Sentences with phrase «final legislative approval»

The $ 20 billion spending package, with no tax increases in an election year, received final legislative approval less than one hour before a midnight deadline.

Two other bills the governor proposed early in the session, one on clean energy and another on the environment, also got final legislative approval on the last day.

The Senate gave final legislative approval to a bill that would do away with the tax, which was approved last year.

Teen drivers would soon be able to sign up as organ donors under a bill that gained final legislative approval Thursday as part of an effort to take New York out of the cellar among states in organ donations.

With just hours left in the legislative session, the Senate granted final legislative approval Wednesday night for an expansion of gambling that includes more off - track betting sites and possible sports betting in the future.

ALBANY — Teenage drivers would soon be able to sign up as organ donors under a bill that gained final legislative approval Thursday as part of an effort to take New York out of the cellar among states in organ donations.

The Senate also granted final legislative approval Saturday to a bill allowing Connecticut to join an interstate compact that would ensure the state's electoral votes go to the presidential candidate who wins the national popular vote, provided enough other states join the agreement.

Teenage drivers would soon be able to sign up as organ donors under a bill that gained final legislative approval today as part of an effort to take New York out of the cellar among states in organ donations.

PHASE 2: Protect pro-marriage candidates in the 2014 elections, so that the amendment can receive final legislative approval in the 2015 legislative session.

The bill, signed about 12:20 p.m. at a ceremony in a packed state Capitol meeting room, had received final legislative approval shortly before 2:30 a.m. in the House, about eight hours after the Senate had approved it.

«We can truly be tough on crime by being smarter on crime, and that's why we're focusing on initiatives that work,» the governor said moments after the Senate gave the measure final legislative approval.

On the final night of the session, the House of Representatives made time to give final legislative approval to a proposal that would allow mushroom hunting in state parks and other state property.

The Senate moved to avert a planned strike Monday when it gave final legislative approval to a measure raising the wages of 19,000 workers who care for people with intellectual disabilities at private group homes and day programs across the state.

ALBANY — The Assembly has given final legislative approval to a measure that toughens penalties on bosses who illegally withhold workers» pay.