Sentences with phrase «backed version of the bill»

Sen. Cathy Young, the sponsor of the permanent measure, is also the sponsor of the Assembly - backed version of the bill.

The scaled - back version of the bill that passed Thursday would allow school districts to retain as much funding in state aid and property tax levy authority per pupil as the amount of each student's private school voucher.

The legislation is still being discussed in the state House and education advocates believe a forthcoming House - backed version of the bill may shift the power to local boards, although the legislation's fate is unclear at this point.

Not exact matches

For all the attention paid to the back - and - forth over the House and Senate versions of the economic stimulus bill, the version that REALLY mattered is the one that appeared last: the conference committee report.

In its endorsement, Make The Road Action Executive Director Javier Valdés cited the push for «driver's licenses for all» as well as the backing of the state - level version of the Dream Act, a bill that would provide tuition assistance to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the U.S. as children.

Cuomo is sponsoring a New York version of a federal bill backed by Klobuchar.

The Flanagan bill was rejected on Monday by Cuomo, who said during a stop in Poughkeepsie he would continue to back his version of extending the program without changes for the next three years.

Dolan supports a different version of the bill that extends victims access to the courts but does not include the look back.

The Speaker, who has sponsored a version of public campaign finance legislation since 1986, even broke protocol and debated the bills on the floor a few years back.

Its analysis of legislators» voting records shows that several Assembly Democrats who once backed the bill have resigned, left office or voted no on a version of the bill at least once — enough to cast doubt on the passage of a same - sex marriage bill this year.

The Florida Senate voted 31 - 7 to approve an amended version of a medical marijuana bill, sending it back to the House for a final vote on Friday.

After weathering several hours of decidedly negative reaction to her amended legislation changing the statute of limitations for cases of personal injury caused by pollution, state Sen. Kathy Marchione has decided to go back to the original version of her bill.

The provision, as backed by U.S. Reps. Chris Collins and John Faso, was included in both the House GOP version of the health care overhaul bill as well as the U.S. Senate package unveiled on Thursday.

Libous, who has indicated a willingness to support medical marijuana and is being treated for cancer, wouldn't rule out backing a final version of the bill.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand will be at the Jamestown Farmers Market this morning to push for passage of the Senate's version of the farm bill, after the House approved a scaled - back version.

Sen. John McCain, who famously voted against a crucial ACA repeal measure, is considering backing a new version of the bill.

She painted Mr. Silver as a politician who went back on his promises to protect tenants by holding private meetings with Glenwood lobbyists and signing off on a version of a rent regulation bill that the company favored.

It was clear the measure was greased for passage when a «same - as» version of Hooper's bill was introduced on June 17, days before the end of the legislative session, via the Senate Rules Committee, signalling the backing of the Republican leadership.

A version of the Republican - backed tax overhaul bill in the Senate, which passed last week, would repeal the individual mandate that Americans have health insurance or pay a tax penalty.

He blasted the mayor for paying «lip service» in his plan to close Rikers in 10 years and called called the Raise the Age bill, passed earlier this year and backed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a «watered - down» version of the one advocates wanted.

Sen Jim Seward's version of the bill, which received the backing of insurers and car - hail apps, has a $ 50,000 liability insurance for «death and bodily injury per person» and $ 100,000 for «death and bodily injury per incident» during phase one.

Lawmakers this week said it's possible a reform bill could be voted on by the end of June, but it's not clear if will be the version backed by Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco.

The congressman had planned on voting in favor of an earlier version of the bill back in March after touting a provision that would shift Medicaid costs from counties to the state, which he said would save money.

Both Houses must pass the same version of the bill; if there are differences, they may be resolved by sending amendments back and forth or by a conference committee, which includes members of both bodies.

The release yesterday of the final version of the Republican - backed bill marks the end of a fierce but remarkably brief battle over the biggest rewrite of the U.S. tax code in decades.

The crux of the deal was an amendment by Representative Ed Perlmutter (D — CO) to add back the $ 471 million to earth sciences that Smith had stripped from what Johnson characterized in her opening statement as the «punitive» version of the original bill.

During this recent interview to discuss the TV version of Zombieland, co-creators and executive producers Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick talked about the journey from TV series to movie and now back to TV pilot, what it's been like to work with Amazon, what motivated the decision to have the same characters from the movie on the TV show, how they envision it as a road show, how much gore they can have, what Kirk Ward (who was originally cast as Tallahassee before being replaced by Woody Harrelson) brings to this version of the character, what led them to the 30 - minute format, whether they could have any surprise cameos (Bill Murray made a very memorable one in the film), what will determine whether the pilot is successful enough to go to series, and when they might know if they're picked up.

The final version of the bill closely resembles legislation backed by Gov. Booth Gardner last year, which died amid partisan conflict between the the two chambers.

The full Senate had sent the previous version of the bill back to the committee earlier this month.

Check Bill Turque's D.C. Wire account for the full back story, but the short version is that Turque was working on a story about Michelle Rhee's «Plan B» on how to get rid of bad teachers in the event that contract negotiations didn't work out.

And instead of demanding the bill be stopped until these issues are resolved, the Executive Director of the organization responsible for promoting and preserving Connecticut's school athletic programs is backing Governor Malloy's version and condemning any changes that would bolster the role of teachers and unions in the school governance process.

The Senate's version of the bill takes a similar approach, but Senator Tom Harkin (D - IA), chairman of the Senate Education Appropriations Subcommittee, plans to offer an amendment to the bill that will add back more than $ 200 million to the Title I and Individuals with Disabilities Education Act programs.

But a word of caution to all potential spendthrifts: the HDi costs # 1000 more than the faster, quicker, 40 kg lighter petrol version and it could take you over 25,000 miles before you reaped that back in fuel bills.

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

[From Green Car Congress:] California legislative leaders and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger reached agreement on a compromise version of an assembly bill (AB 32 — the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006) that is intended to bring statewide emissions of greenhouse gases back down to 1990 levels by 2020 — an estimated cut of 25 %.

That means seeking commitments from candidates and leaders in the 2015 election that they would be prepared to bring the issue of transgender rights back to the next Parliament and ensure a strong and non-discriminatory version of Bill C - 279 does become law, and quickly.

Google announced back in October that India's version of the Google Play Store will be receiving the support for carrier billing.

After the embarrassing failure of his disastrous health care repeal bill, Paul Ryan is back and about to hold a vote on version 2.0.

House and Senate lawmakers replaced an $ 80 billion House tax reform bill with a pared - down bill that retains versions of two NAR - backed provisions: 100 percent deduction of health insurance premiums for self - employed persons, and an increase in the amount of tax - exempt private - activity bonds that states and localities issue annually.