Sentences with phrase «heard in the state legislature»

With bill introduction and action deadlines approaching, there's not much time left for new bills to be heard in the state legislature.

California Apartment Association «CAA» calls for action: a Bill to repeal the «Costa - Hawkins Rental Housing Act» (Costa - hawkins Rental Housing Act) has been scheduled for the first hearing in the state legislature, to repeal a landmark legislation to protect owners from radical rent controls.

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«Before we even got behind a lot of policy changes, what we did was we went around the country and just visited prisons and visited state legislatures and visited with district attorneys and police officers and survivors of crime, all these folks who have a stake in the system right now, and we tried to listen and amplify voices that may not have been heard as much,» he explains.

The legislature's finance committee held a hearing on numerous tax proposals Tuesday including raising the sales tax in a quest to cobble together a budget and close a $ 1.7 billion deficit.The panel, which oversees the revenue side of the state budget,...

Medical marijuana has been picking up supporters in the state legislature, and Wednesday it was the subject of a public hearing at the capitol featuring business owners from Colorado, where pot is legal for both medicinal and recreation use.

In 2009, both houses of the state legislature held a combined 12 hearings on mayoral control renewal, and in 2016, just the Senate is holding two hearingIn 2009, both houses of the state legislature held a combined 12 hearings on mayoral control renewal, and in 2016, just the Senate is holding two hearingin 2016, just the Senate is holding two hearings.

Part of the dysfunction in state government is that the state legislature does very few oversight hearings.

The first candidate that will be subject to a newly created state Board of Elections hearing process, Norma Gonsalves, the presiding officer of the Nassau County legislature, faces up to $ 28,000 in penalties, according to allegations filed by the body's chief enforcement counsel, Risa Sugarman.

The State University of New York, «the largest comprehensive system of postsecondary education in the country,» now serves 600,000 students each year, Chancellor Nancy Zimpher told the state legislature at a budget hearing in JanState University of New York, «the largest comprehensive system of postsecondary education in the country,» now serves 600,000 students each year, Chancellor Nancy Zimpher told the state legislature at a budget hearing in Janstate legislature at a budget hearing in January.

Boggs is now a Georgia Court of Appeals judge, but his Senate Judiciary confirmation hearing focused on votes and statements from when he served as a conservative Democrat in the George state legislature, from 2000 - 2004.

GOP candidate for governor and Deputy Senate Leader John DeFrancisco says he wants the legislature to hold hearings into the 514 tourism signs posted along numerous highways in the state.

Amigone petitioned the county legislature to designate the property a «cemetery zone,» in order to meet a state requirement, and a public hearing on the request was scheduled.

The chair of a county legislature in the Hudson Valley says the New York State Public Service Commission has answered her call to reschedule public hearings concerning the continuing need for a new water supply source.

MANHATTAN — The state legislature voted to pass an on - time budget in the early morning hours Thursday, overshadowing the opposition of hundreds of protesters whose voices could be heard ringing through the State Capitol's hstate legislature voted to pass an on - time budget in the early morning hours Thursday, overshadowing the opposition of hundreds of protesters whose voices could be heard ringing through the State Capitol's hState Capitol's halls.

I've also heard the rumor that teachers are delighted when they get the spring pink slip in those years when the state legislature has yet to vote state aid for the schools the following fall.

«Everybody wants appropriately high standards,» said state Assemblyman Steven Sanders, the chairman of the education committee in the legislature's lower house, «but what we're hearing is it is ultimately unfair and ultimately arbitrary... having every student in the state having their abilities defined by one particular exam on one particular day.»

Before a single child's information is turned over to any 3rd party, policymakers should give assurance to parents and educators that no harm will come to Tennessee school children by adopting the following principles: The state and districts should be required to publish any and all existing data sharing agreements in printed and electronic form, and include a thorough explanation of its purpose and provisions, and make it available to parents and local school authorities statewide; The Department of Education should hold hearings throughout the state or testify before the legislature to explain any existing data agreement, and answer questions from the public or their representatives, obtain informed comment, and gauge public reaction; All parents should have the right to be notified of the impending disclosure of their children's data, and provide them with a right to consent or have the right to withhold their children's information from being shared; The state should have to define what rights families or individuals will have to obtain relief if harmed by improper use or release of their child's private information, including how claims can be made; and finally, any legislation must ensure that the privacy interest of public school children and their families are put above the interests of any 3rd Party and its agents and subsidiaries.

In addition, they were given opportunities to hear from and interact with state leaders from the legislature and education community regarding the political climate necessary to create these changes.

On Tuesday, October 24, 2017, from 10 to 11 am, the Washington Supreme Court will hold a hearing to decide whether the legislature's Levy Swipe Plan will satisfy their «Paramount Duty» in our State Constitution.

When we testified before the state legislature this year, I think we piqued the interest of lawmakers who heard constructive and positive feedback from educators in the statehouse.

Republicans had to resort to such strategies because, for reasons that can only be known to them, Democrats in the legislature tried to limit «hearings» on Common Core implementation to what amounted to a PR session with Commissioner of Education Stefan Pryor and Chris Minnich, executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers, which is one of the organizations that helped draft the standards.

Back to South India for the only Bill I've ever heard of that names Coca Cola: the Plachimada Coca - Cola Victims Relief and Compensation Claims Special Tribunal Bill 2011 passed by the Congress controlled (UDF) state legislature in Kerala.

We look forward to hearing from all of the candidates about their vision for youngest generation, and are excited to offer them an opportunity to address the wide variety of stakeholders involved in the early childhood system — business and community leaders, early childhood professionals, and public officials from the legislature and state agencies.»