Sentences with phrase «enacted a bill earlier»

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Republican legislators sent Iowa's governor a bill early Wednesday that would ban most abortions once a fetal heartbeat is detected, usually around six weeks of pregnancy, propelling the state overnight to the front of a push among conservative statehouses jockeying to enact the nation's most restrictive regulations on the procedure.

Selina Robinson speaks to the Discriminatory Provisions (Historical Wrongs) Repeal Act — a Bill that repeals provisions enacted in the late 1800s and early 1900s that discriminated against individuals or groups based on their ethnicity.

Former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, in a piece published on the Huffington Post earlier today, is questioning Gov. Andrew Cuomo's plan to enact a Moreland Act Commission to investigate the Legislature following its failure to pass any reform bills — especially public campaign finance — saying the legal basis for this move» is at best uncertain, if not flat wrong.»

Efforts to enact early voting and other reforms were unsuccessful when the state Senate, led by a coalition of Republicans and breakaway Democrats, did not act on the bills.

ALBANY — The chairman of the state Assembly's economic development committee said Thursday he sees «issues» in an omnibus beverage bill introduced earlier this week by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, casting doubt on the governor's hope to have it enacted before legislators leave the Capitol next month.

The elevation of Melissa Mark - Viverito, 44, a Puerto Rican - born lawmaker who is the first Hispanic to hold the office, represents an early and significant victory for Mayor Bill de Blasio, who took an outsize role in engineering her election and now enjoys a partner at the reins of a legislative branch that could be vital in enacting much of his policy agenda.

Both the House and the Senate bills demonstrate a move away from earlier, more draconian attempts to enact a moratorium on issuing student visas.

Should Mississippi ever enact a charter - school bill, Crudup wants to start a charter middle or high school with early input from prospective student's parents.

For those of you who do not know, Quebec will likely enact Bill 28 An Act to Establish the New Code of Civil Procedure early next year.