to eliminate the program as outlined in the president's fiscal 2018 budget plan.

The President's comments come as Republican leader Mitch McConnell has said his party's first act in the new Senate would be to pass a bill fast - tracking approval of the $ 8 billion project

The fate of that bill is uncertain, however, since the Senate — which would have to give its approval before the legislation could become law — has not taken action on the matter.

The conference committee's version of the bill was scheduled to come to the Senate floor this week, and approval is all but guaranteed.

The Senate on Oct. 7 gave final approval to a bill authorizing federal grants for educational - television programming and training materials designed to improve the school readiness of children.

Sponsors of the omnibus bill, HR 5, plan to seek final approval by the House and Senate after the Easter recess.

After months of compromise and negotiation, the bill earned nearly unanimous approval from a conference committee of House and Senate members two weeks ago, and is expected to be passed by the Senate next week.

TASB designed a session, trained our trainers, and received approval from the commissioner of educa - tion to provide the new Senate Bill 1566 training.

The Utah Senate gave its first vote of approval on Tuesday to a bill to create gun safety training for middle school students.

This budget assumes that the State will enact education funding reform along the lines of Senate Bill 1, which is the only evidence - based funding model that has won approval from the General Assembly.

New Leaders released a statement on the FY2018 Senate Appropriations Committee approval of its fiscal year 2018 spending bill.

The bill now goes back to the state House of Representatives for approval of the bill as amended by the Senate.

The bill has already been approved by the House of Representatives but now goes back there for approval of minor Senate amendments.

The measure now goes back to the Ohio Senate for approval of changes in the bill made in the House version.

Senate Bill 888, by Sen. Josh Brecheen, R - Coalgate, failed by a vote of 18 - 23 after securing House approval last week.

(An earlier version of this paper was posted in June on the CPD Web - site just prior to the Senate debate of the Energy Bill to help inform that debate and for discussion and commentary by interested parties prior to CPD board and membership approval.

At this moment, our national economy is under threat by carbon regulation schemes on three fronts: The Copenhagen conference designed to create a world carbon regulatory authority which could undermine our sovereignty; The cap and trade bill thatâ $ ™ s been passed by the House of Representatives and now awaits Senate approval; and the Obama Administrationâ $ ™ s decision that it can regulate carbon dioxide via the EPA even without approval by Congress.

True to a vow he made after the Republican triumph in the midterm elections, new Senate Majority leader Mitch McConnell made sure a bill mandating federal approval of the controversial pipeline was the first order of business.

The Chair of the Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Committee has introduced a pair of bills last week that would effectively put control over the Code of Judicial Conduct into the hands of the legislature, remove references to judicial independence found in the current Code, and require any future changes made by the Supreme Court get the approval of the legislature first.

The state Senate voted 61 - 0 to approve the indigent defense bill, which came on the heels of the state Assembly's unanimous approval last Friday.

If the Senate makes changes to the bill, it must be sent back to the House of Commons for approval.

The Senate also gave final approval to a bill stripping a requirement that automatically assigned a public defender to a parent of a child, even if that parent had not been identified or was not involved in the case.

The House of Representatives has approved its version of the bill, while the Senate bill is still awaiting approval before it comes to the floor for a vote.