President Barack Obama issues a series of executive orders that implement a series of new provisions regarding gun sales in America. The actions include requirements that gun sellers who operate on the Internet and at gun shows be licensed and that they...
In The Hopper At any given time, State Net tracks tens of thousands of bills in all 50 states, US Congress, and the District of Columbia. Here's a snapshot of what's in the legislative works: Number of 2015 Prefiles last week: 1,178 Number of...
CA Governor Signs SB 606 & AB 1668 CALIFORNIA Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signs SB 606 and AB 1668 , which together establish statewide water efficiency regulations. Those rules will take effect in 2022 (CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR’SOFFICE).
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) issued a long-awaited plan for addressing the state’s chronic challenges from wildfires and the role the state’s largest utilities play in those catastrophes. The plan Newsom put forth would create a...
The English actor Sasha Baron Cohen has made a career out of mocking people who take themselves pretty seriously. His new show on the Showtime cable channel has drawn lots of attention of late for catching a plethora of political folks behaving in ways...
With Congress still gridlocked on immigration, the real action has moved to the states. But the path forward isn’t really any clearer there. In case you missed it, the story can be found on our Web site at http://www.statenet.com/capitol_journal...
NY Governor Signs AB 3675 NEW YORK Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signs AB 3675 , legislation that will allow unauthorized immigrants to obtain an Empire State driver’s license. The law goes into effect in 180 days (NEW YORK DAILY NEWS). IL Governor...
If you happen to be perusing the many fine things to see and do in Berkeley, California and come upon a street access point to the city’s sewer system...please don’t call it a manhole cover. As Curbed San Francisco reports, the City Council...
Last week Alaska legislators gathered at the state Capitol in Juneau for their second special session of the year. They also gathered at a middle school in Wasilla for the same reason. Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) called for the July 8 session in the...
CA Senate Approves SB 1088 The CALIFORNIA Senate approves SB 1088 , a bill that would require the state to establish standards for strengthening the electrical grid and mandate that utilities file plans with the state to show how they will comply....
Here are some of the topics you may see covered in upcoming issues of the State Net Capitol Journal: - Common Core - State worker exodus - Legalizing pot
Earthquakes and wildfires are probably the environmental hazards Californians worry about most. But by the end of the century, another threat may be keeping residents awake at night: rising sea levels. Scientists from the U.S. Geological Survey...
NY ENACTS LAW ALLOWING ACCESS TO TRUMP’S TAX RETURNS NEW YORK Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo (R) signed a bill last week that will allow the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee, the U.S. Senate Finance Committee and the Joint Committee on Taxation to access...
Local governments in at least four states have passed ordinances in 2018 or 2019 restricting the use of surveillance technology by government entities, according to the American Civil Liberties Union’s Community Control Over Police Surveillance...
States in Regular Session: AL, AZ, CA, CO, DC, DE, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, KY, MA, MD, ME, MI, MO, MS, NE, NH, NJ, NY, OH, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, US, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV States in Special Session: DE "b", WI "b" States in Recess...
NH Governor Signs SB 258 NEW HAMPSHIRE Gov. Chris Sununu (R) signs SB 258 , a bill that adds primary care physicians and pediatricians to the list of doctors who can bill the state Medicaid program for visits that happen by phone or video conference...
States in Regular Session: AK, AR, AZ, CA, CO, CT, DC, DE, GA, HI, IA, ID, IL, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, US, UT, VA, VT, WA, WI, WV, WY States in Informal Session...
PA governor Signs SB 712 PENNSYLVANIA Gov. Tom Wolf (D) signs SB 712 , a budget bill that has a provision which bans state and local governments from regulating or banning single-use plastics until the completion of two government studies on the matter...
Legislation dealing with medical balance billing - the charging of patients by healthcare providers for services not fully covered at the providers’ rate by the patients’ insurance - has been introduced in 32 states this year, according to...
ABRAMS TO FOCUS ON FIGHTING VOTER SUPPRESSION Stacey Abrams, a Democrat who narrowly lost a bid for GEORGIA governor in 2018 in a defeat some of her supporters blamed on voter suppression, will expand her voting rights group and work on reducing obstacles...
More than 15 million Americans in eight states will likely vote in 2020 on voting machines without any paper backup, despite calls from elections efforts for auditable paper trails in light of known efforts by foreign governments to tinker with U.S. elections...
MICHIGAN MAY NEED STOPGAP BUDGET BILL MICHIGAN Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) may propose a stopgap spending bill to avoid a government shutdown, but says she will continue to push for the infrastructure spending that has led to a budget impasse in the...
North Carolina Department of Transportation Chief Operating Officer Bobby Lewis said last week that the agency will lay off hundreds of transportation department workers in response to the states struggles to pay lawsuit settlements and extraordinary...
IL Governor Signs HB 3390 ILLINOIS Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signs HB 3390 , which requires that kennels in the Prairie State be staffed at all times or have a sprinkler system or fire alarm that automatically notifies first responders of a fire (DAILY...
NY Governor Signs AB 5842 NEW YORK Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signs AB 5842 , a bill that adds bus drivers to the list of mandated reporters of abuse in private schools (ALBANY TIMES-UNION, NEW YORK GOVERNOR’S OFFICE). IL Governor Signs HB 246...