News by subject: LEG

AARP has endorsed the Credit for Caring Act, bipartisan legislation that would provide up to a $5,000 nonrefundable federal tax credit for eligible working family caregivers. The bill was introduced today in the Senate by Senators Joni Ernst (R-IA),...

The Association for Molecular Pathology (AMP) and the Association of Pathology Chairs (APC) commend U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) for introducing legislation that would allow molecular pathology professionals to continue advancing and offering...

Today Governor Jay Inslee signed the Climate Commitment Act (CCA), SB 5126, into law?positioning Washington State as a national climate leader by passing the first climate legislation to pave the way to net zero carbon emissions by the year 2050....

Ending the captivity of whales, dolphins and porpoises matters to Canadians and is a priority for the Government of Canada.  To this end, the Honourable Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, announced today a...

The National Association for Behavioral Intervention and Threat Assessment (NABITA) is excited to announce that a key piece of legislation, the BIG Act (Behavioral Intervention  Guidelines Act H.R. 2877) passed in the US House of Representatives...

As the Emergency Nurses Association finished its Day off the Hill advocacy event, the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday approved the ENA-supported Effective Suicide Screening and Assessment in the Emergency Department Act....

CompTIA, the nonprofit association for the information technology (IT) industry and workforce, released the following statement from MJ Shoer, senior vice president and executive director of the association's Information Sharing and Analysis...

KW Miller announced today his plans to convert the outdated South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) into an Investor Owned Utility (IOU). Under the conversion SFWMD would be privatized and come under the oversight of the Florida Public...

The Association of Suburban Municipalities (ASM) is releasing its preliminary reaction to Bill 96, An Act Respecting French, the Official and Common Language of Quebec, tabled by the Minister Responsible for the French Language, Simon Jolin-Barrette....

On Thursday, May 13 the U.S. House of Representatives' Appropriations Committee's Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies held a Congressional hearing titled Mental Health Emergencies: Building a Robust...

Today, the Public Affairs Alliance of Iranian Americans (PAAIA), a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization serving the interests of the Iranian American community, applauded the introduction of the Temporary Family Visitation Act (TFVA) in the U.S. House...

The latest draft of legislation from Senate Bill 176 would lead to a massive increase in casino-style gambling machines across Ohio. On Wednesday, the Ohio Select Committee on Gaming released a substitute version of SB 176, which would authorize an...

Today, Governor Abbott signed HB 1094 by Representative Geren and Senator Hancock, making permanent restaurants' ability to safely sell alcohol with pickup and delivery food orders. The Texas Restaurant Association (TRA) worked closely with Gov....

The Florida Citizens Alliance is asking Gov. Ron DeSantis and Education Commissioner Richard Corcoran to halt the adoption of English Language Arts textbooks to ensure they do not contain Critical Race Theory. In addition, the organization wants the...

The John Adams Institute has submitted a proposed constitutional amendment to every member of the United States Senate and House of Representatives. The proposal, which would become the 28th Amendment if ratified, would roll back America's social...

Texas is prepared to change criminal law regarding the possession and use of marijuana. New Mexico recently legalized recreational use, and Virginia is poised to follow suit; hiring managers and HR Departments should be aware of these changes and...

Bloomberg Government today announced that its annual Spring Hill Watch event will be held May 18 as a live webcast. The event follows the recently issued spring edition of Hill Watch, Bloomberg Government's semi-annual, in-depth look at what's...

In a new video from leading right-left anti-corruption organization RepresentUs, comedian Sarah Silverman colorfully urges Congress to pass the For the People Act. The bill has passed the House and goes to the Senate for markup tomorrow....

Today, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Indigenous Services; the Honourable Carolyn Bennett,  Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations; and Pam Damoff, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Indigenous Services, met with Indigenous,...

Wounded Warrior Project® (WWP) government affairs specialist Aleks Morosky recently testified before the Senate and House Committees on Veterans' Affairs, encouraging Congress to take action on toxic exposure legislation. The health issues caused by...

Today, the New York State Senate approved S.1130, to shut down the puppy mill pipeline and end the retail sale of dogs, cats and rabbits in pet stores across the state. Sponsored by Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris (D-Queens), the bill...

The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) has issued technical assistance, followed by a Notice of Violation, Ordinance No. 2020-16 (Group Homes, including Sober Living Homes), to the City of Encinitas. The ten-page Notice...

The newly proposed Climate and Community Investment Act (S4264-A/A6967) would provide hundreds of dollars in direct and immediate energy rebates for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers, advocates say. The bill, which would generate $10-$15 billion...

Today the San Francisco Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, a non-profit animal welfare organization, filed a First Amendment lawsuit against the California Veterinary Medical Board, challenging the limitations on veterinarians' ability...

As one of the nation's leading industrial electrical contractors, Dubak Electrical Group serves most of the continental United States, with the corporate headquarters in La Grange, a suburb of Chicago. We urge the Illinois Senate to oppose the...

Families of truck crash victims with the Truck Safety Coalition today applauded U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-IL) for introducing legislation, the Protecting Roadside First Responders Act (S.1386,...

Since its launch, Black Swan Analytics has advocated for consumers in wildfire areas who have been displaced by their insurance carrier because of either real or perceived wildfire risk. Today, Wildfire Community Preparedness Day, spurs enthusiasm...

NicoKick, the world's leading e-commerce company in the smokeless industry, today released the following statement in response to the Biden administration's ban on menthol cigarettes....

Coinciding with President Biden's 100th day in office today, Family Research Council is releasing a new resource, "Tracking the Biden Administration," that reports President Biden has made at least $479.9 billion available that can subsidize abortion...

Justin Walsh, partner at the Seattle office of Gleam Law, was selected by Seattle University School of Law to teach a class on cannabis law this quarter. With additional states recently legalizing marijuana, and the possibility of marijuana being...

Last week, Chairman Fox of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation (MHA Nation) filed a sworn declaration in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, outlining the multiple ways that the nearly 17,000 members of the MHA Nation...

Today, the Statewide Women's Justice Task Force, organized by the Women's Justice Institute (WJI) with funding from major philanthropic organizations, hosted an event to release an historic plan to reduce the number of women incarcerated in Illinois...

Today a diverse coalition representing tribes, ranchers and conservationists announced strong support of Senate Bill (SB) 332, state legislation that would enable more cultural and prescribed burns. Tribes like the Karuk want to use prescribed fire...

National Marrow Donor Program® (NMDP)/Be The Match is honoring a University of Houston student, Yusuf Khan, during Be The Match Day at the Capitol on Tuesday, April 27. Years after donating bone marrow to his mother, Nadia Sheikh, Khan engaged State...

The National Association for Behavioral Intervention and Threat Assessment (NABITA) is excited to announce a key piece of legislation has been proposed to increase the safety of our students nationwide.  Introduced in the United States House of...

Prime Therapeutics LLC (Prime), a leading pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) serving approximately 33 million members nationally, released the following statement in response to the recent enactment of "The Ensuring Innovation Act" and the "Advancing...

The Department of Industrial Relations (DIR) and its California Labor Commissioner's Office has launched a web-based tool in English and Spanish that offers key information on the new 2021 COVID-19 Supplemental Paid Sick Leave law, Senate Bill No....

Attorney James Holmes of Holmes PLLC announces his support of House Bill 1875 - one of the most important pieces of legislation introduced during this session. According to Holmes, an attorney practicing commercial litigation and oil and gas law in...

DisposeRx, Inc. applauds the introduction of the Pharmacy and Medically Underserved Areas Enhancement Act on April 22, 2021, by U.S. Representatives G.K. Butterfield, (D-NC) and David McKinley (R-WV)....

The nation's largest suicide prevention organization, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and the largest suicide prevention and crisis intervention organization for LGBTQ youth, The Trevor Project, today released this statement:...

Climate Commitment Act (CCA), SB 5126, was passed by the Washington State Legislature today, the first climate legislation in the country to pave the way to net zero carbon emissions by the year 2050.  The historic and carefully crafted...

President Joseph R. Biden today signed into law a monumental new food allergy bill requiring that sesame ? to which nearly 1.6 million Americans are allergic ? be labeled on all packaged foods beginning January 1, 2023 and that food allergy research...

A bipartisan group of Senate leaders have introduced the Farm to School Act of 2021 to support schools, farmers, and communities in building back equitably from the pandemic. The bill, sponsored by Senators Patrick Leahy (D-VT), Thom Tillis (R-NC),...

The Jack Brooks Foundation is hosting an inaugural award ceremony featuring a frank discussion about voting and elections with award recipients Lina Hidalgo and Arnold Schwarzenegger, online and open to the public free of charge on Tuesday, April 27,...

The Muslim-Jewish Advisory Council (MJAC) praises the passage of the Jabara-Heyer National Opposition to Hate, Assaults, and Threats to Equality (NO HATE) Act, 94-1, as an amendment to the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act in the U.S. Senate. The NO HATE Act...

LMU Loyola Law School Professor Justin Levitt, a nationally recognized scholar of constitutional law and the law of democracy, has been appointed White House Senior Policy Advisor for Democracy and Voting Rights by President Joseph Biden and Vice...

American Jewish Committee applauded U.S. senators for overwhelmingly approving today, by a vote of 94-1, the Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer National Opposition to Hate, Assaults, and Threats to Equality (NO HATE) Act. "Decisive bipartisan support in...

Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) today applauded reintroduction of the Growing Climate Solutions Act (GCSA) for the 117th Congress by a bipartisan group of members in the U.S. House of Representatives?including Reps. Don Bacon (R-NE),...

The American Pharmacists Association (APhA) and the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) today praised the introduction of legislation that would give tens of millions of Medicare patients in medically underserved communities access...

New bipartisan legislation introduced today by Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-New Mexico) and Senator Rick Scott (R-Florida) would ultimately mandate drunk driving prevention technology as standard equipment in all new vehicles. The Reduce Impaired Driving...