Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson signs sex-selection abortion ban bill, a solution to a possible problem despite having no absolute evidence that sex-selection abortion happens in the U.S.
On Saturday the Senate of Michigan introduced a bill targeting electronic car hacking activities. Regardless, critics said the new legislation will criminalize white hat hackers and undermine the effort to enhance system security.
On Tuesday, Governor Nathan Deal signed into a law a bill that gives police officers who use deadly force a special privilege that allows them to make a statement before a grand jury. While it is also be mandatory for them to answer questions, they are not allowed to sit through the entire proceeding.
The Bison is one step closer to becoming the U.S. national mammal. The House have approved the National Bison Legacy Act on Tuesday. If the Senate approves the slight changes from the original script, the bill will be sent to the president for final approval.
California lawmakers proposed a bill that could punish jurors for social media or internet use violation by a fine of up to $1,500. Under the existing law, such violations are punishable only by contempt.
The U.S. will soon have a bill that features women, as the Treasury Secretary announced that Harriet Tubman will be honored in the front of the $20 bill, replacing former president Andrew Jackson. The back of the $10 bill will feature women suffrage movement’s leader, while the front will still feature Alexander Hamilton.
A high-ranking Republican senator dismissed as "not satisfactory" a draft legislation aimed at addressing Puerto Rico's fiscal crisis before a looming debt default on May 1, deepening intraparty divisions on the complex rescue effort.
A New York proposed bill would allow police officers to use a textalyzer device to check drivers’ phones to determine whether the driver was on the phone when a crash or accident happened. The device, however, will not give the police officer access to personal data.
The U.S. state of Pennsylvania has legalized the use of medical marijuana, as stated in a bill signed by Governor Wolf on Sunday. The bill regulates the whole process of medical marijuana uses, from certifying growers to identifying patients that would get access to the medical marijuana.
A movement in form of a Broadway show has gained success in trying to retain Hamilton’s portrait on the $10 bill, in oppose to the Treasury Secretary’s plan to replace it with the portrait of a woman. The plan to redesign the dollar bill was first unveiled last year, as the new bill is expected to be circulating in 2020.
Cohabitation in Florida is now legal after Governor Rick Scott signed the bill on Wednesday. The new legislation changed the 1868 law that makes living together as an unmarried couple illegal.
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has signed executive orders to prohibit discrimination by state contractors against the LGBT community. This is a stark contrast to other states passing laws against the community in the past days.
The House of Congress in Tennessee has passed a bill that will permit counselors to deny any service to people that violate their religious beliefs. If the bill becomes a law, Tennesse will be the first state to enact such regulation.
Lawmakers in Virginia have voted to bring back executions through the use of an electric chair, providing that drugs for lethal injection are unavailable.
Utah Senators voted on Wednesday to approve a bill that abolishes the death penalty, with 15 state senators voting to send it to the state’s House of Representatives.
