Senate votes down ‘child protection’ bills; firearms ‘discrimination’ bill blasted to floor

The Senate and House will be busy this week considering whether to pass bills out of their respective chamber ahead of Friday’s transmittal deadline, when all general bills not dealing with money or proposed constitutional amendments must be sent to the other chamber.

Committees in both chambers have been working overtime the past week to hear all introduced bills and to move them out of committee – considering whether to forward them to the floor or to table them...