Sentence examples for law sponsored from inspiring English sources

The law, sponsored by Senator Durbin, followed a scandal involving ephedra, a supplement sold for weight loss that was linked to dozens of deaths.

In Pittsburgh in 1906, a personal registration law, sponsored by Republicans to check the influence of a crusading reformer, cut the number of registered voters in half.

The law, sponsored by State Representative Sheryl K. Albers, a Republican from Reedsburg, would apply to all children age 16 and under.

The proposed law, sponsored by State Senator Robert Martin, would allow residents access to all government records except for a small portion specifically exempted.

Last week, Parliament passed a law sponsored by the Labor Ministry to encourage the creation of "alternative forms of entrepreneurship and local development," including networks based on an exchange of goods and services.

In 52 bce, a year in which Pompey was elected sole consul and given a five-year provincial command in Spain, Caesar was allowed by a law sponsored by all 10 tribunes to stand for the consulship in absentia.

And yet in nearly 20 states, laws sponsored by incumbent network operators have raised barriers for cities wanting to foster competitive networks.

For example, those laws sponsored by weapons manufacturers wherein people may carry concealed weapons and shoot and kill anyone by whom they feel threatened.

Studies of the economic impact of existing laws sponsored by groups across the ideological spectrum have found that while the costs to employers of paid sick leave mandates tend to be low on average, they tend to be more significant in certain industries, like food services, where paid sick leave is less common and workers typically are younger.

I've never written any laws, sponsored any bills or voted on anything in Springfield, never stood in the public eye in the way any of our 177 state legislators have.

Laws sponsored by Kuehl imposed new penalties on stalkers, gave businesses a tax break for using zero-emission vehicles, expanded parkland in the Santa Monica Mountains, gave prosecutors tools to enforce disabled-access rules and required histories of domestic abuse to be weighed in child custody disputes.