PHOENIX, Ariz. (March 9, 2016) – An Arizona bill that would help “legalize the Constitution” by defining gold and silver as legal tender and encouraging their use as currency took another step forward, passing out of an important House committee today. Sen. David C. Farnsworth and Rep. Doug Coleman, along with seven cosponsors, introduced Senate…
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (March 9, 2016) – A Missouri bill that would legalize medical marijuana has passed through two important committees. If signed into law, it would set the stage to nullify in practice the federal prohibition on the same. Rep. Dave Hinson (R-98) introduced House Bill 2213 (HB2213) in January. Titled the Missouri Compassionate…
HONOLULU, Hawaii (March 9, 2016) – A Hawaii bill that would set the foundation to nullify in practice some Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules that deny access to experimental treatments by terminally ill patients unanimously passed the House yesterday. A coalition of four Democrats introduced House Bill 1013 (HB1013). The legislation would enable terminally…
ST. PAUL, Minn. (March 9, 2016) – A Minnesota bill would prohibit state cooperation with enforcement of any and all future federal gun control measures, whether through executive order, act of congress or agency rule. Passage would serve to essentially nullify such federal actions in effect. Rep. Steve Drazkowski (R-Mazeppa) introduced House Bill 2726 (HF2726) on…
RICHMOND, Va. (March 9, 2016) – A Virginia bill that would help facilitate healthcare freedom and set the foundation to nullify Obamacare in practice passed the Senate today. Rep. R. Steven Landes introduced House Bill 685 (HB685) earlier this month. The legislation specifies that direct primary care agreements (sometimes called medical retainer agreements) do not constitute insurance, thereby…
CHARLESTON, W. VA. (March 9, 2016) – A West Virginia bill that would set the foundation to nullify in practice some Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules that deny access to experimental treatments by terminally ill patients unanimously passed out of the state House today. A bipartisan coalition of four representatives introduced Senate Bill 416…
Kansas Republicans Passed a Resolution back in 2013 opposing Common Core. Today, the Republican-dominated state House took the End Common Core bill, HB2292, which passed committee on 02-18 – and withdrew it from the House calendar, sending it back to the committee. Is this a death-knell for the bill? Quite possibly. They really don’t want to do…
HARTFORD, Conn. (March 8, 2016) – A Connecticut bill that would set the foundation to nullify in practice some Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rules that deny access to experimental treatments by terminally ill patients passed out of an important joint committee Monday. A coalition of six representatives and senators introduced House Bill 5270 (HB5270)…
BATON ROUGE, La. (March 8, 2016) – A Louisiana bill would significantly limit drone surveillance in the state, and also serve to thwart one aspect of the federal surveillance state. Rep. James Armes (D-Leesville) prefiled House Bill 811 (HB811) on March 4. The legislation would require law enforcement to obtain a warrant before conducting drone…
A bill that would set the stage for the state to refuse cooperation with federal acts passed an important Senate committee today with an amendment that would make the proposed law more likely to be implemented in practice.