StateSurge Weekly Episode 3 – April 19 2010
www.statesurge.com – Hello everybody, Becky Cordero here, bringing you the hottest legislation and legislators each week from StateSurge.com. Sorry we missed you all last week; we have been reworking our release schedule and will now be releasing on Wednesday of each week. So without further delay, here are the top 5 pieces of legislation and legislators for this, the week of April 19th, 2010. The top piece of legislation this week was New Yorks A09038…and involvesbelieve it or nothealth care. A09038 was sponsored by Democrat Joseph Morelle who has sponsored 230 bills this session and is a chairperson on the house insurance committee. This assembly bill was signed by the governor and extends health insurance coverage to all unmarried children under the age of 29. Moving down south to Tennessee, state representative Phillip Johnson, a republican from the 78th district, was the second most visited page on StateSurge.com this week. Johnson, who has sponsored 26 bills this session, serves on various house and senate committees, including being a House Chair for Rural Roads and a member of the senate transportation committee. Representative Johnson has been in Tennessee news this week trying to implement stricter usages for police traffic cameras. This doesnt mean that you can go running the red light in Chattanooga this weekend, but the new changes do state that no extra fines or costs may be levied for late paymentsso when you do get a ticketfeel free to procrastinate a …
