PA Bill Number: HB618
Title: Providing for health insurance access protections; imposing duties on the Insurance Department and the Insurance Commissioner; and imposing penalties.
Description: Providing for health insurance access protections; imposing duties on the Insurance Department and the Insurance Commissioner; and imposing penalt ...
Last Action: Referred to INSURANCE
Last Action Date: Feb 18, 2025
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Constitutional Carry: Kentucky Constitutional/Permitless Carry to be Heard by Senate Committee on Thursday :: 02/07/2017
On Thursday, February 9 at 9:00am, the Senate Veterans, Military Affairs, & Public Protection Committee is scheduled to hear constitutional/permitless carry legislation, Senate Bill 7. It is important that you continue contacting your (Kentucky) state Senator in SUPPORT of Senate Bill 7.
Constitutional Carry: South Dakota House Committee to Hear Constitutional/Permitless Carry Legislation Next Week :: 02/07/2017
On Wednesday, February 15, the House State Affairs Committee is scheduled to hear constitutional/permitless carry legislation, House Bill 1072. Sponsored by Representative Lynne DiSanto (R-35), HB 1072 would remove the requirement to obtain a permit in order to lawfully carry a firearm for self-defense.
Fake News Onslaught Depicts Social Security Gun Ban Repeal as Arming Dangerous Citizens :: 02/07/2017
For example, Politico reported the repeal of the gun ban as a repeal of a “background check rule” and Bloomberg reported that it would allow “guns for the mentally incompetent.”
Gun control groups decry Besty DeVos confirmation :: 02/07/2017
The Senate confirmed controversial Secretary of Education nominee Betsy DeVos after Vice President Mike Pence broke a tied vote on Tuesday.
New Mexico Sheriffs' Association Opposes Bloomberg Gun Control Bills :: 02/07/2017
Fairfax, Va. – Today the New Mexico Sheriffs’ Association issued a statement opposing two gun control bills in the New Mexico legislature. Thirty-two of the state's 33 sheriffs signed the statement opposing House Bill 50 and Senate Bill 48 calling the bills "part of a national gun control agenda funded by New York billionaire Michael Bloomberg… [that] would criminalize virtually every private firearms transfer in the state.”
Soros Fund Execs Funded Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, John McCain, John Kasich, Lindsey Graham in 2016 :: 02/07/2017
Soros Fund Management, a former hedge fund that serves now as an investment management firm, was founded by progressive billionaire George Soros in 1969. It has risen to become one of the most profitable hedge funds in the industry.
Soros Fund Execs Funded Paul Ryan, Marco Rubio, Jeb Bush, John McCain, John Kasich, Lindsey Graham in 2016 :: 02/07/2017
Soros Fund Management, a former hedge fund that serves now as an investment management firm, was founded by progressive billionaire George Soros in 1969. It has risen to become one of the most profitable hedge funds in the industry.
Another example of unfounded hysteria about guns :: 02/06/2017
“Dozens of college students, professors and activists warned Thursday that failing to stop concealed weapons on campus will lead to more shootings and volatile situations…” So began the lead article on the front page of the January 27, 2017 edition of The Topeka Capital-Journal. While perhaps not qualifying precisely as false news, it comes pretty close.
ATF chief operating officer calls for loosening of gun regulations :: 02/06/2017
The second-highest ranking official at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives recently authored a proposal to modify and reduce gun regulations in the United States.
England: More than 800 guns seized by UK counter terror police :: 02/06/2017
More than 800 illegal guns and thousands of rounds of ammunition have been seized in the United Kingdom during a month-long anti-terror operation conducted by the National Crime Agency and the National Counter Terrorism Policing unit.
Germany: Terrified Germans Buying Illegal Guns To Protect Themselves From Migrant Attacks :: 02/06/2017
A WARNING TO AMERICA - “I’m afraid, I don’t let my daughters go outside on their own anymore.”
Idiot Wearing Ski Mask Carries An AK In Police Station, Chaos Ensues :: 02/06/2017
Let me ask you a common-sense question: What would you expect to happen if you slipped a ski mask over your head, strapped body armor on, slung an AKM across your chest, and walked into your local police station with the rifle held at the low ready?
Lawmakers introduce bill to expand public shooting ranges :: 02/06/2017
A bipartisan group in the U.S. House last week filed legislation that could see the number of shooting ranges available on public land expanded.
Santa shooter says defending his life was costly :: 02/06/2017
Marcus Weldon said defending his life cost him thousands of dollars, his reputation and a few relationships.
Virginia bill would let domestic violence victims carry concealed guns :: 02/06/2017
The Virginia House of Delegates approved a bill Friday that would let victims of domestic violence carry concealed handguns before obtaining a permit.
No, the GOP Did Not Just Repeal the Background Check System or Give Guns to the Mentally Ill :: 02/04/2017
If you follow the news — or, indeed, if you have a social media account of any variety — you probably saw one of these headlines last night, accompanied in most cases by some choice hyperventilation:
All 191 House Democrats voted to keep Social Security Regulations that ban guns for those who need help with their finances :: 02/03/2017
Have you ever thought of letting someone else manage your finances? Under finalized new rules released just before Christmas by President Obama, Social Security recipients will be banned from buying a gun if they are deemed “financially incompetent.” Some 4.2 million Social Security recipients — about 10 percent of all people 65 and older — could lose the right to own a gun as a result.
Florida lawmaker wants gun free zone operators held liable after shootings :: 02/03/2017
A new Republican state Senator introduced a bill this week to place civil liability on businesses that ban lawful guns in the event of a patron getting hurt.
JAMA Internal Medicine January 2017: The Unbearable Lightness of Anti-Gun "Research (2) :: 02/03/2017
Next comes the gem of the whole issue, “Testing the Immunity of the Firearm Industry to Tort Litigation” by three authors affiliated with Stanford’s Law and Medical Schools. It is straightforward legal thinking about how to find the “chink[s] in the legal armor that shields the firearm industry from tort liability.” Why? “For the gun control advocates who helped orchestrate many of the cases, such destabilization was a central goal.”
Montana House approves bills on constitutional carry, guns in post offices :: 02/03/2017
Lawmakers in the House on Tuesday voted to send measures expanding permitless carry and to allow guns on post office property to the Montana Senate.
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