Sentences with phrase «by state senate»

The Marriage Equality Act was then passed by the state Senate.

Unfortunately the bill did not get approved by the state senate.

The resolution, which passed the state's house of delegates 96 - 0 and was approved by the State Senate in a voice vote, also traces the noble history of the rock.

In New Jersey, a bill to help keep open Hope Creek and Salem will be voted upon by a state Senate committee on February 5.

This means all four will continue on for consideration by the state Senate.

A similar problem was addressed by the state senate in North Dakota where there was another shortage of teachers according to The Student Loan Report.

It was recently passed by the state Senate earlier in May.

This amendment was created by Senator Cooper and adopted by the state senate by a vote of 19 - 11, and provided $ 5.9 million for what is called «external cost adjustment,» which «increases salaries by taking into account inflation and other cost pressures, for K - 12 professional staff members,» according to Wyoming news source, the Casper Star Tribune.

Legislation allowing for economic furloughs passed by the state Senate effectively makes this effort at mandate relief nearly useless.

There may, however, be some amendments offered by the State Senate.

The 2015 - 17 state budget bill approved by the state Senate last night included several provisions of note:

The speaker, who is backed by state senate powerhouse and school reformer George Norcross, has all but said that the legislation will be considered whether or not she gets the full backing of the Democratic caucus; this, in turn, would require Oliver (and Christie) to win backing from the assembly Republican minority.

Finch will serve as the agency's acting executive director until he is confirmed by the state Senate or 60 days passes, which is when the interim tag would be removed from his job title.

The bill, approved by the state Senate last week, also requires participating schools to conduct employee background checks and strengthens financial accountability measures.

He and Commissioner of Education Christopher Cerf — who was appointed by Mr. Christie in 2011 and confirmed by the state Senate last year — also received approval for a waiver of provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act.

A version has been approved by the state Senate and is expected to be taken up in a House finance committee in the coming days.

More than a dozen critics of Louisiana Education Superintendent John White asked a judge Tuesday to either require White to be reconfirmed by the state Senate by the June 8 end of the regular legislative session or declare his post vacant.

Public - education officials in Ohio were pleased two weeks ago when Gov. James A. Rhodes proposed that a temporary 40 - percent surcharge be tacked onto the state income tax instead of the 25 - percent surcharge approved by the state Senate.

Many observers view de Blasio's losses on mayoral control as motivated by political payback by state senate Republicans, whose dominance in the legislature's upper chamber de Blasio tried unsuccessfully to end during the 2014 election cycle.

During her first year on the job, Minnesota Commissioner of Education Cheri Pierson Yecke says, she never thought twice about the fact that she had yet to be confirmed by the state Senate.

This pathbreaking legislation — twinned with an identical measure already approved by the State Senate — has many moving parts but three of its provisions are noteworthy.

March 7, 2018 • The Florida House has voted on a package of gun legislation changes already approved by the state Senate.

Embryonic stem cell research in Michigan would be regulated under bills passed yesterday by the state Senate.

Former Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy, former Deputy Health Secretary Courtney Eagles Burke, and attorney Edward M. Spiro were all nominated by the governor and confirmed by the state Senate last week to serve on the board.

A Cuomo spokesman on Tuesday took aim at the hairpiece worn by state Senate Deputy Majority Leader John DeFrancisco after the GOP's newest gubernatorial contender said the governor was not a friend of the taxpayer.

Aronow was accused of making unwelcome and crude comments to a Lancaster woman while employed by the State Senate Majority Office beginning in 2007.

Sex offenders are banned from living within the designated distance of a school, but stand - alone daycare programs without affiliation to grade schools — such as the Atlantic Avenue Early Learning Center at 1825 Atlantic Ave. — remain unprotected by state law, according to an investigation by the State Senate Coalition released Sunday.

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state Senate districts in Wyoming.

The governor said he had proposed legislation allowing parolees to vote, but that it had been rejected by the State Senate.

ALBANY — Something was missing at a public hearing held by the State Senate on Tuesday to examine New York City's campaign finance system: the public.

The push by Stefanik and Gillibrand comes on the heels of a new report by a state Senate task force on tick - borne diseases.

It had been approved overwhelmingly by the State Senate and Assembly in June.

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York will no longer charge sales tax on tampons if Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs into law a bill passed Monday by the state Senate.

Democratic Assemblyman Sam Roberts was recently confirmed by the state Senate as the commissioner of the New York State Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance.

Cuomo said he had proposed legislation to grant voting rights to parolees, but it was shot down by the State Senate — leading him to argue the state needs a new Legislature.

His presidential flirtation had ended very badly, with the governor claiming that budget gamesmanship by state senate Republicans was the reason he'd left a plane idling on the runway instead of flying to New Hampshire to file primary petitions.

Senate Democratic Leader Malcolm A. Smith said the ethics reform bill passed by the State Senate today «contains many of the provisions Senate Minority have been trying for years to enact.»

With last year's rejection of a gay marriage law by the state Senate, a domestic partnership ceremony «is a good gesture,» agreed Councilman James Van Bramer (D - Queens).

Activists outside New York City Hall criticize a bill passed by the state Senate, saying the legislation's definition of a gang member is too vague.

Activists said Tuesday that innocent people are at risk of being unfairly designated as gang members and harshly punished under current NYPD policy and legislation passed by the State Senate after MS -13-linked killings in Central Islip.

The visit is sponsored by the state Senate and Senator Kathy Marchione.

The nominees will be scrutinized by the State Senate's Corporations and Authorities Committee, chaired by Clarence Republican Michael Ranzenhofer

Roberts still faces a confirmation vote by the state Senate before he secures his new job.

Both these moms are hoping that legislation introduced last summer by the state Senate's Independent Democratic Conference makes headway in Albany.

Cuomo's selections — which must be confirmed by the state Senate — are likely to come under intense scrutiny because of the court's leftward tilt during his administration.

The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state Senate districts in Arizona.

Using data compiled by the Community Service Society of New York, Capital mapped the estimated number of rent regulated units by State Senate district.

In March, Giraldo made a 20 - second YouTube video urging voters to cast their ballot for Monserrate in a special election for the seat taken away from him by state Senate colleagues.

His appointment requires confirmation by the State Senate.

A 2016 report by the state Senate Independent Democratic Conference found that synthetic marijuana cost state taxpayers more than $ 22.7 million in hospital and jail expenses in 2015.