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1 May 2015, 8:31 am
Good news out of Sacramento: S.B. 192, Senator Liu’s disastrous law mandating helmets and reflective gear for bicyclists, was gutted thanks to strong backlash from bicycle advocates across the state. [read post]
3 Jun 2021, 3:01 pm
It’s hard to believe that when Governor Newsom identifies a total of $7 billion for California’s legislature to spend on broadband access—coming from a mix of state surplus dollars and federal rescue money to invest in broadband infrastructure—that the legislature would do nothing. [read post]
12 May 2010, 6:46 am
The charge seems generally aimed at making it easier for child victims to testify, but on the question of "ensuring that fair and accurate information is solicited from the child," given the number of false eyewitness identifications seen throughout the state, perhaps it would behoove the Legislature to consider requiring corroboration in alleged stranger-rape cases where the victim didn't previously know the defendant (which is a small minority of sex-assault… [read post]
Youthful Indiscretions: California Bills Poised to Regulate Use of Minors’ Data on Social Networks
1 Jul 2013, 7:58 am
Two bills designed to facilitate the removal of minors’ personal information from social networking sites are currently under consideration in the California State Assembly, after being approved in the upper house of the state’s legislature, the Senate, in early 2013. [read post]
18 Nov 2019, 10:53 am
Passing a ban on semiautomatic rifles is an ambitious plan, especially in a Republican-controlled state senate. [read post]
12 Sep 2016, 11:57 am
As reported by NJ.com, a bill before the State Legislature would require state authorities to identify police officers involved in fatal shootings and in-custody deaths within 48 hours of the incident. [read post]
19 May 2021, 1:16 pm
It is time to rein in the Governor and restore power to the elected representatives in the Senate and Assembly, as intended by the state constitution. [read post]
21 Aug 2024, 9:26 am
The Senate passed the measure in May, but it was amended in the Assembly to address tech industry objections. [read post]
29 May 2012, 8:01 am
On Thursday May 24, 2012, State Senator Charleta Tavares of Columbus introduced a bill that would prohibit employers from asking applicants or employees for their social media password. [read post]
1 Sep 2009, 1:54 pm
Because of the over $25 billion state budget deficit, the California Assembly and Senate are proposing cutting the state's prison population, which increased 73% between 1990 and 2006, three times faster than the California adult population. [read post]
16 Apr 2009, 11:43 am
While everyone remains focused on the budget dilemma at the state legislature, other business -- slowly and quietly -- is still occurring. [read post]
30 Mar 2011, 4:18 pm
There were two bills pending before the state's legislature which allow juries to hear evidence that the driver's negligence contributed to the accident in product liability cases involving automobiles. [read post]
17 Jun 2015, 6:00 am
The bill incorporating the amendments passed the Delaware Senate on May 12, 2015 and the Delaware House on June 11, 2015. [read post]
29 May 2015, 4:10 am
As reported by The Advocate, yesterday North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, a Republican, announced he would veto Senate Bill 2 (full text), which was sent to him earlier in the day by the state legislature. [read post]
20 Jun 2018, 7:48 am
Legislative Amendment: Worker’s Compensation (Senate Bill 376; Fla. [read post]
21 May 2008, 12:29 pm
For example, Governor Pawleny grounded his veto of Senate File 3001, a measure relating to education policy, in part on his objection to a requirement that the Minnesota Department of Education undertake expedited rulemaking to promulgate "state and district technology standards. [read post]
4 Apr 2016, 10:59 am
Among the changes to the state’s law, Senate Bill 1516 allows groups registered with the IRS as “social welfare” organizations to withhold disclosing donor information, removes spending caps on expenditures for political fundraisers, and allows for candidate to candidate transfers of campaign funds. [read post]
10 Apr 2012, 11:37 am
As we wrote last month, the Florida state legislature was getting close to passing Assisted Living Facility (ALF) reform legislation in the closing days of this year's session. [read post]
18 Nov 2019, 10:33 am
The Judicial Retirement System would have a representative on the State Investment Council under a bill sponsored by Senator Kip Bateman and advanced today by the Senate State Government Committee. [read post]
17 May 2011, 10:46 am
A 1996 effort to institutionalize the practice and automatically invite the Chief Justice to address the legislature annually (HJR 68 of 1996) was adopted by the House by died in the Senate. [read post]
