Sentences with phrase «during a special session»

During the special session conducted last week, officials estimated there would be a $ 150,000 shortage of funds for renovation of the swimming pool.

If the first passage of such a measure came during a special session, the quickest any referendum could come up is 2017.

Multiple sources said the Republican majority does not have nearly enough votes on its own to pass a package during the special session.

Certain state leaders have been vocal about their intentions to slip a voucher deal through during this special session.

Frei cited Nevada Senate Bill 1 of 2015, the legislation that was passed during a special session of the state legislature and facilitated FF's tax incentive deal, and said it allows for parts of the application to be deemed «a trade secret or other confidential proprietary information» at the applicant's request.

Establishes a hard cap of $ 500,000 on noneconomic damages in medical liability cases (the $ 500,000 cap that was passed during a special session in 2002 contained an escalator clause which would have raised the cap to $ 750,000 in 2011 and $ 1 million in 2017).

Senate Bill 2003, approved by the West Virginia Legislature during a special session in June 1999, started an overhaul of the state's domestic relations system.

Riverside County Superior Court Judge Daniel Ottolia did not rule on the legality of allowing physician - assisted death, but he issued an oral ruling saying lawmakers acted illegally in passing the law during a special session devoted to other topics, said lawyers for supporters and opponents.

When filed, the bill is likely to turn national attention to Texas in the wake of North Carolina legislators» failure to repeal their bill during a special session on 21 December.

In 2008 several pieces of legislation were passed during a special session on ethics and accountability reform that lasted from February 10 to February 26.

«We all know what happens during special session: He calls it, and it could open up Pandora's box... everyone thinks the sky is falling and we need certain things done,» said state Sen. George Amedore, R - Rotterdam.

Cuomo, sensing an opportunity for leverage over lawmakers, has a long list of reforms and other initiatives he'd like to see adopted during a special session that includes a pay raise.

The budget bill that passed the state House last week during a special session of the legislature included a provision to scrap the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills, or TAKS, which was implemented just last year.

Connecticut Senate Minority Leader Len Fasano, R - North Haven, addresses the Senate during a special session at the state Capitol in Hartford, Conn., in 2015.

The legislature passed a resolution granting retroactive pay raises for members of the Civil Service Employees Association during a special session today.

The state House and Senate approved the plan during a special session held in October.

The state legislature approved the plan during a special session held in October, and called a special election for May 17, 2016 so voters can make the final decision.

After that deal was rapidly pushed through the Legislature during a special session last December, both the Senate Republicans and the governor repeatedly stressed that the agreement resulted in tax cuts, not tax increases, although on several occasions when I've characterized Cuomo as a fiscal conservative, I've gotten pushback from his press shop noting that he raised taxes on the rich.

Ultimately, however, the GOP could not agree to the final proposal, which cleared the General Assembly during a special session by mostly Democratic votes.

The $ 3.5 billion school funding deal recently approved by state legislators during a special session should inject some stability and certainty into Arizona's school funding system, said Association President and CEO Eileen Sigmund.

What he said to our national leaders during this special session of Congress was painfully truthful.

Washington received his award in Orlando during a special session that kicked off the 16th annual Youth Sports Congress.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver walks the chamber floor during a special session of the Assembly at the Capitol in Albany Tuesday 11/30/2010.

He vowed to travel to the districts of Republican senators in the coming weeks to pressure them to resolve unfinished business during a special session next month.

State Sen. Joseph Addabbo (D - Howard Beach) also applauded the move, which was approved by the Legislature during a special session called by Cuomo earlier this month.

The Governor is optimistic that the legislature will consider the issue; the Times Union suggests that it could be taken up after the November election, possibly as part of an arrangement during a special session to increase legislators» salaries.

Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr., D - Bronx, who was named Senate Majority Leader, center, talks to Senate members during an special session of the New York State Senate at the Capitol in Albany yesterday.

A month of negotiations during a special session of the Washington legislature has provided the extra time needed to secure passage of a comprehensive school - choice bill advocated by Gov. Booth Gardner.

Utah Governor Gary Herbert has issued a call to convene the Utah Legislature in a special session on Wednesday at 3 p.m. Among the issues the Legislature will tackle during the special session is a technical error in the education budget that resulted in a $ 25 million under - appropriation for the coming school year.

Posted on August 8, 2017 · Gov. Greg Abbott has told lawmakers to work on school finance during the special session.

Posted on August 4, 2017 · Several school finance reform measures are up for consideration during the special session.

Microsoft has demonstrated new Continuum features during a special session at BUILD 2016.

This bill was the most dangerous legislative threat to Planned Parenthood patients during this special session, and because of the continuous efforts of supporters and activists, it was defeated.

As we reported last month, the Nevada legislature passed laws during special sessions to authorize the Tesla and FF deals.

The Senate passed the measure last week, and in recognition of the urgent need to move quickly before the start of the school year, members of the House returned from their summer recess and passed the bill during a special session today.

Padavan's job is located in Albany, not Bayside... He should have attended the special session... I guess his re-election and campaigning is more to him than doing the people's business for which he was elected to do... How on earth could he have known what would happen during the special session, he must be a clairvoyant...

Several struggling Indiana school districts could eventually be impacted by a controversial school takeover bill legislators passed during the special session this week.

Cuomo, sensing an opportunity for leverage over lawmakers, has a long list of reforms and other initiatives he'd like to see adopted during a special session that would include consideration of a pay raise.

The Michigan legislature, during a special session last month, passed a new charter law designed to address the judge's concern that the state board of education did not have adequate oversight of charter schools under the previous measure.

Those who pass the exam and meet all other requirements for admission to the practice of law in Ohio will be sworn in on May 7 during a special session of the Ohio Supreme Court at the historic Ohio Theatre in downtown Columbus.

The Common Council, which this month added a few tweaks to the new law, is expected to pass it during a special session Thursday.

This amount was reduced to $ 7,000 during a special session and was reduced to $ 6,844 later that year.

The $ 335 million incentive package — including $ 215 million in tax credits, contingent on completion of the $ 1 billion factory, and upward of $ 175 million in publicly - funded infrastructure near the site — dates to late 2015, when the Nevada legislature passed laws during special sessions to authorize the Faraday deal.

It was with this backdrop that Governor Perry truly «earned» the Gynotician of the Year award, after he signed HB 2, the extreme and dangerous bill that's projected to block one in three Texas women from accessing safe and legal abortion, a bill that 80 percent of Texas voters opposed passing during the special session.

In their lawsuit, the nonprofits ask the court to block Senate Bill 5, a law recently passed during special session that severely restricts access to safe, legal abortion for Missourians.