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23 Feb 2004, 10:35 am
In Monday's civil rights news, the US House of Representatives will vote this week on the Unborn Victims of Violence Act, which would make it a federal crime to kill or injure a fetus. [read post]
6 Apr 2006, 1:27 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] on Wednesday passed the 527 Reform Act of 2006 [HR 513 text, PDF; bill summary], legislation that would require non-profit political groups, called "527s" for the tax code section under which they are organized, to register as political committees and follow campaign finance rules [FEC materials]. 527 groups [OpenSecret.org backgrounder [read post]
23 Nov 2009, 8:01 am
The Act, titled the Medicare Physician Payment Reform Act of 2009 (H.R. 3961), passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 243-183. [read post]
19 Feb 2010, 10:43 am
2-19-2010 New Hampshire:CONCORD — A bill that would prevent communities from establishing residency restrictions for sex offenders has passed the state House of Representative and is on its way to the Senate.House Bill 1484, which would prohibit any political subdivision of the state from adopting an ordinance or bylaw that restricts the residence of a sex offender or an offender against [read post]
12 Feb 2007, 11:07 am
[JURIST] The New Mexico House of Representatives [official website] passed a bill Monday that would abolish the state death penalty [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
13 Mar 2018, 2:07 pm
The Idaho House of Representatives [official website] passed a bill [text, PDF] on Monday requiring the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare [official website] to provide information to women seeking abortions about reversing a medical abortion once it has begun. [read post]
22 Jul 2008, 4:04 pm
[JURIST] Executives from several Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and broadband internet service providers urged the US House of Representatives [PDF witness list] on Tuesday to pass HR 3914 [draft materials], a bill that would make it harder for companies to avoid Federal Communications Commission (FCC) [official website] anti-competitive practice rules. [read post]
15 May 2015, 8:51 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] on Wednesday approves the USA Freedom Act [text], which would end the National Security Agency's (NSA) [official website] mass collection of Americans' phone data. [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 12:00 am
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted unanimously in favor of the Hire More Heroes Act of 2015 (H.R. 22), a bill that would exempt employees covered under TRICARE or other health insurance provided by the Veterans Administration from being counted toward the Affordable Care Act's 50-employee employer mandate threshold.read more [read post]
19 May 2016, 10:35 am
By a vote of 233-189, representatives approved... [read post]
9 Feb 2017, 10:18 am
[JURIST] The Mississippi House of Representatives [official website] approved a bill [HB 638 materials] Wednesday that would allow execution by firing squad, nitrogen gas or electrocution if the current method of execution, lethal injection, is deemed unconstitutional by a court. [read post]
6 Jan 2015, 12:00 am
On Tuesday, the House of Representatives voted unanimously in favor of the Hire More Heroes Act of 2015 (H.R. 22), a bill that would exempt employees covered under TRICARE or other health insurance provided by the Veterans Administration from being counted toward the Affordable Care Act's 50-employee employer mandate threshold.read more [read post]
29 Sep 2008, 2:20 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives on Monday rejected a financial rescue bill [PDF text; summary] that would have allowed courts to review purchases of troubled assets made by the US Treasury Department [official website]. [read post]
9 Jan 2007, 12:52 pm
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] passed its first piece of legislation for the 110th Congress late Tuesday, a bill [HR 1 text] to implement the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission [official website] remaining after the enactment of the Intelligence Reform bill [JURIST report] in 2004. [read post]
15 Feb 2011, 8:12 am
[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] voted 275 to 144 [roll call vote] Monday to extend surveillance provisions of the USA Patriot Act [text; JURIST news archive] which could expire February 28. [read post]
23 Jun 2011, 3:33 pm
United States House of Representatives passed H.R. 1249, which is known as the America Invents Act by a vote of 304-117. [read post]
8 Mar 2011, 2:27 pm
[JURIST] The Texas House of Representatives [official website] on Monday voted 107-42 [roll call] to approve legislation that requires women seeking an abortion [JURIST news archive] to undergo an ultrasound before the procedure is performed. [read post]
8 Apr 2011, 8:01 am
[JURIST] The Alabama House of Representatives [official website] voted 69-19 [roll call] Thursday to approve a bill [HB 18, PDF] that would ban abortion [JURIST news archive] after 20 weeks of gestation, except in cases where the mother's life is at risk or she faces serious injury. [read post]
19 Jan 2016, 2:15 pm
ANNAPOLIS — Representatives from Tradepoint Atlantic, owners of the 3,100-acre Sparrows Point property, laid out their legislative wish list on Tuesday. [read post]
9 Mar 2017, 9:02 am
[JURIST] The Colorado House of Representatives [official website] approved a bill [text, PDF] on Thursday that would ban sexual orientation conversion therapy for people under 18. [read post]
