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5 Feb 2010, 8:43 am by Ashby Jones
A Kansas resolution affirming the state’s 10th amendment rights was on Thursday sent to the state Senate for a full vote. [read post]
13 May 2010, 8:58 am
Gove that would clarify the original intent of the Legislature by closing a loophole used by certain county colleges to deny volunteer emergency personnel tuition assistance under the state’s volunteer tuition credit program. [read post]
8 Dec 2022, 9:06 pm by Dan Flynn
Bill White (R) filed a companion –- Senate Bill 86 (SB86) –-  both on the same day. [read post]
15 Mar 2013, 11:45 am by Michael Markarian
Companion legislation, S. 1921 by Senator Raymond Lesniak, D-Union, has already passed the Senate, and if it’s enacted into law, New Jersey will become the tenth state to end gestation crate confinement. [read post]
8 May 2013, 4:37 pm by Gerald Williams
 Now, the Minnesota legislature is taking up a bill to legalize same sex marriage, and it appears that the bill will reach the House floor for a vote tomorrow (May 9, 2013) and the Senate floor on Monday, May 13, 2013. [read post]
22 Jan 2009, 2:48 pm
The Iowa Legislature has a number of bills it will be considering this session. [read post]
28 Aug 2015, 4:00 am by Dr. Christian E. Mammen
  AB 56 has passed in the Assembly, has passed the Senate appropriations committee, and has been placed on the suspense file for further consideration once the state’s overall budget picture is better known. [read post]
30 May 2014, 3:37 am by Jon Gelman
Today's post was shared by Steven Greenhouse and comes from www.latimes.com The state Senate on Thursday approved a measure that would gradually raise the minimum wage in California from the current $8 an hour to $13 in 2017, despite warnings from the California Chamber of Commerce that the bill is a “job killer. [read post]
8 Feb 2019, 12:11 pm by Elizabeth Lowman
 State Senator Richard Cash introduced the bill in the Senate on Wednesday, and State Representative Josiah Magnuson introduced a similar bill on Thursday. [read post]
16 Feb 2010, 7:52 am by Steve Hall
Bob McDonnell now in office, the bill would again pass through the legislature and become law.But some small changes on the Senate Courts of Justice committee barred its way. [read post]
20 Jun 2019, 10:31 am by Erin Darreff
Oroho (R-Sussex, Warren, Morris), Senate Republican Budget Officer, issued the following statement in response to the State Legislature passing the State Budget Bill today: Statement from Senate Republican Budget Officer Steven Oroho on the State budget. [read post]
25 Sep 2020, 2:39 pm by Robbie Kenney
“Massachusetts took the bull by the horns,” said Senator Joe Pennacchio, who has been calling for a Senate Select Committee to investigate the state’s handling of COVID in long-term care facilities since May. [read post]
13 Aug 2008, 6:57 am
The goal, in theory, was to come up with new money for pay for the state's chronically-underfunded education system.But, as it happened, the session lasted all of 20 minutes in the state House, and not much longer in the Senate. [read post]
26 Aug 2010, 2:17 pm by gstasiewicz
State Senator Pearce issued the following statement on his new brief to defend SB 1070: This ought to be a no-brainer for the courts. [read post]
12 Jan 2011, 9:59 am by Steve Hall
The Legislature sent Quinn on Tuesday a bill to abolish the state's death penalty, which has been frozen for 10 years because of the exonerations of more than a dozen death row inmates. [read post]
17 May 2011, 8:43 am by windpowerlaw
The New York State Senate and Assembly have voted to expand net metering for farm and non-residential customers who generate their own power with wind or solar. [read post]
24 Feb 2009, 6:09 am
...over at Volcanic Ash - By asking the Legislature for a moratorium on ceded land sales, however, OHA possibly undermines its legal case that such sales are unlawful by tacitly conceding that the Legislature and the state have the right to sell the lands or not as they see fit.And by rejecting OHA's request for a moratorium in favor of the two-thirds vote to approve ceded land sales, the Senate is hanging onto the state's right to sell ceded… [read post]
15 Apr 2009, 3:32 pm
Kreiman, who is chairman of the Senate's Judiciary Committee, said he's not sure whether a deal has been reached on the package. [read post]
23 Nov 2011, 6:14 am by Robert M. Jaworski
  These citizens will not be able to wait until the State legislature gets around to raising its usury ceiling. [read post]
27 Jun 2022, 12:08 pm by Robbie Kenney
“In each of the last two Legislatures, the Senate unanimously passed versions of this bill, and once again, my colleagues are standing up for justice,” the Senator continued. [read post]