Supporters of same-sex marriage in the House of Delegates beat back several attempts to amend the legislation Wednesday, paving the way for a final vote Friday on the legislation in exactly the same form that it passed the Senate two weeks ago.
The House leadership had made clear that the bill needed to stay exactly the same or it would likely die if returned to the Senate.
Gay delegates, church pastors at odds over same-sex marriage; amendment would exempt religious groups that provide certain services to withhold them on religious grounds; lawn fertilizer regulation mulled; bill would allow workers to keep Facebook information from employers; living wage bill likely to fail; 10,000 expected Monday to protest school, pension cuts; and Mikulski to be inducted into National Women’s Hall of Fame.
The push to use more renewable energy sources from the governor and legislators is one of the green themes of this year’s General Assembly, and the Senate Finance Committee Tuesday heard mixed testimony on six bills to enhance the state’s renewable energy policy, including trash talk from the chairman.
A bill to ban smoking in a car with a child, which has been stopped in committee four years running, may finally make it to the floor of the House of Delegates. The bill has more sponsors this year than in the past, especially in the House Environmental Matters Committee, where it needs a favorable vote to get to the floor for debate.
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