Sentences with phrase «authored a state bill»
Wesselhoft authored a state bill a few years ago targeting pit bull owners.
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According to the bill's author, it is one of several pieces of legislation that he has submitted with the intention of making the state of Arizona more friendly to blockchain business and activity.
Wolf authored the 1998 bill that established the State Department's international religious freedom office, created an ambassador - at - large for the issue and founded a bipartisan commission to monitor foreign...
The ban on phthalate makes California the first state to impose severe limits on a chemical that is widely used in baby bottles, soft baby books, teething rings, plastic bath ducks and other toys, said Assemblywoman Fiona Ma (D - San Francisco), the bill's author.
That includes Rep. Chris Collins, a western New York Republican, who is one of the two authors of the amendment that shift the Medicaid burden from county governments to the state, which was included in the Senate version of the bill.
As the State Senate today passed «Kirby & Quigley's Law» by a 59 - 2 vote, Senator Jim Tedisco (R,C,I,REF - Glenville), the author and lead sponsor of the bill, has announced a new online petition drive to harness the power of the people to urge the Assembly to bring the public safety measure to the Floor of the New York State Assembly for a debate and up or down vote.
A dispute between Bill O'Reilly, a top advisor to Republican gubernatorial candidate Rob Astorino, and the leadership of the state Senate Republicans grew today after O'Reilly authored a critical Newsday column knocking the GOP conference as part of the problem over the last 3-1/2 years.
The author of a bill to bring it to New York, state Sen. Michael Gianaris, D - Queens, said those being enrolled would get a notice advising them they can vote in future elections.
«The bill that Gov. Cuomo is attempting to get through his state Legislature on fast - track — no hearings and no public discussion — shows Cuomo at his worst: Unable to persuade the bi-state Port Authority to do his bidding, he now hopes to strip it of independent action, crippling its ability to carry out its major functions, and turning it into an extension of the governor's office,» said Jameson Doig, author of Empire on the Hudson, the authoritative history of the Port Authority.
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«There are two things the program is lacking: physicians and patients,» said Sen. Diane Savino, author of the bill that opened up medical marijuana treatment in New York State.
The House unanimously passed Rep. John Katko's bill to improve security at foreign airports with direct flights to the United States, which he authored before last month's terrorist bombing in Brussels, Belgium, but after a Russian plane exploded over Egypt in a bombing blamed on the Islamic State, killing 224 people.
Also at 10:30 a.m., Assemblywoman Amy Paulin hosts a press conference related the bill she authored regarding aid in dying, state Capitol, third floor adjacent to the LCA room outside the Senate lobby, Albany.
Activists scheduled to speak at the Albany rally include environmental author Bill McKibben, actress Debra Winger, state Sen. Tony Avella and «Gasland» filmmaker Josh Fox.
In the absence of that, [the mayor] is supportive of a bill authored by Assemblymember Crystal Peoples - Stokes of Buffalo and Senator Liz Krueger of Manhattan that would regulate and tax marijuana at the state level.»
That California bill was authored by none other than State Senator Lou Correa.
That included a transgender Democrat defeating a longtime conservative Republican state legislator who authored a so - called bathroom bill.
Assemblyman Will Barclay and state Sen. Patty Ritchie have both authored bills that would give Fitzpatrick's owner a $ 60 million tax credit, but neither were included in the budget, nor was a $ 100 million financial aid package to help pay for the cost of refueling the plant, which would need to be done this year.
The authors, Brooks Rainwater and Irma Esparza - Diggs, of an op - ed in The Hill, discuss how the «No Sanctuary for Criminals» bill could interfere with the inclusive and pro-immigrant beliefs, actions and stances that many mayors across the United States have.
Authored by Democratic State Sens. Jerry Hill of San Mateo and Mark Leno of San Francisco, the bill would require the disclosure of a campaign's top three contributors on all campaign materials.
David Johnson, a postdoctoral research associate with Rice's Religion and Public Life Program and the lead author of «Conservative Protestantism and Anti-Evolution Curricular Challenges Across States,» studied the relationship between religious characteristics of states and anti-evolution bills passing through state education committees across the coStates,» studied the relationship between religious characteristics of states and anti-evolution bills passing through state education committees across the costates and anti-evolution bills passing through state education committees across the country.
Blakeslee, a former Exxon research scientist from San Luis Obispo with a Ph.D. in earthquake studies, authored a bill in 2006 requiring the state to assess the vulnerability of the state's nuclear plants to a major disruption, either from an earthquake or plant aging.
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Its lead author was Democratic state senator Michael Johnston, and it was signed by Governor Bill Ritter, also a Democrat.
They lobbied their state Senator, who authored the first draft of the bill to remove the Common Core, brought together anti-Common Core organizations from outside the state, and rallied Indiana - based organizations like the Indiana Family Institute and the Indiana Association of Home Educators against the standards.
Reichgott Junge, an 18 - year Democrat - Farm - Labor (DFL) representative in the Minnesota State Legislature, was the author of America's first charter school bill.
Earlier this year, Potter authored a bill that prohibits the state from approving new charters in Wilmington.
A second legislative proposal to preserve Washington's charter schools emerged Thursday, with its authors promising to reconstitute even more of the system invalidated by the State Supreme Court than another bill filed earlier this week.
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«The winding down of the current program and the governor's call for change presents an opportunity to rethink the administrative and programmatic structure of the state's facilities program, and to better align the program design with the state's policy objectives,» said committee chair Sen. Carol Liu, D - La Canada Flintridge, the bond bill's author.
The bill before the chamber, a state Senate draft authored by a staunch charter supporter would have bound traditional K - 12 schools to grant charters access to more pots of public funding.
Two bills dealing with student assessments and authored by state Rep. Jeremy Thiesfeldt (R - Fond du Lac) chair of the Assembly Education Committee were passed by the Assembly on Thursday, Nov. 9.
The bill, authored by State Sens. José Menéndez (D - San Antonio) and Paul Bettencourt (R - Houston) reflects another bipartisan effort to support neighborhood schools while acknowledging the growing role of charters.
Ember Reichgott Junge, the state senator who would author Minnesota's — and the nation's — first charter school bill, described Perpich's role bluntly: «According to the history books, Minnesota DFL governor Rudy Perpich had nothing to do with passage of chartering legislation.
«The Indiana bill, which began its life as a straight repeal of Common Core standards, was changed so much and left so many of the common requirements intact that the original author, state Sen. Scott Schneider (R), pulled his name and voted against the final version.»
State Senator Bob Huff, R - Diamond Bar, has authored a bill that would move the preliminary layoff deadline from March to June and the final deadline from May to August.
Dallas, Texas Kelby Woodard is a former Minnesota State Legislator where he was chief author of the Opportunity Scholarships Bill and his party's Lead on education finance and reform.
Sen. Michael Watson, R - Pascagoula, a leading author of the bill, said the state should not turn away from new ideas while wallowing in poor national education rankings.
Correction: An earlier version of this story identified Sen. Carlin Yoder as the author of the bill to withdraw Indiana from the Common Core state standards.
In 2006, he authored the bill that led to a 300 percent expansion in these programs — so they now reach 4,000 schools around the state.
Sen. Paul Farrow, R - Pewaukee, author of the Senate school accountability bill, said Tuesday the Senate will still work on its accountability bill, and is likely going to remove the legislation's proposal to create two review boards for schools at the state's DPI and Department of Administration.
In the author's note to this moving picture - book biography, Tate states that no one knows why Bill Traylor began to draw for the first time in his eighties.
Later the same day, famed author and investing advisor Bill Bernstein stated that «I do find foreign equities valuations more attractive.
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Assembly member Patrick O'Donnell, sector D - Long Beach, is the author of Bill 485 and has stated to the media «This is a big win for our four - legged friends».
When PAF learned that Judie Mancuso, president and founder of Social Compassion in Legislation (SCIL), had persuaded California State Assemblyman Patrick O'Donnell to author a bill addressing the sale of factory bred pets and promoting shelter pet adoption, PAF immediately saw its significance, and offered to do all it could to help SCIL promote State Assembly Bill 485, the Pet Rescue and Adoption bill addressing the sale of factory bred pets and promoting shelter pet adoption, PAF immediately saw its significance, and offered to do all it could to help SCIL promote State Assembly Bill 485, the Pet Rescue and Adoption Bill 485, the Pet Rescue and Adoption Act.
The new law, the Dog and Cat Breeders Act, otherwise known as the Texas Puppy Mill Bill, was authored by state Rep. Senfronia Thompson (D - Houston) and went into effect on September 1.
She drafted and analyzed federal and state legislation to protect animals and children, including being the author of the 2009 - 10 legislative bill to ban pound seizure in Michigan (which passed the House and ran out of time in Senate) and a bill to ban gas chambers in Michigan shelters.
The bill, authored by Best Friends Animal Society and supported by Alley Cat Allies and the Humane Society of the United States, made it through the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee with unanimous approval last week — despite opposition from, among others, Audubon Florida (which was trying to make the most of the Smithsonian / U.
Wisconsin state Rep. Jeff Smith authored the bill.