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The League of Women Voters of Massachusetts celebrates several major legislative victories during the 2021-2022 formal legislative session, which ended July 31, 2022. (lwvma.org)
HOUSTON (January 22, 2021) - Yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott held a roundtable discussion in Austin with law enforcement and public safety advocates to discuss his legislative priorities to ensure a safer future for the Lone Star State. (crime-stoppers.org)
On May 26, 2021, the Yukon Legislative Assembly adopted Motion No. 61, thereby establishing the Special Committee on Electoral Reform. (yukonassembly.ca)
As we pass the home stretch of the 2021 legislative session, I wanted to thank you for the honor of representing you in the Washington State Senate. (wastateleg.org)
The WHO Management Response Plan, which was issued in October 2021 in response to the Independent Commission's report, includes actions to review and reform the Secretariat's structures, including the commissioning of an independent audit of investigatory processes. (who.int)

The VOTES Act made reforms permanent that were put in place for the 2020 elections to deal with pandemic issues. (lwvma.org)

The consultation is the result of discussions by the RCVS Legislative Working Party (LWP) which was established in 2017. (bsava.com)
For a presentation of this information, please see our 2017 Legislative Wrap Up Webinar . (wscadv.org)

The Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006 (c 51) (LRRA) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. (wikipedia.org)
It was enacted to replace the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 (RRA). (wikipedia.org)
A similar procedure is possible under the existing RRA, which permits a minister to make Regulatory Reform Orders (RROs). (wikipedia.org)
This is the text of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill, as ordered by the House of Commons to be printed on 11th January 2006. (parliament.uk)
In my view the provisions of the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Bill are compatible with the Convention rights. (parliament.uk)
Governor Parson and Governor Reynolds' powerful remarks echo the regulatory reform efforts by ALEC and its membership of state legislators throughout the country. (alec.org)

The left-leaning Kentucky Center for Economic Policy hopes to see movement on a bail reform bill pre-filed for Kentucky's 2019 legislative session. (wkyufm.org)
By no longer burdening local governments with holding these people and letting them live in the community and live in their home in their regular lives, it will save money for local communities if we do bail reform," he told WKU Public Radio. (wkyufm.org)
Bills on bail reform, inmate crowding and oversight of the troubled state public safety department are moving forward. (civilbeat.org)
In the final weeks of the session, the measure was modified to include bail reform and a more comprehensive system to monitor the workings of the corrections department. (civilbeat.org)
The ramifications of bail reform have taken its toll on the citizens of Harris County, many who have paid the ultimate price with the loss of their life. (crime-stoppers.org)

Under clause 1 of the Bill, a minister can only make an order for two purposes: "reforming legislation" or "implementing recommendations" made by the Law Commission, the Scottish Law Commission or the Northern Ireland Law Commission, with or without changes. (wikipedia.org)
The LWP Report focusses on five core principles on which any reform and new veterinary legislation might be based. (bsava.com)
In short, Mr. Chair and members," Griffin said (again), "we have concerns about how the legislative process is being abused and the impact this has on the public's ability to follow and comment on proposed legislation. (minnpost.com)
This act incorporates several of the key reforms the Indiana Legislature passed, some of which are similar to existing ALEC model legislation, including Charter Schools Act, School Scholarships Act, and Early Graduation Scholarship Act. (alec.org)
Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Mila Jasey and Albert Coutinho to help create strong performing charter schools in failing school districts was granted final legislative approval by the Senate on Monday. (assemblydems.com)
The Affordable Care Act was a groundbreaking moment in regards to healthcare legislation reform. (thepcc.org)
To achieve these ambitions, the Kenya Law Reform Commission, in collaboration with relevant government agencies, is spearheading the process of formulating or reviewing various legislation to ensure these development priorities are actualised. (go.ke)
Legislative support entails review of the current legal framework and systematic development of legislation which will include integration, unification of the law, and elimination of anomalies, repeal of obsolete and unnecessary laws and generally simplification and modernisation of the law to achieve this agenda. (go.ke)
The Kenya Law Reform Commission (KLRC) (the Commission) is the primary agency tasked with the mandate of keeping under review all the law of the Kenya as well as provision of advice, technical assistance and information to the national and county governments with regard to the reform and review of their legislation. (go.ke)
Uncodified provision adds to the charge of the Legislative Research Commission's Study of Rates and Transfers/Public Enterprises authorization to recommend legislation necessary to grant or clarify mandatory connection authority relating to use of an engineering option permit for wastewater, for multiple public systems operating singularly, and for public-private partnerships. (unc.edu)

We'll keep you informed about relevant reform initiatives happening in real-time at either our State Legislature or the executive or regulatory agencies. (beautyfederation.org)
assist the Head of APO and designated prosecutors with drafting the commentaries, observations and feedback on the above mentioned legislative initiatives that are to be presented by APO to relevant executive branch agencies and Parliament. (civic.md)

A Kentucky policy institute is pushing state lawmakers to address criminal justice reform during the next legislative session. (wkyufm.org)
At the start of each new congressional session, the majority leader signals the Senate's priorities by assigning important legislative issues a bill number-the lower the number, the greater the priority. (americanprogressaction.org)
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) spoke volumes about the Senate's upcoming session by introducing S. 1 yesterday-"A bill to reform America's broken immigration system. (americanprogressaction.org)
Two bills passed Friday came in the waning days of a tumultuous legislative session where the shortcomings in the state's corrections department were highlighted by news reports of a riot at the overcrowded Maui Community Correctional Center and an effort to unseat public safety director Nolan Espinda . (civilbeat.org)
Several bills were heard yesterday in the New Mexico Legislative Session House Energy, Environment and Natural Resources Committee with good outcomes! (sanjuancitizens.org)
This page shows information from a previous legislative session and is presented for archive purposes only. (ar.us)
Same-day voter registration was dropped from the VOTES Act, but we will be back next legislative session with a bill to get that done. (lwvma.org)
Speaking Saturday, Governor Tim Walz said he was embarrassed to see Minnesota lawmakers go home overnight after failing to reach an agreement on significant police reforms on Friday during a special session. (fox9.com)
As has been the case in many states this year, Kentucky's 2022 legislative session was historic. (ksmcpa.com)
A new Legislative session is upon us. (okvoterchoice.org)
This entry was posted in Current Events and tagged 2014 Legislative Session . (okvoterchoice.org)
Get information on legislative sessions in each state, district and territory, including regular legislative session dates as well as special session dates. (lexisnexis.com)
The initiative gained momentum this legislative session following the Robb Elementary mass shooting in Uvalde last May, where the gunman died. (kxan.com)
As House Speaker Ken Martinez put an end to the 2013 regular legislative session on Saturday, a number of journalists and others took to Twitter to express their shock at what had just happened. (nmindepth.com)
As the session concluded around noon on Saturday, the House gave final legislative approval to a major rewrite of the tax code most had seen for the first time only minutes earlier. (nmindepth.com)
The business of the state is having a rough time as the second special legislative session is still missing a quorum in the House. (reformaustin.org)
The first legislative session ended in a stalemate when more than fifty Democrats left Texas to block a massive restriction of voter rights and access from being passed. (reformaustin.org)
Abbott has still not vowed to restore funding to the legislative branch, which he vetoed from the state budget after the Democrats walked out of the regular session to prevent the passage of the voter restriction bill. (reformaustin.org)
This report provides an update on actions taken by the Secretariat since the 150th session of the Executive Board in January 2022 to reform the Office of Internal Oversight Services and related policies and procedures in line with decisions made by the Executive Board and recommendations of independent advisory bodies. (who.int)

When it comes to occupational licensing reform, ALEC adopted a universal recognition model policy in 2019, the Interstate-Mobility and Universal Recognition Occupational Licensing Act - that allows states to recognize work experience, private certification or an occupational license from another state. (alec.org)
Using quantitative content analysis, legislative texts are used to construct Discourse Quality Indices (Steenbergen et al 2003, Bächtiger and Parkinson 2019), whereas qualitative content analysis deepens our knowledge of the meaning of quality discourse by considering the relevance of the order of various statements and the cultural and political context. (lu.se)

Ballot Structures and Legislative Behavior: Changing Role Orientations via Electoral Reform. (harvard.edu)
The all-party Special Committee on Electoral Reform has presented its final report to the Yukon Legislative Assembly. (yukonassembly.ca)
The committee's purpose, or mandate, as set out in the motion, was to examine electoral reform and report to the Legislative Assembly its findings and recommendations. (yukonassembly.ca)
Recommendation No. 1 The Special Committee on Electoral Reform recommends that Yukoners be given the opportunity to vote on a proposed change to Yukon's voting system both before any such change is implemented and again after a trial period with a new voting system. (yukonassembly.ca)
Recommendation No. 2 The Special Committee on Electoral Reform recommends that any decision on voting systems reflects the importance of balance for rural and urban representation. (yukonassembly.ca)
Recommendation No. 3 The Special Committee on Electoral Reform supports the creation of a Yukon Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform. (yukonassembly.ca)
Throughout its study of electoral reform, the committee worked diligently to reach consensus. (yukonassembly.ca)

This afternoon the four legislative leaders and the governor reached an agreement in principle on historic school funding reform," House Republican Leader Jim Durkin and Senate Republican Leader-designee Bill Brady said in a joint statement. (nbcchicago.com)
This bill is written as an omnibus education reform act. (alec.org)
Some may find it most useful to introduce as an omnibus bill, while others may prefer to introduce separate measures depending upon legislative dynamics, as well as the current policies in each state. (alec.org)
A year ago this week, senators introduced S. 744 , the comprehensive immigration reform bill, to much fanfare. (immigrationimpact.com)
It was a high point for the immigration reform movement, only to be eclipsed by the bipartisan vote to move the bill out of committee and then, in June 2013, final passage in the Senate itself. (immigrationimpact.com)
Gov. Snyder signing business tax reform bill with, from left, SBAM President and CEO Rob Fowler, SBAM Director of Government Relations David Jessup, SBAM Vice President Government Relations David Palsrok, Lt. Gov. Brian Calley. (sbam.org)
The bill, which passed the Senate by a vote of 25-13, is part of a larger charter school reform package passed by the Assembly in June. (assemblydems.com)
While the PBFC was successful in removing some of the most threatening elements of the early iteration of the bill (e.g., removing hair-cutting from our licensed scope), we remained opposed to these sweeping reforms throughout the legislative process (as much for the timing, coming on the heels of Covid lockdowns, as the substance). (beautyfederation.org)
House Bill 8 - a tax reform package that includes a plan to phase out individual income tax, increase taxes on certain services, and eliminate sales tax exemptions for a wide range of industries - was originally vetoed by Gov. Andy Beshear. (ksmcpa.com)
The investigation directly prompted House Bill 1998 , a medical board reform initiative that aimed to make it a Class A misdemeanor to lie on medical license applications and prevent doctors who had their licenses revoked elsewhere from practicing in Texas. (kxan.com)
Abbott signed into law Senate Bill 49 , a legislative item designed to expand access to Texas' crime victims compensation fund and increase payouts for specific claims. (kxan.com)
President Obama signing the health insurance reform bill, March 23, 2010. (cdc.gov)
While even the passive follower of health reform surely recognizes the historic nature of this event, many of the details are not well understood-specifically the prevention provisions in the bill and the implications for workplace safety and health. (cdc.gov)

Massive committee bills, even-bigger omnibus bills and last-minute closed-door deals have characterized legislative sessions for years. (minnpost.com)
Davies also said he thinks the legislative process could be made more efficient, more-transparent and less partisan if small subcommittees worked on individual bills. (minnpost.com)

At various times during the 20th Century, the government and people of California have sought to reform the fiscal management of the state. (planningreport.com)

Their efforts have helped to push at least 30 House Republicans to endorse major immigration reform, including a path to citizenship. (immigrationimpact.com)
Recent bipartisan polling by Public Opinion Strategies and Hart Research Associates finds that 77 percent of Americans are in favor of a balanced immigration reform plan that includes a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants, enhanced border security, and accountability for employers who hire unauthorized workers. (americanprogressaction.org)

ST. PAUL, Minn. (FOX 9) - Speaking Saturday, Governor Tim Walz said it was an 'embarrassment' to see Minnesota lawmakers go home overnight without reaching a deal on significant police reforms, after the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis sparked calls for changes across the United States. (fox9.com)
From changes to unemployment insurance to welfare reform, lawmakers clearly prioritized the state's budget. (ksmcpa.com)
Oklahomans for Ballot Access Reform is once again calling on state lawmakers to demonstrate their faith in democracy and hand the keys to the electoral process back over to the voting public. (okvoterchoice.org)

Since 2018, an additional five countries8 have undertaken legislative reforms to increase protection from gender-based violence and female genital mutilation. (who.int)
The launch of the Eastern Mediterranean Regional Forum for Road Safety Legislators in September 2018 as a chapter of the Global Network of Road Safety Legislators was a phenomenal achievement and a major stride to provide political leadership, a systematic response, well-orchestrated actions and collaboration of governments and civil society at all levels to achieve results and to advocate for and adopt legislative and policy frameworks to improve road safety. (who.int)

The LWP also recommends reforming the appeal processes and making changes to disciplinary arrangements. (bsava.com)
epub comparative legislative reforms and History appeal is a disruptive Democracy of sex marketing and Continent. (cabtc.com)

The wife of U.S. Senator Rand Paul is lending her voice to criminal justice reform. (wkyufm.org)

There might have been no better illustration of how long the lack of transparency at the Minnesota Legislature has been a problem than the testimony provided by a longtime lobbyist and former legislative staffer at an informational hearing Wednesday on legislative process reform. (minnpost.com)
The Indiana Education Reform Package is inspired by their comprehensive set of K-12 education reforms adopted by the Indiana Legislature in the spring of 2011 and signed by Governor Mitch Daniels. (alec.org)
Sen. Clarence Nishihara, left, and Rep. Gregg Takayama shepherded major justice reform measures through the Legislature. (civilbeat.org)

Many of the most badly needed reforms to the way we conduct immigration enforcement are embedded in years of bad policy choices. (immigrationimpact.com)
Our unparalleled experience and our real-time insights are reliable and actionable, keeping you on the cutting-edge of the most important policy and regulatory reforms. (beautyfederation.org)
In this study, the cases of the German Elterngeld reforms are applied to scrutinise the influences of these three strategies on domestic policy- making. (lu.se)
She has occupied senior positions in programme development and implementation as well as policy and legislative reforms. (who.int)
This project uses a mixed-method design to examine how and why politicians engaged in political deliberation before enacting path-breaking social policy reforms in 16 rich democracies from 1900 to 1980. (lu.se)
Understanding the role of political deliberation in major social policy reforms sheds light on the promise and peril of employing political deliberation in addressing present-day risks such as climate change. (lu.se)
In Part I, linear regression is used to gauge broad trends in the determinants and consequences of reform activity using a new dataset on social policy reforms, thereby recommending a subset of reforms for further analysis that are likely to exhibit differing degrees of deliberation given characteristics of the reform and country context. (lu.se)
In sum, Part II responds to the question of how and why governments engage in deliberation over major social policy reforms. (lu.se)

The Illinois Republican House and Senate announced Thursday that the four top legislative leaders and Gov. Bruce Rauner have reached a "historic" school funding reform. (nbcchicago.com)
Governor Rauner applauds the four leaders in coming to a consensus on historic school funding reform that reflects the work of the School Funding Reform Commission," the statement reads. (nbcchicago.com)

Deliberating, or the act of openly justifying reforms, potentially brings opposing sides to a common understanding, such as in the case of the New Deal in the US (Ackerman 1998). (lu.se)

Not surprisingly, then, it is really up to the business community, evangelical faith leaders, law enforcement, and other voices that have traditionally held more sway with Republicans to step up to the plate on pushing for legislative change. (immigrationimpact.com)
In Congress, a bipartisan consensus on immigration reform has emerged, with Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) putting immigration at the top of his legislative agenda and Republicans such as Florida Sen. Marco Rubio coming out strongly in favor of fixing our nation's broken immigration system. (americanprogressaction.org)

Health reform or the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was passed by the House of Representatives on March 21, 2010, and signed by the President on March 23, 2010. (cdc.gov)

Its remit was to examine the Veterinary Surgeon's Act 1966 (VSA), which governs the legislative framework for the veterinary related professions, and propose reforms that ensure the RCVS is a modern and efficient regulator. (bsava.com)

Americans for Tax Reform Opposes All Tax Increases As a Matter of Principle . (atr.org)

and formal legislative authorization for the Community Preventive Services Task Force and the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. (cdc.gov)

Phil Griffin, in response to a request from state Rep. Gene Pelowski, Jr., dug up and offered testimony on the shortcomings of the legislative process he had delivered before. (minnpost.com)

After statewide hearings and extensive debate, all 34 commissioners unanimously endorsed a pragmatic set of reforms that could go far in addressing this too-long neglected constitutional problem. (planningreport.com)
Friends, As I hope you are aware, I have attended several hearings of the Senate Select Committee on Property Tax Reform & Relief. (konniburton.com)

news Communications Minister Mitch Fifield has labelled Stephen Conroy's successful amendments to force a radical degree of transparency on the NBN company as being a "legislative stunt" from the Labor Senator he said was still serving as the defacto Shadow Communications Minister. (delimiter.com.au)

How Will Healthcare Reform Affect Psychiatry Coverage? (medscape.com)
It concerns the process of healthcare reform -- a legislative process -- and the way in which laws, which have been a long time in coming, are going to be implemented. (medscape.com)

Pressure from all sides and all angles is what it will take to make reform happen this year-or any year. (immigrationimpact.com)

While progress in reform strikes advocates as considerable, and includes the likes of new campaign issues (flextime arrangements), old campaign issues (lifetime work guarantees), and fresh legislative aids (OSHA), resistance remains dominant. (cdc.gov)

The LWP recommends a number of reforms to improve the RCVS's registration processes. (bsava.com)

Attempts to characterize the pressure for administrative reform as giving up on Congress fundamentally misconstrue the kind of political action-and passion-that immigration reform inspires. (immigrationimpact.com)
Endnotes from A Better Congress: Change the Rules, Change the Results: A Modest Proposal: Citizen's Guide to Legislative Reform. (thecapitol.net)

It was also an opportunity to put the Regional Forum in a more practical perspectives through a Regional Road Safety Legislative Initiative aiming at legal and institutional reform at country level. (who.int)

52 - 66 (The Legislative Branch). (thecapitol.net)

You are leaving our site and the Bureau of Legislative Research is not responsible for the content of external websites. (ar.us)
In Part IIa, the legislative sessions for each reform in this subset are analyzed using quantitative and qualitative content analysis. (lu.se)

Activists are asking DHS and the White House to make the best of a bad situation , knowing full well that only major legislative change can make lasting difference. (immigrationimpact.com)

In this episode of WichitaLiberty Radio: Kansas Representative John Rubin has proposed two reforms to legislative procedure at the Kansas Capitol that, I believe, would improve the process. (wichitaliberty.org)
They are simply groups of citizens trying to get their way in the legislative process. (thecapitol.net)

Clause 8 prevents orders being made in relation to matters within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament, and Clause 9 prevents orders being made to alter the functions of the Welsh Assembly without its prior consent. (wikipedia.org)
This site is maintained by the Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research, Information Systems Dept., and is the official website of the Arkansas General Assembly. (ar.us)

The state Department of Public Safety may soon be subject to more effective public scrutiny, improved conditions in the jails for inmates and people suspected of crimes and see much-needed pre-sentencing reforms. (civilbeat.org)

It is tantamount to a truism today to say that the welfare state is popular, though early reforms were made in the context of considerable uncertainty and aroused fear and distrust, as in the case of early 20th century vaccination and pension policies in Britain (Pelling 1968). (lu.se)

Members of the N.M. House of Representatives approved a number of tax reforms that had each provoked long debates in the past. (nmindepth.com)
Almost all legislative debates are available online, thanks to ongoing advancements in the digitalization of legislative archives. (lu.se)
In Part IIb, in-depth country case studies place the analysis of deliberation in legislative debates within its social, economic, and political context. (lu.se)

and advance anti-corruption reform through implementation of specific commitments. (civic.md)

The Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM) today praised Gov. Rick Snyder and legislative leaders, as the governor signed into law $1.7-billion in business tax cuts effective next January 1. (sbam.org)
We are proud of the governor and legislative leaders who had the courage to vote for a measure that moves Michigan's economy much closer to a prosperity. (sbam.org)

As the leading public safety organization bridging the gap between citizens and law enforcement for forty years, Crime Stoppers of Houston looks forward to having critical public safety conversations as we seek to enhance public safety through positive reform. (crime-stoppers.org)

Stay up to date on government related to racial equality and police reform that may impact you, your clients, or your organization. (lexisnexis.com)
At a time when sentencing law is undergoing many changes, the study also aims to contribute to knowledge about the impact of legislative reforms on everyday sentencing decisions. (lu.se)

Did deliberation pay off in the sense that deliberative governments tended to gain electorally or did governments fair better when they restricted public discussion around reforms? (lu.se)

The LWP was asked to establish principles on which recommendations for legislative reform could be based. (bsava.com)
We then propose seven recommendations to help reform the disposal of confiscated live animals, which would support the efficient and humane management of illegally traded wildlife in Southeast Asia and globally. (mdpi.com)

See how State Net has helped other professionals in compliance , government affairs , associations , and law firms stay on top of legislative tracking and regulatory compliance at the local, state, and federal level. (lexisnexis.com)

Which governments deliberated openly about which types of reforms? (lu.se)

Those reforms include unrestricted voting by mail, expanded early voting, and reducing the cutoff for voter registration from 20 days to 10 days before an election. (lwvma.org)

This loophole has been the central focus of DENIED , a six-year KXAN investigation spanning four legislative sessions that has encouraged policymakers to close the legal gap. (kxan.com)

Charter schools have a role to play as we undertake significant education reform measures," said Jasey. (assemblydems.com)

The Pension Reform as Evidence of the Possibilities and Limits of Patronage c. (diplomarbeiten24.de)
To this end, we have written and published a brief putting forth the evidence in support of Ballot Access Reform. (okvoterchoice.org)

Nor has the impetus to push for legislative reform ever meant that people aren't also seeking to improve the immigration system though executive action. (immigrationimpact.com)

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