However, the act was enacted precisely because some states refused to provide such legal protection.
More than six years after the act was enacted, the state information commission does not have adequate staff.
Three years after the Affordable Care Act was enacted, an extensive list of possible fixes and clarifications has piled up.
(The Permit Extension Act was enacted in 1992, during an earlier economic downturn, and renewed once in 1994).
The law, the Short-Term Loan Act, was enacted last spring and upheld in a statewide referendum in November.
Six years after the Affordable Care Act was enacted, there is evidence that support for Medicaid expansion is growing.
After the crash of 1929 and the Great Depression, the Glass-Steagall Act was enacted to separate commercial banking from investment banking.
The Environmental Protection Agency was founded, the Clean Water Act was enacted, and America began making headway against its most visible environmental problems.
The Defense of Marriage Act was enacted in 1996 as an election-year wedge issue, signed by President Bill Clinton in one of his worst policy moments.
There has been a striking slowdown in overall health costs since the Affordable Care Act was enacted, with many experts giving the law at least partial credit.
A city fund set up before the Zadroga Act was enacted provided $9,000 to Dr. Dessau to cover therapy expenses not handled by her insurance.
