Lawmakers
approved hundreds of bills, though a large chunk can be classified as technical in nature and are simply updates to existing statutes to address legal requirements.
Over her tenure, she has
authored hundreds of bills including measures to protect students, seniors, crime victims, public employees and veterans.
Since 1975, that total has only been exceeded four times — in 2006, when an outgoing Gov. George Pataki
vetoed hundreds of bills in an apparent attempt to bolster his conservative credentials in advance of a potential 2008 presidential campaign, and three of the four years when the state was governed by Eliot Spitzer and David Paterson, and tensions between the Legislature and executive were especially high.
Cuomo has already
received hundreds of bills from the Legislature since session ended in June and it has not been clear why he took weeks to request one of his own signature bills.
(6) One - house sleepers: Dozens, if
not hundreds of bills have passed one house and face an uphill climb in the second.
In the last several years of looking
at hundreds of bills, Ive run across only one hospital bill with no errors,» says Edward Waxman of Edward R. Waxman & Associates, an independent hospital bill auditor with 10 years of experience helping consumers sort through their medical bills.
Facing a deadline this week for
dispatching hundreds of bills, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has begun issuing long lists of his preferred and rejected legislation - including Tuesday his veto of a bill that would have clarified the definition of STEM education in California.
It's crunchtime for the state legislature, which has yet to figure out what to do with a slew of issues including AB 5, the proposal that would essentially remove pupil progress from teacher evaluations (see KPCC: California lawmakers voting
on hundreds of bills to meet a Friday midnight deadline).
Federal policy isn't the only force driving the development of clean energy in the U.S. State legislatures across the country have put
forth hundreds of bills supporting clean energy, according to InsideClimate News.
Typically, this week is «show time» for lawmakers —
hundreds of bills are likely to be approved, many more will fail.
Hundreds of bills were approved by both houses in a blur of legislative activities.
The last dash is usually a frantic time when lawmakers rush to pass
hundreds of bills and forge last - minute deals on tough issues.
Hundreds of bills have been voted on in both the Assembly and Senate, including a number of bills of interest to charter schools.
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to Sacramento today to begin again working through
the hundreds of bills requiring his signature or veto and perhaps to restart budget negotiations with legislative leaders.
Below, you'll find just a few of
the hundreds of bills the INCS Government Affairs team tracks to ensure the charter community's autonomy is not stifled by nuisance legislation.