HB389 – Republican Bill Protecting People from Republican Policies
Republican State Representative Ruth Briggs King has an interesting bill. Her HB389 would allow the practice of itemized property taxContinue Reading
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The Ridiculous Ping Pong Battle between the House and Senate over Bump Stocks
It is a simple bill. It was a simple bill. The original bill, HB300, would make it a Class EContinue Reading
SB172 – Education Funding Transparency
Senator Sokola has introduced a bill that will supposedly increase the public’s access to education funding information. It does thisContinue Reading
HB302(S) – Preventing Gun Possession by Dangerous Mentally Ill – Passes Senate
And it passed the Senate unanimously, 21-0, which may be an encouraging sign for other gun control bills still waitingContinue Reading
Bill Banning Child Marriage Faces some Republican Resistance
What is with Republicans and child marriage (or human-animal sexual relations if you saw what happened in Lousiana)? So RepresentativeContinue Reading
HB319(S) – If Medicare says yes, you can’t say no.
Private health insurance companies deny coverage for a treatment all the time because they say the particular treatment is experimental,Continue Reading
HB375 – Banning Large Capacity Magazines
Yeah, a private citizen who just wants to defend his home or property or just wants to hunt doesn’t needContinue Reading
Vote Tracker Categorized
I decided to change up the Vote Tracker and how it is organized. Before, it was organized by the statusContinue Reading
It’s Bob Marshall this time.
HB330, the bill sponsored by Speaker Pete Schwartzkopf that has already passed the House 24-16, was laid on the tableContinue Reading
HB399 – Equal Rights Constitutional Amendment
There is no Equal Rights Amendment to the United States Constitution. And there is no Equal Rights Amendment in theContinue Reading
Senate Passes SB139 (Insurance Coverage for Fertility Care Services)
The Senate passed Bryan Townsend’s SB139 unanimously. I was honestly surprised by this, as this would typically be something anContinue Reading
SB165 – Making Unions Great Again
I need someone to explain this bill to me. SB165 would permits private sector labor organizations and employers to enterContinue Reading
SB162 – Recorded Interrogations
This is another common sense criminal justice reform, which might explain why no Republican will sponsor it. Senator Henry’s SB162Continue Reading
HB350 – Biometric Privacy
Now this bill is interesting. And relevant given recent events with Facebook being hacked by the Trump campaign and RussiaContinue Reading
More Bill Filings in the General Assembly
We have some more bill filings that are interesting but not interesting enough on their own to warrant an individualContinue Reading