legislation
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Last month, the Northern Territory parliament became the last part of Australia to pass Voluntary Assisted Dying legislation.
From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026
The White House has not formally commented on the legislation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
The batch of new legislation includes Senate Bill 1119, which would require companion chatbot operators to assess risks, notify parents in certain cases if their child threatened to harm themselves, and take other safety steps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 10, 2026
"Brazil has regulations that have expanded and forced platforms to develop control and verification mechanisms," Paganotti said, adding that this contrasts with a dearth of legislation elsewhere in the region.
From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026
Until attitudes changed, suffragists were going to have to work for the passage of suffrage legislation one state at a time.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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“I made up my mind because I must not interfere with parliamentary discussion of key legislations because of my problems,” Terada said.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 20, 2022
Rep. Pramila Jayapal still has the confidence of the various factions of her party, as well as the White House, to negotiate some passable legislations.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2022
“Our draft legislations means that these companies will be punished heavily if they don’t meet that standard,” she added.
From Reuters ● Oct. 25, 2021
Women's rights activists said they hoped other European countries would follow Sweden and approve similar legislations.
From BBC ● May 24, 2018
It is Schleiermacher's determinism which leads him, in view of the parallelism of the two legislations, to overlook their essential distinction.
From History of Modern Philosophy From Nicolas of Cusa to the Present Time by Richard Falckenberg
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