Sentences with phrase «pass legislation requiring»

Jamie DeMarco, Campaign Co-Manager, was born and raised in Baltimore and, during his time at the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, he organized grassroots support in Baltimore to help pass legislation requiring the state to reach 25 % renewable electricity by 2020.

[16] Ultimately, Tenaska could not persuade the General Assembly to pass legislation requiring Illinois consumers to purchase the electricity by the end of the June 2012 session.

A two - year effort to pass legislation requiring textbook publishers to make available digital versions of their content appears to be one step from the governor's desk.

In 2009, I was happy to work with Assemblywoman Weinstein and then State Senator Schneiderman to pass legislation requiring the maintenance of properties upon foreclosure.

Environmental advocates are calling on state lawmakers to use the final six weeks of the session to develop and pass legislation requiring lead and copper water testing at the tap in New York schools and, if necessary, remediation of contamination.

A few states have begun to pass legislation requiring restaurants to be food allergy aware.

The state is the first to pass legislation requiring education officials to develop health and safety guidelines for digital devices.

Lew also pushed lawmakers to pass legislation requiring U.S. bank and other financials to collect and disclose more detailed information about foreign account holders — information it requires foreign banks to disclosure about Americans, but doesn't reciprocate.

When Congress passed legislation requiring a decision within 60 days, Obama rejected the application, but allowed TransCanada to re-apply.

In May 2013, the New York City Council passed legislation requiring employers with 20 or more workers to provide paid sick leave.

Earlier this year, Vermont passed legislation requiring the creation of an Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Working Group to examine how the state could strengthen its response to ACEs.

Senate GOP spokesman Scott Reif said Republicans this year passed legislation requiring water in schools to be tested for lead, secured $ 300 million for the state's Environmental Protection Fund and $ 200 million for environmental infrastructure improvements.

The Alliance is calling on Congress to promote gun reform by passing legislation requiring universal background checks for all gun purchases.

Syracuse University had to make no changes to its smoke detector system after New York state passed legislation requiring all smoke detectors to have 10 - year batteries.

Albany County passed legislation requiring the creation of an ethics commission in 2011.

With the advance of so - called «service economy» jobs, several municipalities have passed legislation requiring sick time.

An attorney, Mr. Alessi says he has been instrumental in bringing reform to LIPA's management and in passing legislation requiring state review of health insurance rate increases.

In 2011, South Dakota passed legislation requiring that any player who sustains a head injury be removed from the game immediately and not be allowed to return until a health care professional declares him to be symptom - free.

Last year California passed legislation requiring the state's energy companies to create more than 1.3 gigawatts of energy storage between them by 2020.

To reduce conflicts of interest, for instance, Funeriu passed legislation requiring grant applications to be reviewed by experts abroad and instituting minimum qualifications for job candidates — only to see those reforms undone by his successor.

Q: We have now one State that has passed legislation requiring dating sites to disclose whether they conduct background screenings on members.

The Illinois State Senate recently passed legislation requiring dating sites to tell their members whether they perform background checks using government databases.

CHICAGO TRIBUNE - Mar 29 - The Illinois Senate passed legislation requiring online dating sites to say whether they perform criminal background checks on prospective members.

By 1978, 30 states had passed legislation requiring such exams.

The district began reorienting itself in 1989, when the state passed legislation requiring all schools to implement site - based management components.

In 2005, New Hampshire eliminated the Carnegie unit and passed legislation requiring all high schools to implement competency education by 2008.

There already exist model catch - up programs and policies that systems and institutions can learn from: California State University at Long Beach has pioneered a partnership to deliver bridge courses to close student - readiness gaps; Illinois has passed legislation requiring the development of transitional math courses across the state; and Tennessee has increased the scale of its Seamless Alignment and Integrated Learning Support, or Sails, program from a single district in 2012 to over 17,000 students statewide in the 2016 - 17 school year.

Florida lawmakers have passed legislation requiring public schools to convert their textbooks to digital versions.

Now California has seen its affiliate program ended after the state passed legislation requiring companies like Amazon to collect sales tax on items sold to California residents.

Nor does it apply in British Columbia, where recently - passed legislation requires common - law partners to evenly split all assets acquired during the relationship.

When the State of Colorado passed legislation requiring that all shelter animals be spayed / neutered prior to adoption, RCHS accepted the responsibility of managing and funding this obligation for the City of Steamboat Springs

Passed legislation requiring one horse per lot, thereby eliminating inhumane cramming of horses in small spaces.

In August 2016, for example, Massachusetts passed legislation requiring local utility companies to get 1.6 gigawatts of their electricity from offshore wind farms in the coming decade.

«The Commonwealth of Virginia has passed legislation requiring all Virginia boaters to complete boater education classes.

The Government of Canada passed legislation requiring disclosure of reportable transactions to the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

In addition, many states have passed legislation requiring them to use the file, Hartley said.

In essence, the now - passed legislation requires that all hired car trips begin and end in the fleet partner's headquarters or parking area, which Uber, of course, does not do.

In May 2013, the New York City Council passed legislation requiring employers with 20 or more workers to provide paid sick leave.

In August, lawmakers passed legislation requiring insurance providers to fully cover all reproductive health services — including abortion.

Not exact matches

In 2003, California law makers passed landmark legislation requiring companies that suffer a database compromise — where such databases contain personally identifiable information — to inform all individuals who may have been exposed.

But unlike most legislation, which requires a supermajority in the Senate to even be considered, the resolutions only need a majority vote in both houses to pass.

Congress has passed legislation ending an Obama - era regulation that's required oil and gas companies to disclose payments to the U.S. or foreign governments for commercial development.

This view was expressed in Bill C - 59, the recently passed Budget Omnibus Bill, which included legislation that would require future government's to maintain balanced budgets.

Rep. Ann Wagner, R - Mo., who sponsored the Retail Investor Protection Act, bipartisan legislation passed in the House that would require the Securities and Exchange Commission, not DOL, to take the lead on crafting a fiduciary rule, said Wednesday that she was «working closely with House leadership and members of the Education and Workforce Committee on using the Congressional Review Act to stop [DOL's] ill - advised rule.»

I am proud to announce that Maryland has become the first state in the country to pass legislation that requires transparency and accountability for social -LSB-...]

Critics of the Labor Department's rule have argued that requiring advisors to serve as fiduciaries to the small and midsize plan market will negatively affect access to 401 (k) plans at a time when policymakers at the federal and state level are crafting and passing legislation intended to broaden access to retirement savings for employees of small employers.

Not only could such a gift to businesses be looked down upon by American voters, but it would also complicate the GOP's plan to pass tax legislation through budget reconciliation, a process that requires only a simple majority in the Senate but brings with it limitations on adding to the deficit beyond the span of a decade.

If this new legislation is passed, it will likely just require that banks hold onto more money for emergencies, in reserves, rather than actually separate deposits and lending activities from speculative ones.

LANSING, Mich. (AP)-- Michigan would no longer require that someone be inside a self - driving car while testing it on public roads under legislation passed unanimously Wednesday by the state Senate, where backers touted the measures as necessary to keep...

Because pass - through entities are not required to pay corporate taxes, they won't benefit from this new legislation, but C corporations will.