However, he wrote that he thinks there should be an annual examination of bus drivers 70 years of age or older. Rather than the Ways and Means Committee, Senate President Pro Tem Jim Mathewson assigned the tax-cut bill to the Senate Committee on Corrections and General Laws. In other legislative action Tuesday, the House completed action on part of the state's operating budget. The Senate passes a bill making it a crime to sell human remains. The sales tax cut on groceries approved in the house finds itself in Senate limbo.
Representatives vote to reject a health budget until six words are added to the legislation.
The House votes to toughen state control over development of flood plains. The torture or mutilation of animals could lead to jail time under bill before governor. The House rejected efforts by several black legislators to impose restrictions on alcohol marketing in minority areas. The proposals were offered as amendments to a relatively minor bill involving auctioning of vintage wine collections. Our radio story.