Sentences with phrase «stiffens penalties»

Importantly, the bill preserves cooperation incentives to aid law enforcement in tracking down kingpins and stiffens penalties for individuals convicted of serious violent felonies.

On his website, Mr. Heastie touts his sponsorship of the Wage Theft Prevention Act, a law that stiffens penalties for employers that steal wages from employees.

The package also stiffens penalties for the sale and possession of heroin and establishes new penalties for fraudulently writing prescriptions.

This past weekend, the MInnesota State High School League took an unprecedented step of changing the rules mid-season, by stiffening the penalties on three of the most violent and dangerous infractions in hockey: checking from behind, boarding and contact to the head will now result in an automatic five - minute «major» against the offending player resulting in ejection and forcing his team to play short - handed for five minutes, regardless of how many times it is scored upon during the ensuing power play.

Minnesota Hockey, the governing body for 40,000 youth hockey players in the state, has voted to continue rule changes enacted last January which stiffened the penalties for checking from behind and boarding and hope for better enforcement.

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.

Other legislation would provide more money for mental health experts at schools and stiffen penalties for bomb threats.

Ninety - one percent of those polled support the new provisions to stiffen penalties on illegal gun use, the poll found.

The Republican - controlled Senate on Wednesday approved three measures designed to stiffen penalties for hate crimes violations and punish groups that participate in the boycott of Israel.

Brooklyn Sen. Martin Golden, a former city cop, plans to introduce legislation stiffening penalties against people who plant so - called community guns — weapons hidden in key locations for use by groups of gang members and other criminals.

The proposed reforms address many of the problems CPS workers face in doing their jobs and stiffen penalties for those who abuse children or abuse the CPS reporting system by filing false claims against individuals.

The New York Department of Health issued new regulations Tuesday that stiffen penalties for the sale or possession of synthetic drugs.

By stiffening the penalties, protecting workers who come forward, and ensuring that unpaid wages are collected, the new law provides the tools we need to ensure justice for the hundreds of thousands of workers in New York who are impacted each year.»

For years, the Senate has passed legislation to stiffen penalties for drivers leaving the scene of serious accidents only to see it shelved in the Assembly.

91 % of those polled support the new provisions to stiffen penalties on illegal gun use, the poll found.

The spill also had a galvanizing effect on lawmakers who passed the federal 1990 Oil Pollution Act to help stave off a repeat of the disaster by increasing oversight, stiffening penalties, mandating contingency planning, and creating new research programs.

It is easy to point fingers; place blame; fortress our schools; push zero - tolerance plans; mandate a bully awareness week; stiffen penalties for bullying; or simply ignore the problem and hope it will go away.

Not exact matches

But the Pats stiffen, with help from a false start penalty.

By stiffening the rules against dangerous play in ice hockey and giving referees less discretion in calling penalties, the Minnesota State High School League has taken an important first step to reduce the number of catastrophic injuries in the sport.

ALBANY — New York will require insurance companies to provide improved coverage for heroin addiction recovery while stiffening some criminal penalties for sale of the drug under a wide - ranging effort agreed to by state leaders Wednesday.

The state Senate unanimously passed legislation Monday that would stiffen criminal penalties against unlicensed drivers who kill or seriously injure someone.

This stiffened up the chassis a bit, allowing for stiffer springs and dampers without any penalty to ride comfort.

In 2014, the PAWS Act was passed, which stiffened fines and penalties, required veterinarians to report suspicions of abuse to authorities (keep in mind if the veterinarian who initially treated Puppy Doe hadn't had the foresight to report her findings to ARL, this case may have never seen the light of day), and established the Animal Cruelty and Protection Task Force, who was charged with providing future protections for animals in Massachusetts.