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19 Apr 2009, 11:02 am by Daniel Zimberoff
  In Washington, ESSB 1393, "Addressing residential real property construction improvements through consumer education, warranty protections, contractor registration requirements, and worker certification standards," is similarly stalled in the state Senate. [read post]
30 Aug 2022, 9:05 pm by William Tunney
Following the Kansas tragedy, the state’s legislature overwhelmingly passed the Kansas Amusement Ride Act in 2017, which tightened inspection requirements and mandates parks to report injuries to the state. [read post]
9 Mar 2023, 2:13 pm by Neil H. Buchanan
  After all, the senator is arguing that blogging is "electioneering," which is supposedly the same thing as lobbying. [read post]
23 Jun 2010, 2:41 pm by Mari Cheney
If the senate convenes to vote on a confirmation when the legislature is not already in session, the sessions are called Extraordinary Sessions. [read post]
2 Feb 2008, 7:02 pm
"This is the last opportunity for Nebraska's longest-serving senator to champion a death penalty bill before he's out of office, a casualty of voter-approved term limits. [read post]
16 Aug 2019, 6:27 am by NZB
There are currently 46 states that ban texting while driving for all motorists. 14 states ban the use of handheld devices by all drivers. [read post]
20 Aug 2024, 4:00 am by INFORRM
Western Australia Senator Linda Reynolds is already embroiled in a bruising defamation fight against her former staffer Brittany Higgins. [read post]
22 Jan 2019, 9:43 am by Brad Schnure
To increase transparency in the incentive programs, Pennacchio’s legislation requires audit reports to be published prominently on the websites of the Legislature and State Auditor. [read post]
29 Aug 2011, 1:01 pm by Lovechilde
  Loni Hancock, the well-meaning but misguided state senator from Berkeley, instead authored a bill for a ballot measure to repeal the death penalty. [read post]
31 Aug 2010, 10:12 am by randal shaheen
National marketers will hold their collective breaths to see whether other state legislatures also seek to set standards for environmental marketing claims. [read post]
16 Jun 2011, 9:00 pm
He blamed Republicans for the Legislature's failure to forge a plan acceptable to him. [read post]
18 Dec 2009, 10:05 am by Steve Hall
She said the Senate bill assures the issue will be debated. [read post]
17 Jul 2017, 5:26 am by SHG
If that was true, then the Times would be arguing for the New York State Legislature to change the law. [read post]
11 Sep 2017, 7:24 am by David Strifling
” While the federal REINS Act couldn’t clear the Senate, earlier this year Wisconsin became the first in the nation to enact state-level REINS legislation. 2017 Wisconsin Act 57 makes agency rulemaking more difficult and complex by, among other things: Subjecting an agency’s scope statement to review by the Department of Administration (DOA) and the co-Chairs of the Legislature’s Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules (JCRAR) to… [read post]
26 Aug 2011, 8:44 am by Lovechilde
They failed, however, in their chief goal: winning enough seats to wrest control of the State Senate majority and so shift the balance of power away from Governor Walker and his allies in the legislature. [read post]
22 Feb 2022, 8:57 am by Bryan Hawkins and Robert Sarkisian
  While that surge has seemingly receded in the last few weeks, the California legislature moved forward and passed SB 114 on February 7, 2022, and Governor Newsom signed it on February 9. [read post]
30 Aug 2018, 1:29 pm by Ilya Somin
Since all but one state legislature is bicameral, the three-fourths requirement (which also applies to the other two amendment methods) is even more onerous than it looks. [read post]
23 Sep 2020, 9:01 pm by Vikram David Amar
Arizona voters passed just such an initiative in 2000, and the elected Arizona legislature (acting as a body) challenged the direct-democracy measure, arguing primarily that the so-called Elections Clause of Article I of the Constitution (Article I, section 4)—which states that “The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may… [read post]