Category: Statehouses
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At a Gun-Safety Dinner, Hochul Signs Two Bills on Ammunition and Locked Storage, and Accepts an Award
Governor Hochul signed a bill applying firearm background-check bans to ammunition, along with “Francesco’s Law,” which requires gun owners to lock up firearms not in use. She signed both at the New Yorkers Against Gun Violence benefit dinner, where she received the Allard K. Lowenstein Award.
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In Trenton, a Bill to Keep Federal Agents Away From the Polls Clears a Committee, Then Stalls on the Senate Floor
An Assembly committee voted 4–2 to bar federal law enforcement and uniformed military from within 100 feet of polling places. Hours later, Senate President Scutari pulled the bill from a floor vote over constitutional concerns he said came from the governor’s office, with Election Day 12 days away.
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In Hartford, Gas Is $4.45, the Election Is Near, and Lamont Wants to Know Who Pays for the Bridges
Connecticut Republicans want a special session to suspend the 25-cent gas tax and 49.9-cent diesel tax through Dec. 31, paid for out of a transportation fund they say holds about $650 million. Governor Lamont, who proposed his own pause in the spring, says he will call one only if someone tells him how to pay…
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Fifty-Eight Bills in One Afternoon: Harrisburg Clears the Desk Before the Midterms
On Oct. 22, Governor Shapiro signed 58 bills, covering AI-generated advertising, rental application fees, school swatting, raffles paid by Venmo, animal testing and long-term care. The school cellphone ban, one of the most-watched bills of the session, was still on its way to his desk.
