Final Update from 2013 House Bill 1844 was approved by both the House and the Senate and now goes to the Governor. The bill eliminates or updates certain code references and provides for the transfer of records and physical property to the new protection and advocacy organization. The General Assembly must complete the committee work on...
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Feb 7, 2013 Legislative Highlights
House Bill 1844 was approved by the Senate Committee on Education and Health today. The bill is in support of VOPA’s transition to a private non profit. The bill eliminates or updates certain code references and provides for the transfer of records and physical property to the new protection and advocacy organization. It now goes to...
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Feb 6, 2013 Legislative Highlights
Each house has now completed work on the bills that started in that house. They now begin work on bills that started in the other house. The exception is the budget. Both houses are working on their own version of the budget bill this week. Advocates for people with disabilities and for people living in...
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Feb 1, 2013 Legislative Highlights
Wednesday, February 6th is “crossover.” On that day, each house of the General Assembly may consider only bills that originated in the other house. If a bill has not been approved by its house of origin by Tuesday, the bill will not proceed. If you know of a bill or a budget item of particular...