Sentences with phrase «signed a law in»

Governor Cuomo signed the law in December 2015.

Pence's most controversial moment as a national figure — and the biggest stumble of his political career — came after he signed a law in Indiana that critics had warned would allow businesses to discriminate against gay men and lesbians.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed a law in January giving local municipalities in New York State the ability to more closely regulate pet dealers.

Meanwhile, President Obama signed a law in February 2012 that gives the FAA until September 2015 to draw up rules that dictate how law enforcement, the military and other entities may use drones in U.S. airspace.

The state of Florida gave schools that opportunity when Governor Rick Scott signed a law in 2013 permitting MOOCs to be taken for credit in any subject where the state had an end - of - course exam, such as algebra and biology.

The biggest reversal has come from Pawlenty, who a year after signing a law in Minnesota to cut greenhouse gas emissions was featured in a radio ad for the Environmental Defense Action Fund.

In the midst of several recent Supreme Court decisions that gained national media attention, was a ruling that could eventually affect sign laws in the Green Mountain State.

Not exact matches

Before you break into a sweat over the small business requirements in the health - care legislation signed into law last month, take a deep breath: Many of its provisions will take months if not years to go into effect.

(One early sign: The Republican House win in the Florida special election in March was due in part to concerns over the health care law.)

The proposed law will now go to the desk of Hawaii's governor, who can sign the bill into law and enact the ban starting in 2021.

If China is jamming US Navy aircraft flying in international airspace at sea, it serve as yet another sign that Beijing may disregard international law and norms to defend its South China Sea land grab.

Signed into law by President Richard Nixon in 1972, Title IX prohibits gender discrimination in any federally funded education program or activity, including universities.

In the Oval Office, President Trump signs the Republican - back tax bill with sweeping reforms into law, as well as bills for missile defense and the short - term funding of the government to avoid a shutdown.

But Trump's picks to head the U.S. health department and its top regulator on Tuesday, along with his recent softening on some aspects of the existing law, is a sign to some sector insiders that instead of chaos, an orderly transition of up to three years to replace it with a plan that healthcare companies actually want could be in store.

In Washington State, a law signed in 2007 mandates that employers in the state may not access credit reports of employees or job applicants unless the information is significantly related to the employee or individual's job responsibilitieIn Washington State, a law signed in 2007 mandates that employers in the state may not access credit reports of employees or job applicants unless the information is significantly related to the employee or individual's job responsibilitiein 2007 mandates that employers in the state may not access credit reports of employees or job applicants unless the information is significantly related to the employee or individual's job responsibilitiein the state may not access credit reports of employees or job applicants unless the information is significantly related to the employee or individual's job responsibilities.

A recent paper by two professors at the University of Massachusetts found that many financial economists who weighed in on the Wall Street overhaul signed into law in July failed to prominently disclose potential conflicts of interest.

One of the documents referred to the project as a «semi-autonomous» area governed «by independent laws and a regulatory framework developed and managed by a private committee,» a sign that it could ease strict rules applied elsewhere in Saudi Arabia.

In 2015, President Obama signed into law a bill allowing U.S. citizens ownership of whatever resources they're able to extract from an asteroid.

Federal law does not require cities to abide by ICE's requests, allowing each official to exercise judgment in detaining a person unless the request was accompanied by a warrant signed by a judge.

In 2008, a bipartisan law signed by President George W. Bush required that unaccompanied minors seized at the border (except those from Mexico or Canada) can not be deported to their home country without a full immigration hearing.

He'd like to increase military spending, sign free trade deals with other Asian countries, make it easier for companies to hire and fire workers, change immigration laws, get more women in the labour force and much more.

The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, the new tax framework that President Donald Trump signed into law 1 1/2 weeks ago, will take effect in the 2018 tax year.

He also signed an «assurance of discontinuance» with the South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs, promising to cease and desist from violating state law and refund fees the company collected from customers in that state.

Rick Perry signed a voter ID law that ranks among the toughest in the U.S. Courts have since weakened that law, too.

Brown in October signed into law a bill that prevents police from inquiring about immigration status and curtails law enforcement cooperation with immigration officers.

Case in point, the M - Beta hotel's public restrooms have two signs: one for each gender, in accordance with the North Carolina state law, but above them are signs that say «All Genders Welcome Restroom.»

The new rules, known as Title III, come from the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act, which President Obama signed into law in 2012.

Gregory Simon, the chief executive of large - scale crowdfunding site Poliwogg, told the Washington Post: «There's another kind of fraud, and that's when Congress and the president pass and sign a law, and thousands of companies organize according to the principles in that law... but academics and people in consumer groups who disagree with the law make it their mission to prevent the law from going into effect.»

In 1972, when Title IX was signed into law, 90 % of women's college teams were coached by women, according to research from the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in SporIn 1972, when Title IX was signed into law, 90 % of women's college teams were coached by women, according to research from the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sporin Sport.

Where possible sign releases in exchange for your providing more benefits or compensation than the law stipulates.

New York's governor signed into law new regulations for Chinatown buses in 2012 requiring them to stop only at designated places.

Signed into law by President Obama in 2011, it was the most extensive reform to food safety regulations in more than 70 years.

A new law, which was passed by the State Legislature and signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier this fall, will take effect next month, establishing a formula for maintenance, or alimony, payments in New York.

The two - month temporary extension of the payroll tax cut was finally signed into law, keeping an average of $ 40 per paycheck in the pocket of working Americans.

Connecticut senator Chris Murphy, a longtime ally of Sandy Hook families who helped craft the bipartisan health legislation, said the bill «probably would not have just been signed into law without Sandy Hook Promise's advocacy in Congress and with the White House».

The reform to the tax system signed into law by President Donald Trump on Dec. 22 will force the British lender to reduce the value of its deferred tax assets, prompting it to take a one - off charge in its results for the 12 months to the end of December.

The current batch of RFRA laws, such as the one about to be signed in Arkansas, are thought to circumvent successes that same sex marriage has had in the past few years.

The agency was authorized to come up with its own fiduciary regulation in the Dodd - Frank legislation signed into law in 2010.

(Sign of the times: The website of a top employment law firm recently featured a question from an executive asking if she can fire a worker she saw in a political protest covered on TV.)

Snyder, a former computer executive who had campaigned as a moderate in the 2010 election, had said for nearly two years that right - to - work was too divisive for Michigan, but said he would sign a law if the legislature passed it.

While strict mortgage - lending laws were in place before he took office and they came at a cost — less home ownership and slower economic growth — the state's conservative rules, as WSJ notes, «largely prevented the state's residents from signing the types of dubious home loans written in other markets across the country.»

If you want to ensure that new spouse disclaims his or her share — which could be as much as half the estate, depending on state law — you'll need a signed waiver to that effect in a pre - or post-nup, said Davis, who is also a principal of Allman Spry Davis Leggett & Crumpler in Winston - Salem, North Carolina.

Tobacco manufacturers once had relatively free reign, with even doctors starring in commercials, on the airwaves before being banned from television and radio advertising in 1970 when President Richard Nixon signed the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act into law.

Obama's budget, to be formally released Monday, will call for $ 74 billion more than the levels frozen in place by across - the - board cuts agreed to by both Democrats and Republicans and signed by Obama into law.

The outcry is in response to Indiana's Republican Gov. Mike Pence signing into law a «religious freedom» bill that will free individuals and business owners from abiding by state and local laws that «substantially» burden their exercise of religion, unless the government can prove that it has a compelling interest and is doing so by the least restrictive means.

While the bills seem to be in response to the legalization of same - sex marriage, their model is actually the Religious Freedom Restoration Act that was signed into law in 1993 by President Bill Clinton.

U.S. President Donald Trump signed the massive tax overhaul into law in December.

Thanks to the work of Democratic Leader Harry Reid and others, the Travel Promotion Act was added to another must - pass bill and was signed into law in March of 2010.

On Feb. 1, Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels signed a controversial right - to - work law prohibiting workers in union shops from being forced to pay union dues — less than 48 hours before Electro - Motive announced the closure of the London plant, its jobs expected to move to the Hoosier state.

North Carolina's HB2 was signed into law by Governor Pat McCrory, a Republican who lost his bid for re-election in November.