Bipartisan bill would shift sexual harassment proceedings
Attorney general's office would handle accusations; legislature has seen at least one case per year in past 10 years
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Attorney general's office would handle accusations; legislature has seen at least one case per year in past 10 years
An unlikely House Democrat and Republican combo is joining efforts to move statehouse sexual harassment cases from control of the General Assembly, using a third-party liaison to the state Attorney General's Office.
Members of the House K-12 Education Subcommittee gave first approval to the 39-page bill after two hours of debate and presentation.
The leftist faction in America that would like to ban guns has tried just that, unsuccessfully. Members have tried banning ammunition. They've tried registration and licenses. And much more.
Both bills would prohibit financial institutions from requiring merchant category codes for a purchase that identifies a merchant as a firearms retailer. Violations would be treated as an “unfair or deceptive act” under state law, with each act constituting a separate violation.