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In most states where a paid sick day preemption bill has been introduced, its sponsor has been an ALEC member.
Eight states enacted paid sick day preemption after Wisconsin's anti-paid sick day measure was handed out at ALEC's 2011 meeting with a National Restaurant Association executive in attendance.
In the years following that meeting, similar paid sick day preemption legislation was enacted in sixteen states, in most cases introduced by ALEC members, and with backing from the state NRA affiliates.
Last year--in addition to the five states that passed paid sick day preemption bills--legislation was also introduced in Alabama, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and South Carolina.
Crawford compared the industry's battle against local wage laws to a game of Whack-a-Mole: "We're trying to beat them down when they pop up". The spread of paid sick day preemption laws is also tied to the corporate bill mill and benefits ALEC members like the National Restaurant Association.
At ALEC's August 2011 meeting in New Orleans, an NRA executive shared a paid sick day preemption bill that had recently been signed into law by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker, as well as an NRA target list and map of state and local paid sick leave policies.
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Friday said the preemption laws apply to an array of rules, including those regarding traffic and pedestrians, and that gun owners should not have to wonder what the laws are when they cross different jurisdictions.
sent a letter to colleagues on Wednesday pushing the preemption issue.
After the preemption of Day One of the RNC extravaganza by Hurricane Gustav on Monday, the GOP was finally off and running on Tuesday.
As of Friday, the petition for preemption had about 1,160 signatures, and public awareness will likely increase after the extension opens next week.
Only the national broadcast preemption during Sunday night's Broncos game could keep political ads off the air for a few hours in the country's most saturated media market.
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