Sentences with phrase «lawmakers proposed bills»

Prior to this, Hawaiian lawmakers proposed bills that would ban the sale of games that featured loot boxes to anyone under 21.

In a legislative study committee on Thursday, lawmakers proposed a bill that would create a review commission to rewrite the academics standards by December 2015.

A few lawmakers proposed a bill that would prevent members and employees of Congress from trading securities based on nonpublic information they obtain.

Two Republican lawmakers proposed a bill that would make judicial elections partisan again.

Not exact matches

The Conservative minority government agreed Tuesday to back the opposition - proposed amendment to its Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill after enough Conservative lawmakers supported the measure.

More moderate lawmakers, like Sens. Susan Collins and Lisa Murkowski, opposed the bill's proposed Medicaid reductions.

Booker's bill is far from the first time a federal lawmaker has proposed ending the federal ban on marijuana.

The Democratic senator's proposed legislation will face an unlikely road to passage, considering that most lawmakers (including those in the White House) are reluctant to end the drug's federal prohibition, but the bill is still the latest attempt by a prominent politician to update federal marijuana laws at a time when a clear majority of Americans support legalization.

The bills proposed Friday by lawmakers would also create exemptions from the state's public - records law to protect the privacy of victims and provide money to raze and reconstruct the building where the shooting occurred.

The realization spurred state lawmakers to propose dozens of bills meant to promote housing construction.

Good - government organizations are pushing the bill, too, after lawmakers and Cuomo did not agree to any ethics law changes in the state budget as initially proposed by the governor.

Top Senate Republicans considered keeping President Barack Obama's tax increase on wealthier people's investments and using the money to bolster their proposed health care subsidies in a bid to mollify moderate GOP lawmakers and salvage the party's struggling bill.

The Attorney General says he will soon propose a bill to stiffen those penalties and close other loopholes in the law, and has begun talking to state lawmakers about possible sponsorship.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Some state lawmakers like Sen. Patrick Gallivan have seen the threat of tampering and voter fraud during elections, and are responding by proposing a bill that would have voters in New York State show photo ID before they cast their ballot.

The Appropriation Bill as passed was raised from N7.30 trillion proposed by the president to N7.44 trillion, indicating an increase of N143 billion by the lawmakers.

So far, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has proposed a series of reform bills but has done little to whip up public support or call out lawmakers who won't support the measures, Horner said.

Commission members, Cuomo and legislative leaders are negotiating to craft a new package of ethics laws that would include some parts of an anticorruption bill known as the Public Trust Act that the governor proposed after several corruption cases involving state lawmakers.

It was a day of drug policy discussion in Albany, as lawmakers held a forum on legalizing marijuana, proposed bills to combat heroin addiction and overdoses, and made progress towards a medical marijuana program.

ALBANY — Pharmaceutical companies would have to collect unused prescription drugs and dispose of them under a bill proposed by two state lawmakers.

Assembly members prepared themselves to work through the night, although by 9 p.m. lawmakers had not yet seen a copy of the proposed bill.

Two state lawmakers began seeking sponsors Thursday for a bill that would reassert that the proposed downtown Milwaukee site for The Couture high - rise building is available for private development.

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Cuomo added that he had proposed specific changes to the bill that would have permitted tradespeople to possess and carry the implements but said lawmakers had chosen not to consider them.

State lawmaker Jesse Hamilton has proposed a bill to make it a civil penalty of $ 100 for jumping a turnstile, not a misdemeanor crime.

Under the deal between state lawmakers and Cuomo, the state bears more of the responsibility, a contrast from the ride - hailing service bill proposed in the New York State Assembly that would have given local municipalities more control in regulation.

The sexual - harassment proposals closely mirror others put forward by state lawmakers from both parties in recent weeks: In mid-December, Senators Catharine Young and Elaine Phillips, both Republicans, proposed bills that, in addition to banning secret settlements, would also codify the definition of sexual harassment in state law and expand harassment protections for independent contractors.

The talks are centered around reviving some parts of an anticorruption bill known as the Public Trust Act that Mr. Cuomo proposed in the spring after several corruption cases involving state lawmakers, these people said.

Other Republican lawmakers have said they were either studying the measure itself or had proposed alternative bills that would prohibit the use of smokable marijuana.

Pharmaceutical companies would have to collect unused prescription drugs and dispose of them under a bill proposed by two state lawmakers.

Allowing taxpayers to use the proposed $ 10,000 deduction for property taxes also for state income and sales taxes is one option on the table as Congress begins to hammer out differences in the House and Senate tax bills, a key lawmaker said.

Republican lawmakers on Capitol Hill, scrambling to reach agreement on a final tax bill that they hope to pass next week, are coalescing around a plan that would slightly raise the proposed corporate tax rate, lower the top rate on the richest Americans and scale back the existing mortgage interest deduction.

Cuomo: So far, the governor has used the threat of the Moreland Act to try to get lawmakers to pass a proposed ethics reform bill.

WASHINGTON - House Republicans took the wraps off their long - anticipated tax bill, revealing a few attempts to appease GOP lawmakers from New York and other high - tax states concerned about the proposed elimination of state and local tax deductions.

QUEENS — A new bill proposed by a Queens lawmaker would give the outer boroughs a bigger chunk of the state's hotel tax, allowing local businesses to reap the benefits of large events like the upcoming US Open, he said.

NIFA also directed lawmakers Thursday night to pass a bill, proposed by County Executive Edward Mangano in September, imposing a $ 75 fee on scofflaws that fail to pay traffic tickets.

Nassau's Republican and Democratic county lawmakers have filed separate bills to remove $ 60 million in fee increases proposed by outgoing County Executive Edward Mangano for next year's $ 2.99 billion budget.

On Wednesday, Senate Democrats and IDC lawmakers sought to raise the gun control issue on the floor of the chamber, proposing a series of hostile amendments to other bills that were voted down on procedural grounds that Republicans voted down.

The lawmaker in the past has sponsored his own pension forfeiture bill and proposed legislation for campaign finance reform and term limits.

Senator Brad Hoylman is proposing a bill that would impose limits to state lawmakers» outside similar to restrictions in place for members of Congress.

And Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed Smart Schools Bond Act, Proposal 3, which would generate $ 2 billion to improve classroom technology and other elements of educational infrastructure, also saw approval, as did Proposal 2, the constitutional amendment that would eliminate the need for legislative bills to be printed and supplied to every lawmaker before being considered.

It is a sign of the times, and a tragedy that the most popular Senator in the Nigerian National Assembly at this moment is not the person who has moved the most impactful motion, not a lawmaker who has proposed a thought - provoking bill, and certainly not any Senator who has given any impressive speech debating a matter of national importance.

The lawmaker who introduced the most bills out of a total of over 12,000 bills proposed, was former Brooklyn Senator Karl Krueger, a Democrat who resigned after pleading guilty to felony corruption charges.

Legislator Ed Day proposed tabling the resolution until the legislature could meet with state lawmakers with the hopes of amending the state bill to require the comptroller to send an amended budget at least 15 days before adoption, a significantly longer amount of time than the 10 days outlined in the current bill.

The finance bill is the third piece of proposed casino expansion legislation to be considered by state lawmakers this year.

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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork / AP)-- New York City lawmakers are proposing a bill that would provide city residents living in all five boroughs with municipal identification cards.

That was back in 2010, when at the end of June Paterson told lawmakers that if they didn't pass his budget — which was nearly three months late — he would put the spending plan and all of its proposed cuts in an extender bill.

Lawmakers of both parties are proposing amendments to the so - called energy independence bill that would massively subsidize the coal industry to produce liquid coal as a replacement for foreign oil.

Last week, U.K. lawmakers proposed a «Defamation Bill» to beef up the country's laws, putting the burden on the plaintiff to prove that a statement substantially harmed its reputation.

The debate on health - care reform has focused on President Clinton's proposed «health security act,» and lawmakers are expected to use that bill as the basis for their work.