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20 Apr 2007, 10:07 am
Having begun a review of the week's criminal justice action at the Texas Legislature here and here, let's wind up the analysis with summaries of legislation moving through the process this week:Not so enhancingA whole slew of criminal penalty increases, known euphemistically as "enhancements," have passed in various House and Senate committees - particularly House Criminal Jurisprudence and Senate Criminal Justice. [read post]
13 Jun 2022, 8:09 am
New Jersey drivers cited for traffic violations captured by cameras in other states would be shielded from predatory fines under Senator Declan O’Scanlon’s legislation cleared by the Senate Law and Public Safety Committee today. [read post]
6 Mar 2010, 11:37 am
Interest in the issue has been spurred by the introduction of a bill in the State Assembly, AB 612. [read post]
18 Nov 2009, 12:24 pm
The Obama administration made a crucial decision from the outset by getting the support of Hamilton's home-state Republican senator, Richard Lugar. [read post]
28 Sep 2021, 9:01 pm
But then Democrats won supermajorities in both houses of the state legislature. [read post]
3 Jan 2012, 7:30 pm
Read this: Quite clearly, the Wisconsin State Senate and Wisconsin State Assembly (collectively, “the Legislature”) and its attorneys are none too pleased with this three-judge Court’s prior orders, filed on December 8, 2011,and December 20, 2011, respectively. [read post]
23 Nov 2016, 1:36 pm
The State of Michigan Court of Appeals this week sided with wolf protection advocates, and declared unconstitutional the Michigan legislature’s attempt to force a trophy-hunting and trapping season on the state’s small population of wolves. [read post]
4 Mar 2019, 2:51 pm
Readers of the blog will remember that legislature directed the office to handle non-capital junk science cases that are referred by the Forensic Science Commission two sessions ago through legislation sponsored by Senator Hinojosa. [read post]
13 Mar 2009, 11:10 am
That's the title of an OpEd by Maryland State Senator Ron Dyson at Southern Maryland Online. [read post]
20 Feb 2018, 1:43 pm
As we discussed in our previous post, Inside CA Legislature’s Housing Package: Funding and Streamlined Approvals for Housing (10/05/17), SB 35 is a component of California’s historic package of 15 housing-related bills that were signed into law by Governor Brown in September 2017, which collectively, evidence the state’s political commitment to facilitating development of more housing, including more affordable housing. [read post]
25 Mar 2012, 9:30 pm
According to the National Council of State Legislatures, 17 states to date do not have legislation in place or pending that authorizes implementation of a state health exchange. [read post]
4 Mar 2008, 11:56 pm
Both the State Journal-Register and the Chicago Tribune report that even though last year the legislature overrode Gov. [read post]
23 Aug 2021, 11:25 am
Sexual Assault by Coach or Tutor Senate Bill 1164, Signed June 16 Senate Bill 1664 expands the circumstances that constitute sexual assault by adding provisions to the definition of consent. [read post]
23 Aug 2011, 7:21 pm
The bill is designed to raise additional money for a state judiciary savaged by the Legislature’s budget cuts. [read post]
1 Nov 2022, 9:04 pm
Prehn, the defendant, a member of an independent agency, refused to leave office after his term expired, and the Republican state senate would not confirm his successor. [read post]
21 May 2020, 10:39 am
Say Months of Shutdown Makes Clear that Legislative Oversight of Governor’s Executive Powers Is Necessary to Prevent Abuses Senator Jim Holzapfel and Assemblymen Greg McGuckin and John Catalano (all R-10) have sponsored legislation that would cause certain executive orders by the governor to expire in 15 days unless extended by the Legislature. [read post]
17 Feb 2009, 9:46 am
"My main message is that it's critically important that the state Senate take a vote on it and not interpret my past position â€â [read post]
11 Sep 2009, 8:57 pm
Earlier in the evening, unrelated to the high court's decision, the state Senate adopted an Assembly-authored prisons bill that changes parole policies and raised the dollar threshold for some property crimes. [read post]
2 Mar 2021, 6:58 pm
State legislatures should design methods to constrain emergency executive powers. [read post]
30 Jan 2010, 6:47 pm
""I think it would be wonderful if the paralegal community could help people without access to attorneys," O'Neil told Legal Assistant Today.During O'Neil's senate term, he sponsored a bill to to have Montana's legislature and not its Supreme Court "oversee court practices. [read post]
