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On April 23, 2010 Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed Senate Bill 1070 into law. The controversial bill gives Arizona law enforcement the authority to stop people whom officers have "reasonable suspicion" of being in the country illegally, detain these individuals while verifying immigration status, and arrest undocumented immigrants for transfer to ICE custody. Depending on who you ask, the controversial bill is either anti-immigrant, unconstitutional or a blessing.

CA Bill AB2109 was working its way throught the Senate earlier this year. This bill protects parents from vaccinating their children with the stipulation that they must speak with a licensed health professional before they can get an exemption. The article points out that those who dont vaccinate are then relying on community immunity for their children to not be exposed to vaccine preventable dieseases.

Republicans lawmakers in Arizona are pushing a bill that would limit the reach of any gun laws in to Arizona. The bill (HB 2291) would make it a felony for any federal agent to enforce federal law in Arizona concerning gun made and residing in the state. This bill is meant to send a message to Pres. Obama.

There are a lot of bad feed back on the bill SOPA, Committee is revising the bill and will be postpone until they reach some agreement.

This article discusses the SOPA and Project IP bills. Both bills are intended to stop online piracy and the SOPA bill has now been put onhold because so many have opposed the bill. Congress will need to make the bill more focused before trying to pass it agian.

This bill requires women who want to have their birth control covered under their health insurance provide their medical reasons for needing the birth control to their employer. With this bill, some women wouldn't be able to have their birth control paid for just because they take it to prevent pregnancy.

A bill was brought up by senator Menendez for changing the immigration law including same sex couples with foreign partners.

Governor Jan Brewer vetoed the right to carry on campus bill 1467. She explained that this bill could lead to potentially dangerous situations on campus.

The new laws in Az state that hunters can hunt as long as they are a quarter mile away from a structure. Also the new law states that you do not need the required training or permit to conceal a gun. The recent bill says that a person with a mental illness cannot conceal a weapon at all. But this new bill says that with a evidentiary hearing and records that the person is stable now and not mentally ill can put a weapon back in this persons hand....

Here is a link to the actual Senate bill 1070 that was passed. You can read for yourself exactly what was enacted. You will also notice the different colored text. This is the changes in the previous law.

Here is a link to the actual Senate bill 1070 that was passed. You can read for yourself exactly what was enacted. You will also notice the different colored text. This is the changes in the previous law.

Governor Brewer apprehensions on the previous bill were the rights were not spelled out distinctly. She indicated the law could have applied to elementary and high school campuses. The National Rifle Association is in support of the purposed bill. Lawmakers supposedly held assemblies with University and Police officials. January 9th the bill was introduced to the legislature. Supposing the bill passes into law, Arizona would be marked as one out of the only five states where guns are allowed on a college campus.

State bill 1180 became law, and now citizens in Arizona may carry concealed weapons without obtaining a permit. Governor Brewer quickly signed this bill after Governor Napolitano resigned to take over as secretary of US Homeland Security. This law also requires that when asked by law enforcement, gun owners must accurately answer if asked about a concealed weapon.

U.S. citizens 21 and older can begin carrying a concealed firearm without a permit in Arizona, thanks to a bill passed by Governor Brewer. Some are for the new law, stating it restores the Second Amendment rights in the Constitution. Others oppose the law, believing it puts AZ residents in danger of those who do not know how to properly use a gun, but are carrying one concealed.

This article is based on a speech former president Bill Clinton gave in June of this year about healthcare. He states facts about how our country spends so much more on healthcare then other countries. He talks about how if we adopted a Universal Healthcare System like countries such as France and Canada have, then we would save a lot of money.

Republicans are mad over the recent immigration bills passed by Obama. The House recently passed a law that would eliminate 600,000 work permits that were granted in 2012. Obama has threatened to veto house-passed bill.

Six Democrats in Georgia's state House of Representatives unveiled a bill on Jan. 11 that would "require seizure" of "certain weaponry and ammunition" that is deemed as contraband. Many people in the government are worried with large numbers of automatic weapons being demand by civilians is fearful. A bill was introduced to the state of Georgia that an automatic weapon that doesn't meet the standards should be outlawed.

Although knowing reasons of why many are to believe that planned parenthood should or should not be defund, it is also important to know the history of the bill. This site is exactly for that reason. It shows who, where, and when the Planned Parenthood Act was in action.

This article talks about 2 AZ bills that are being proposed to have public schools mandate reciting an oath supporting the U.S. Constitution and saying the pledge of allegiance each day.

"Controversial legislation to allow concealed weapons on Arizona university and college campuses is dead, the proposal's sponsor said Tuesday."

The Republican author of a bill to punish sex-selective abortion blasted President Obama on Thursday for his stance in favor of abortion rights.