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Christine Jordan SextonMarch 27, 2015

Bills are dying. Substantive House committees held their final rounds of meetings this week and House Speaker Steve Crisafulli said Thursday he doesn’t plan to allow them to meet in the second half of the session. The exception, Crisafulli said, could be the House Civil Justice Subcommittee, which he will consider allowing to meet to […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 19, 2015

Speaker Crisafulli is right: no one has really made the case to him or anyone that the statutory language of SB 1030 is flawed; but it absolutely is and must be fixed legislatively. I’m willing to accept partial blame here. The conversations surrounding 1030 have largely been driven by two groups of political actors: advocates […]

Guest AuthorFebruary 19, 2015

Speaker Crisafulli is right: no one has really made the case to him or anyone that the statutory language of SB 1030 is flawed; but it absolutely is and must be fixed legislatively. I’m willing to accept partial blame here. The conversations surrounding 1030 have largely been driven by two groups of political actors: advocates […]

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Buh-bye … Speaker confirms many House bills dead for 2015 session

Ben Pollara: Legislative action needed on Charlotte’s Web

Ben Pollara: Legislative action needed on Charlotte's Web