June 14, 2015
The Senate unanimously passed House Bill 182, which amends the Pharmacy Act to allow pharmacists to give flu shots to children 9-years-of-age or older, with parental consent. The legislation also permits pharmacy interns to administer the shots to children, if...
June 7, 2015
The Senate unanimously approved Senate Bill 293, which regulates so-called navigators who provide information and advice on health insurance enrollment options. Called the “Navigator Accessibility and Regulation Act,” the measure requires those who help enroll...
May 31, 2015
The Senate unanimously approved Senate Bill 78, which would protect animals from kennel owners and their family members who have an animal cruelty record. Under this legislation, applicants applying for a kennel license would have to prove that family members...
May 10, 2015
In a 28-19 party line vote, the Senate approved Senate Bill 1, which would have changed the public pension system for teachers and state workers. The proposal would have created a 401k-style pension system for newly hired employees who are members of either the...
May 3, 2015
The Senate unanimously approved Senate Bill 330 which will provide harsher consequences for property negligence. This bill lowers the required number of code violations from four to two, before a code violation becomes a criminal offense. Law also requires that...
April 19, 2015
The Senate unanimously approved Senate Bill 385, which would encourage the creation of transportation hubs. The bill, which modernizes Transit Revitalization Investment District (TRID) Act of 2004, was prompted by the current law inabilities to create TRID’s....