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23 Jun 2016, 8:12 pm
” (For more info on the rejection of the Lavern’s Law by the NY legislature see our previous blog.) [read post]
24 Mar 2020, 1:01 am
On this day in history, the Maryland House of Delegates joined the Maryland Senate in approving Senate Joint Resolution 6, a resolution in which “the State of Maryland expresses profound regret for the role that Maryland played in instituting and maintaining slavery and for the discrimination that was slavery’s legacy. [read post]
20 Jan 2011, 10:17 am
., Chief Justice Christine Durham will present the State of the Judiciary address to the Utah State Senate on the opening day of the state legislature. [read post]
14 Nov 2011, 7:02 am
The senate will reconvene at 6 p.m. on November 14, 2011. [read post]
31 Mar 2009, 5:29 am
Watch the whole thing, but at about the 3:20 mark, when answering a question regarding the extent of the state supreme court's reliance on the Apology Resolution in enjoining the state from selling ceded lands, Senator Hanabusa remarks that - Prior to this point in time, when you look at the decisions by the Hawaii Supreme Court, I never saw a reference to injunctions being offered. [read post]
25 Jan 2010, 12:04 pm
For example, Senate Majority Leader Sheldon Killpatrick gave up his position in his home state legislature this past week after he was busted for driving under the influence of alcohol. [read post]
18 Mar 2013, 12:49 pm
“This legislature has the duty to pass one of the most important initiatives in state history — to protect children from the most dangerous predators and destroy a rapidly proliferating industry that ruins lives,” said the act’s primary sponsor Kevin O’Toole (R-Bergen, Essex, Morris, Passaic). [read post]
14 Jan 2014, 9:02 am
Senator Joe Kyrillos (R-Monmouth) issued the following remarks about the State of the State: “Governor Christie has consistently led us in a bipartisan fashion to accomplish landmark reforms, with a steadfast focus on accomplishing what the people elected us all to get done. [read post]
1 Jun 2020, 2:27 pm
The Legislature also passed Senate Joint Resolution 0038, placing a constitutional amendment on the statewide ballot enacting a lobbyist gift ban. [read post]
10 Mar 2018, 6:16 am
California and harshly criticized the Golden State's "sanctuary" laws, suggesting that the legislature had embraced "open borders" and wanted to secede from the Union (like his... [read post]
13 Mar 2014, 4:20 am
It passed the Senate yesterday by a vote of 40-10. [read post]
30 Mar 2016, 1:46 pm
The legislature made several significant strides while in session, including partially eliminating the state’s prevailing wage, passing a contentious budget, replacing the Government Accountability Board with ethics and elections commissions, and overhauling state campaign finance laws. [read post]
16 May 2011, 5:00 am
An earlier post on this site captioned "There's a new bill in the Texas Legislature for taxing out-of-state sellers like Amazon.com" discussed the introduced version of Texas House Bill 2403, officially captioned on the Texas Legislature's web site as a bill “Relating to retailers engaged in business in this state for purposes of sales and use taxes. [read post]
6 Jan 2012, 1:02 pm
SJR 13 of 2012 repeats almost verbatim SJR 1 of 2005, a previous effort to change merit selection that was approved by the state’s Senate in that year. [read post]
14 Nov 2014, 9:17 am
Senator Oroho succeeded Senator Littell as the state Senate representative in the 24th District after Senator Littell retired after 40 years in the state Legislature which at the time placed him as the longest serving state legislator in New Jersey’s history: “New Jersey lost a giant today. [read post]
20 Feb 2015, 5:06 am
The election of Revels to the United States Senate occurred prior to the adoption of the 17th Amendment, so it fell to the state legislature to elect Revels to the upper house of Congress. [read post]
9 Feb 2011, 8:59 am
All Parties Must Have a Seat at the Reform Table, Especially the Taxpayers Senator Joe Pennacchio, a member of the Senate Budget and Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement regarding pension reform bills introduced in the Legislature: “I am optimistic that Senate President Sweeney and I will be able to work together and come to an honest and fair solution to the crisis now facing the state’s pension systems. [read post]
25 Feb 2014, 9:27 pm
In Salem today the Senate Judiciary Committee sent to the full Senate an important bill that could change the way Oregon drunk driving cases are decided. [read post]
27 Dec 2018, 7:11 am
We thank the California legislature for taking the time to think through the issue, and avoid the original bill’s unintended negative consequences. [read post]
12 Mar 2012, 8:01 am
The session is slated to deal with the Florida Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the legislature’s redistricting plan for the state Senate. [read post]
