Monday, January 03, 2011
More Than 400 Bills To Be Filed In Legislative Session
KENTUCKY....
More than 400 bills are expected to be officially filed on the opening day of the legislative session which begins Tuesday, January 4th. Governor Steve Beshear says he'll be pushing a limited agenda that includes balancing the Medicaid budget and passing legislation that would raise the high school dropout age from 16 to 18. House Democrats will press for a "right-to-hunt" constitutional amendment to head off a perceived push by animal rights groups to stop people from going afield with guns. House Speaker Greg Stumbo says Democrats also are proposing legislation aimed at fighting the state's methamphetamine problem by requiring certain over-the-counter drugs with pseudoephedrine to be sold only to people with prescriptions. Senate President David Williams says GOP lawmakers want to reform the state tax code to make Kentucky more inviting to business expansion. He wants to create a commission made up of economists, accountants and business leaders to develop a "revenue neutral" tax proposal. And he wants lawmakers to approve or reject the eventual proposal without considering amendments.
More than 400 bills are expected to be officially filed on the opening day of the legislative session which begins Tuesday, January 4th. Governor Steve Beshear says he'll be pushing a limited agenda that includes balancing the Medicaid budget and passing legislation that would raise the high school dropout age from 16 to 18. House Democrats will press for a "right-to-hunt" constitutional amendment to head off a perceived push by animal rights groups to stop people from going afield with guns. House Speaker Greg Stumbo says Democrats also are proposing legislation aimed at fighting the state's methamphetamine problem by requiring certain over-the-counter drugs with pseudoephedrine to be sold only to people with prescriptions. Senate President David Williams says GOP lawmakers want to reform the state tax code to make Kentucky more inviting to business expansion. He wants to create a commission made up of economists, accountants and business leaders to develop a "revenue neutral" tax proposal. And he wants lawmakers to approve or reject the eventual proposal without considering amendments.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:08 PM 
