MLG will be governor for another two years and will sign more radical gun bills if the Democrat-controlled legislature sends them her way. These could include a ban on semi-automatic guns and a 10-round maximum magazine. There were several non-gun bills that barely were defeated including business-paid six-week time off for maternity leave, care of sick relatives and other personal issues. Another initiative that was left on the table at the end of the 30-day session was a revamp of the state’s Oil and Gas Act which likely would result in less production.
However, a so-called “clean fuel standards” bill did pass that is similar to California’s which sets up steps to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels. Opponents said the bill will increase the cost of gasoline by 50 cents which will impact poor and low income earners the hardest.
Though the governor is not up for election in November, all members of the state house and senate are. It’s important that Pubs and conservative independents who stayed home in 2022 get off their duff and elect a representative legislature much more in tune with concerns by residents of the state.
She may not be up for reelection, but she’ll always be up for Nuremberg II.