It has also changed several laws, including increasing penalties for breaches of intervention orders.
As governor, Spitzer signed a law increasing penalties for clients of prostitutes (PDF).
The proposals focused on increasing penalties against NPEs that lose patent infringement lawsuits.
Republican proposals focus on limiting medical claims and increasing penalties for fraud; Democrats want to curb insurers' rates.
He signed legislation increasing penalties for crimes motivated by bigotry and raised spending on legal services for the poor.
Last month, New Mexico became the 15th state to enact a law increasing penalties for attacks on referees.
Mr. Davis's office announced, for example, that the governor had signed three bills increasing penalties for securities and accounting fraud.
"But we have to keep working; increasing penalties, increasing audits, unscheduled inspections, random site visits," he said.
And he would make the process of licensing guns more efficient while increasing penalties for use of guns illegally.
In addition, he should call for strengthening unions by increasing penalties on employers who illegally deter them.
Ms. Lancaster had already taken that mission to heart, beefing up the inspection staff, increasing penalties for violations and issuing more stop-work orders.
