Subject: (Executive Order No. 2007-05) Proclaims that the 2007 Regular Session of the General Assembly is hereby extended for the purpose of passing the State budget bill.
Subject: (EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 2008-06) Establishes the Partnership for Children in Nature to promote the well-being of youth by providing opportunities for increased time spent outdoors and environmental literacy through outdoor experiential activities and formal and non-formal environmental education.
Bill:H 10 - Author:Ali 03/17/2008 - From HOUSE Committee on JUDICIARY: Reported unfavorably.
Subject: Increases the maximum penalty for a person convicted of allowing a child who is under a certain age and in the person's care to be locked or confined in a dwelling, building, enclosure, or motor vehicle under certain circumstances; relates to penalties for leaving children unattended.
Bill:H 1002 - Author:Stocksdale - To HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS.
Subject: Establishes a Scholarship Program for Children in Foster Care; authorizes a foster parent or legal guardian of a child in foster care to enroll the child in a noncollegiate educational institution and use scholarship funds to offset specified costs relating to the child's attendance at the noncollegiate educational institution; establishes eligibility to participate in the Program; provides for the administration of funds for the Program.
Bill:H 101 - Author:Busch 01/16/2008 - To HOUSE Committee on APPROPRIATIONS.
Subject: Increases the program fee imposed on supervisees in the Drinking Driver Monitoring Program; alters a requirement that the State include an appropriation to pay rent to counties for space occupied by court clerks; alters the calculation of specified State aid to private institutions of higher education and libraries.