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John Pappageorge (R)
State Senator, District 13
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Missed Votes
- Did not vote on a motion for 2009 House Bill 4316 (Repeal FDA approved drug lawsuit ban ). The motion passed in the Senate (18 to 14) on April 23, 2009, to postpone "for the day" further consideration of a motion to discharge House Bills 4316 to 4318 from the Committee on Government Operations and Reform, and bring them directly to the full Senate for an up-or-down vote. These bills would repeal a “tort reform” law passed in 1995 that banned product liability lawsuits against drug companies for drugs that have been approved by the U.S. Food And Drug Administration (FDA). "Postpone for the day" is a parliamentary maneuver that in this case essentially means the bills are dead in the Senate. [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 150 (Establish “phishing” penalties ). Passed in the Senate (34 to 0) on April 23, 2009, to establish sentencing guidelines for the crime proposed by Senate Bill 945 of obtaining personal information by false pretenses over the internet (“phishing”). [Vote Details and Comments]
- Did not vote on 2009 Senate Bill 149 (Establish “phishing” penalties ). Passed in the Senate (34 to 0) on April 23, 2009, to create an explicit crime of obtaining personal information by false pretenses over the internet (“phishing”) punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $500,000 fine, authorize damages of up to $250,000 a day, and provide immunity to internet service providers or “interactive computer services” who remove or disable access to an internet domain name based on a good faith belief that it is being used for “phishing”. [Vote Details and Comments]
