Sentences with phrase «package of bills»

They also released an accompanying package of bills to address voter access and participation.

Senate GOP Leader Dean Skelos is blaming Democrats in the Assembly for the hold up of package of bills aimed at combating the growing heroin epidemic.

Assemblywoman Valerie Vainieri Huttle hailed the decision by the Boy Scouts of America to include transgender scouts, a move that came just hours after she introduced a broad package of bills on Monday, January 30 that will strengthen civil rights for transgender individuals in New Jersey.

The women's agenda is a 10 - point package of bills with planks aimed at pay equity and curtailing human trafficking.

Last year, during his re-election campaign, Cuomo said paid family leave would have to wait until after the Legislature passed a 10 - point package of bills known as the Women's Equality Act, which he had made both a centerpiece of his campaign and the scaffolding for a new political party he created to advance passage of the W.E.A.

Shafer, with the Coalition Against Gambling, says he worries the final resolution will come as part of the traditional end of session package of bills known as the «big ugly», often approved in the middle of the night on the last day of the session.

De Blasio touted a new package of bills targeting sexual harassment, while his own administration refuses to explain how it's dealing with the same sleazy conduct.

The City Council heard testimony Monday on a broad package of bills that would prevent conflicts of interest between elected officials and political nonprofits, limit the electoral influence of those who do business with the city, and make it easier for first - time candidates to navigate the city's campaign finance system.

«I have no doubt that if too many more weeks go by that we'll be back here to complete work on an additional package of bills that would include sales taxes for counties,» said Sen. James Seward.

As scooped by Gannett, the IDC is proposing a separate package of bills aimed at curbing discrimination against women, including a pay equity measure targeting the public workforce.

The Legislature and Gov. Andrew Cuomo have approved several packages of bills aimed at heroin addiction, including measures to address treatment and recovery as well as provide tools for law enforcement.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo laid out a plan to tighten anti-bribery laws last week and the Independent Democratic Conference later would release a kitchen sink - style package of bills ranging from campaign finance changes to strengthening the role of the state attorney general.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo and state Democrats earlier this year formed the Women's Equality Party as a way to boost vote totals in November and promote the women's agenda, a 10 - point omnibus package of bills with provisions aimed at pay equity, anti-human trafficking and housing discrimination.

Cuomo proposed a comprehensive package of bills to combat workplace sexual harassment that includes sparing taxpayers from funding settlements involving public officials and barring governments from entering into secret deals not expressly sought by victims.

Senator Klein and the rest of the breakaway Democrats announced that they will hold hearings on their anti-corruption package of bills that includes public campaign financing.

The Women's Equality Party is being formed by Democrats who back Cuomo and want to push abortion law changes as part of a 10 - point package of bills Cuomo unveiled in 2013.

Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan promotes package of bills to combat heroin and opioid abuse

A similar attempt last summer to link the rent laws, 421 - a and other housing issues in one package of bills collapsed after weeks of talks, sources said.

Instead we had a modest little package of bills, some of them long overdue, such as the one to ban cluster bombs and, more parochially, the one to reduce police paperwork.

(Utility Dive) • A bipartisan package of bills will be introduced in Michigan today lifting regulatory barriers on clean energy producers.

The summer of 2013 saw a big fight to stop an extreme and dangerous anti-women's health law (HB2), a controversial package of bills that severely restrict access to abortion.

Those issues include the women's agenda, a 10 - point package of bills with a measure aimed at strengthening abortion rights through the codification of Roe v. Wade — a proposal first made by Cuomo in 2013.

He said the new package of bills, which requires approval from the state Legislature, will align New York's laws with federal ones.

The abortion proposal was part of a broader package of bills, called the Women's Equality Act, which addressed several women's issues, like pay equity, sexual harassment, discrimination and human trafficking.

Mr. Crespo's opposition to the Women's Equality Act, a ten - point package of bills, raised eyebrows because it has been championed by Assembly Democrats and Mr. Cuomo, who even created the Women's Equality Party as he ran for re-election last year.

Mayor Bill de Blasio signed a package of bills that the city estimates will cover some 65,000 fast food workers.

Powerful budget committees in the State House and Senate signed off on a package of bills on Tuesday that would raise the minimum age to purchase a firearm to 21 from 18, mandate a three - day waiting period for most gun purchases, and increase funding for school safety measures and access to mental health care.

Cuomo's use of messages of necessity has come under criticism, most recently after he issued messages in order to swiftly pass a package of bills including a new, less generous pension tier.

Tuesday Republican State Senator Pat Gallivan was standing next to Governor Cuomo, in Buffalo, as he ceremonially signed a package of bills into law designed to combat heroin use.

He pointed to a package of bills aimed at curtailing heroin and opioid addiction that is being approved today.

The women's coalition was formed last year as Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed the Women's Equality Agenda, which has stalled in the Legislature and is now becoming a key campaign issue with the formation of a new ballot line with the focus of passing the package of bills.

The Republican - led state Senate on Tuesday is set to take up a package of bills aimed at spurring organ donation in New York.

The bill was presented as an amendment to a package of bills by majority party Republicans.

The New York attorney general has proposed a package of bills aimed at improving to what he said are «arcane» and «ridiculous» voting laws that bar many potential New York voters from casting ballots.

The state's attorney general has proposed a package of bills aimed at improving to what he said are «arcane» and «ridiculous» voting laws that bar many potential New York voters from casting ballots.

The newly reunited Senate Democrats held their first press conference, where they focused on what they said was their No. 1 priority — a package of bills making it easier to vote.

New York's Attorney General has released a package of bills aimed at improving what he says is the state's «arcane» and «ridiculous» voting laws that bar many potential voters from the ballot box.

Also at noon, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio will sign a package of bills aimed at decreasing smoking, NYC Health + Hospitals / Kings County T - Building, 2nd Floor Auditorium, 451 Clarkson Ave., Brooklyn.

The minimum price for a pack of cigarettes purchased in New York City will jump to $ 13 next June — a 25 percent increase — as part of a package of bills aimed at reducing tobacco consumption that was signed into law today by NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio

At 2 p.m., de Blasio will hold a public hearing on, and then sign into law, a package of bills related to law enforcement, inmate discharge outcomes, and juvenile justice, Blue Room, City Hall, Manhattan.

The package of bills also allows victims of gun violence to sue the firearms manufacturer for negligence, said Sen. Jamaal Bailey.

(Albany, NY)-- Less than two weeks after the tragic shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, New York Legislators for Gun Violence Prevention — a bicameral coalition of New York lawmakers — released a package of bills to prevent gun violence in New York and save lives.

«They add a chemical and now it's different than the legal definition, so now it's no longer an illegal substance,» Cuomo said at a Staten Island press conference where announced a package of bills to be sponsored by State Sen. Andrew Lanza and Assemblyman Michael Cusick.

While Eric Schneiderman wrapped up his final day as state attorney general after multiple allegations of abuse, the Democrat - led Assembly passed a package of bills aimed at strengthening support for survivors of domestic violence.

Democrats in the state Senate introduced a package of bills that they say would lessen special interest influences in politics and curb some on going abuses.

Update: An additional source on Friday evening added that the situation remains fluid, and Cuomo will must convince the WFP's state committee he is firmly behind a variety of issues, including fully funding the Campaign of Fiscal Equity agreement as well as other measures such as decriminalizing certain amounts of marijuana and backing the women's agenda, a package of bills the governor first introduced in 2013.

Several good government groups are calling on Governors Andrew Cuomo and Chris Christie to sign a package of bills aimed at reforming the Port Authority that passed its final hurdle in the New Jersey legislature, yesterday.

That back and forth ultimately led to this package of bills.