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In order for a state to get grants under the Act, it has to enact a red flag law meeting certain requirements, such as allowing family members, rather than only police, to petition the courts. Rhode Island, for example, would be unable to get grants under the Act without strengthening its red flag law.
The bill passed 92-15, but died in the state senate. [3] In 2020, the big brown bat was designated the official state mammal of the District of Columbia. [4] In 2023, a successful campaign was launched to make the pallid bat the state bat of California. [5] The bill passed both houses unanimously and will take effect on January 1, 2024. [6]
The United States Supreme Court has upheld the broad powers of the federal government to deal with federal lands, for example having unanimously held in Kleppe v. New Mexico [7] that "the complete power that Congress has over federal lands under this clause necessarily includes the power to regulate and protect wildlife living there, state law notwithstanding."
In addition to promoting scientific research on bats and their conservation, BCI is also involved in public policy. BCI announces opposition to legislation to mobilize its members against it, such as with Pennsylvania House Bill 1576, which would have changed how threatened and endangered species are protected in the state. [4]
Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate and Attorney General Brenna Bird are suing the federal government for information they say it declined to give them before the Nov. 5 election that would have ...
Introduced into Congress by Representative John F. Lacey, an Iowa Republican, the Act was signed into law by President William McKinley on May 25, 1900. [2] It protects both plants and wildlife by creating civil and criminal penalties for those who violate the rules and regulations (16 U.S.C. 3371-3378).
Iowa state Sen. Dan Dawson and Rep. Bobby Kaufmann, who chair the Ways and Means committees of the state Legislature, are pushing to ensure that taxpayers have lasting constitutional protections.
A federal court in Missouri has blocked new federal legal protections for LGBTQ Americans from taking effect in six states, including Iowa. The Biden Administrations' “Nondiscrimination on the ...