New rules aim to boost renewables and meet surging electricity demand
Patterson, Scott. Wall Street Journal (Online); New York, N.Y.. 13 May 2024.
https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/washington-tries-to-break-power-grid-logjams-cb2eb006
WASHINGTON—A little-known but powerful regulator has finalized sweeping new rules designed to expand the construction of big power lines and bring more renewable energy to U.S. homes and businesses.
The rules approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, which oversees wholesale electricity markets, are expected to make it easier for big regional transmission projects to get approval.
FERC approved two rules Monday, one that will require companies that produce and transmit electricity to weigh factors such as supply and demand over at least two decades and another that addresses permitting of critical projects in areas that lack adequate transmission capacity.
The rule requiring long-term planning is "the biggest single action by the federal government to advance transmission," said Rob Gramlich, president of Grid Strategies, a power consulting firm.
The long-term plans will need to account for the impact of extreme weather tied to climate change along with the cost of projects. By expanding transmission capacity, regions hit by weather disasters will be more resilient because they can access power from other parts of the country.
Most utilities already plan for future demand and other contingencies, but few do so decades in the future. What has resulted is a largely ad-hoc national grid that has at times left utilities behind the curve amid shifting power generation technologies, demand and destructive weather events fueled by climate change.
In Georgia, the state's main utility, Georgia Power, has increased demand projections sixteen-fold and plans to burn more natural gas to meet that demand. Virginia's largest utility, Dominion Energy, which supplies electricity to most of the state's data centers, expects their power use to quadruple over the next 15 years , representing 40% of the utility's demand in the state.
"Our country is facing an unprecedented surge in demand for affordable electricity while confronting extreme weather threats to the reliability of our grid and trying to stay one step ahead of the massive technological changes we are seeing in our society," FERC Chairman Willie Phillips said Monday.
Republican Commissioner Mark Christie voted against the long-term planning rule, which he said is unfair to consumers and oversteps FERC's authority.
Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.) said on a media call Monday that FERC's planning rule helps make up for Congress's failure in the past few years to pass legislation to expand power transmission. He said he doesn't expect Congress to pass transmission legislation this year.
Across the U.S., plans for myriad new power projects, largely wind and solar, are languishing due to delays in their ability to connect to the grid. The backlog of new power projects, mostly solar, wind and battery storage, seeking to connect to the grid jumped by 30% in 2023 from the previous year, according to a recent report by the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. New projects "are mired in lengthy and uncertain interconnection study processes," the report said.
The rule is designed to push projects that benefit ratepayers, resulting in more transmission capacity that can deliver cheaper electricity. It also addresses how costs are spread out among ratepayers in projects that include multiple states.
"Cost allocation is a huge issue, and it's a contentious one," said Larry Gasteiger, executive director of Wires, a trade association.
Critics of the rule say it could clash with oversight of utilities by local regulators and potentially lead to increases in consumer bills. Several Republican attorneys general have threatened to sue the government over the rule, claiming FERC is overstepping its authority in a bid to bring more clean energy onto the grid.
Utilities aren't always proponents of long-distance power lines, which can bring in power cheaper than their own generation. The cost of wind and solar energy has plunged in recent years, making it more competitive with natural gas.
"One of the main reasons utilities don't want to build a major transmission [project] is because it can harm their power-plant business," said Ari Peskoe, director of Harvard Law School's Electricity Law Initiative.
The planning rule also provides new guidelines for the role of states in big transmission projects and seeks to enlist their input in the early stages of project planning.
The new rules come as demand for power is rising, driven by new manufacturing, electric vehicles and giant data centers catering to artificial intelligence. That has caused utilities to scramble to adapt, some backtracking on plans to retire fossil-fuel power plants or add new natural-gas generation.
The planning requirements will also spur utilities to adopt more so-called grid-enhancement technologies , such as sensors and power flow control devices, which can improve the transmission of electricity across existing lines. Such technologies are often cheaper than building new power lines.
The Biden administration is pulling other levers to spur transmission construction. Last month, the Energy Department moved to become the lead federal agency coordinating environmental approval of major transmission projects across the U.S. in a bid to fast-track grid-infrastructure construction . The new process seeks to reduce the red tape grid planners faced as they sought separate approvals from a patchwork of federal agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency, Interior Department and the Agriculture Department.
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Credit: By Scott Patterson

So I’ve been out of collecting for the last few years since scalpers ruined it, but I’ve been collecting since I was 5 years old, and have learned a lot about collecting.
If you’re a serious collector, I’d recommend joining the Facebook groups: - AUSTRALIAN COINS & NOTES - Buy Swap Sell by FNQ Groups - ACBC - Australian Coins Banknotes Collectables - Coins And Banknotes Australia (CBA) Buy Sell Swap
Those were the main 3 when I was buying/collecting a lot. The admins are all really great too. You’ll learn a lot in those groups.
IN REGARDS WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR
If you’re collecting for value, there’s the obvious ones like the $1 ‘mule’ from 2000, $2 Red Poppy from 2012, 20c ‘wavy’ from 1966, round 50c from 1966, etc.
A good way to know if a coin is valuable is often based off its mintage.
In regards to $2 coins, you want anything really with a mintage less than 2 million. So 2012 Red Poppy (0.5 million), 2013 Purple Coronation (1 million), 2015 Red Lest We Forget (1.46 million), 2014 Green Remembrance Day (1.85 million) are the main ones, but there are others of course.
For $1, it’s somewhat similar, in regards to NOT error coins, but mintage wise, you’ll want to look for 1992 MOR (0.008 million - very rare), 2016 50th Anniversary of Decimal Currency (0.56 million), 2021 MOR (0.16 million), 2015 Anzac (1.4 million).
Surprisingly, the ‘A’, ‘U’, and ‘S’ stamped coins from 2019 with a mintage of 1.512 million never really was super desired, but it might become more valuable in future.
50c, 20c, & 10c don’t have much worthy of collecting for low mintage wise. 50c there are a couple of low mintage years for COA (1985 & 1993 - 1 million mintage, 2019 (IRB design) & 2020 (JC design) - 1.1 million mintage). The lowest mintage commemorative 50c coin is Eddie Mabo (2017 - 1.4 million).
20c lowest mintage year is 1988 (0.2 million) for platypus design.
10c only has one commemorative design in circulation, being the 2016 50th Anniversary of Decimal currency design on the obverse side of the coin (6.2 million mintage) but the lowest mintage for circulating 10c is from 2011 (1.7 million mintage).
5c I find interesting because before the release of 50th Anniversary of Decimal Currency 5c coin was released in 2016 (mintage 4.8 million - only circulated commemorative design for 5c), collectors often searched for the (previously) lowest mintage 5c coin, being the 1972 design (mintage 8.3 million). The lowest mintage for 5c now is the 2019 (JC design) with a mintage of 2 million.
When it comes to error coins If you’re noodling, check every coin for any errors, but it’s fairly widely agreed (to my knowledge) that $1 coins are most commonly found errors.
For $2 coins, the main error is: - Misstamped coloured coins (more common with the coloured $2 coins released in newer years, often the colour of the coin will be incorrectly on the ‘heads’ side of the coin, leaving the ‘tails’ side colourless)
For $1 coins, the main errors you’re looking for are: - 2000 mule (double rim on MOR coin) - ‘Spew Roo’ (error in design on MOR coin coming from the ‘mouth’ of the kangaroo up the top of the coin, not the main kangaroo) - ‘Rabbit Ears’ (error in design on MOR coin similar to ‘spew roo’ but on the kangaroos ears) - ‘Three Leg Roo’ (error on MOR coin where a background kangaroo is missing a leg) - Centenary Federation Rotation Error (2001 Centenary Federation coin is rotated different from the obverse side to the reverse side)
For 50c coins the main one is: - Millennium ‘Incuse Flag’ (on 2000 Millennium 50c coin where the star on the flag is affected)
For 20c, the main one is: - ‘Wavy’ 1966 coin (the ‘2’ on ‘20’ is notably different, giving it a ‘wavy’ affect)
For 5c, the main one is: - 2007 ‘Double headed’ (a 5c coin with 2 ‘heads’ sides, made in 2007) arguably up there as one of the most valuable coins
For all coins: - Rotation errors (more common with some coins than others, but a possibility nevertheless) - Misstampted coins (where the printing of the coins design is not inline with the actual coin) - Double head (very very rare, but a possibility nevertheless)
There are really so many possibilities when it comes to errors, checking each coin thoroughly for any misprints, rotation errors, etc. is a good idea when noodling
At the end of the day, your coin is worth as much as someone is willing to pay. Coin prices fluctuate. Holding onto coins to sell when major events happen, such as a death in the monarch or if Australia decided to become Independent and break from the Monarchy, would cause an INSTANT increase in coin prices, that is guaranteed to fluctuate. Sometimes coins will take YEARS to increase in price, take the 2017 Planetary Set as an example.. RRP $180 and at its peak it was selling for as much as $14,000 a few years ago, now it’s on eBay for $6,000. When checking the value of your coins, eBay listings are NOT accurate ways to value them. Always check the sold listings for a more accurate value.
Links:
Mintage: https://www.ramint.gov.au/circulating-coins#
Error coin (semi) list: https://numismatics.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/vol-27-harris.pdf

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9240103/

Patterns of Gender-Based Violence in Conflict-Affected Ukraine: A Descriptive Analysis of Internally Displaced and Local Women Receiving Psychosocial Services

Arbitrary Displacement Is a Structural Rot that Hegemonizes Economic Abuse and with it Economic Collapse
Checkpoints for the displaced showed the most violence, literally predating on women when they were the most vulnerable by armed men.
Almost 8% of violent incidents against displaced women occurred at checkpoints or at reception centers for internally displaced persons (IDP) and 20% were perpetrated by armed men.
Majority of Ukrainian female respondents described their household economic situation as bad or very bad (59%)
A survey of internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Ukraine found that a majority of respondents described their household economic situation as bad or very bad (59%), and only 22% held regular employment (Roberts et al., 2017).
Women fleeing violence are most likely to be exposed to sexually violent men exactly at the moments they were most expecting protection. This suggests a pattern of men who watch for the female victims of their enemies, and then violate them when they come to them, simply out of nationalist/ethnicist hate crime, with no care about their status as a victim.
Meta-analytic findings estimate a 21% prevalence of sexual violence among female refugees and IDPs (Vu et al., 2014).
A 2014 national survey conducted shortly after the start of the conflict found that 19% of 15–49 year old women had experienced violence since the age of 15 compared to 17% in 2007 (Martsenyuk et al., 2014).
Displaced women were more likely to experience sexual violence
Furthermore, we hypothesized that among GBV survivors: 1) proportionally more violent acts against displaced women would be non-domestic and associated with combat operations (i.e., demobilized and active governmental and non-governmental soldiers); 2) displaced women would be more likely to experience sexual violence than local women; and 3) patterns of reporting and referrals would differ depending on a woman’s residency status.
UN Women’s Framework for emergency response and preparedness (UN Women, 2013) was used
The adaptation process followed the recommendations of the GBV-IMS Rollout Guidelines (UNFPA, n.d.) and the UN Women’s Framework for emergency response and preparedness (UN Women, 2013), and entailed piloting the tool with several mobile teams and incorporating the feedback from the field.
Definition of internally displaced person
Ukrainian law defines an internally displaced person as “a citizen of Ukraine, a foreigner or a stateless person who is in the territory of Ukraine legally and has the right to reside permanently in Ukraine, and who was forced to leave his place of residence due to armed conflict, temporary occupation, widespread violence, human rights violations or emergencies of natural or man-made nature” (On Ensuring the Rights and Freedoms of Internally Displaced Persons, 2014).
Forced marriage with economic abuse followed with rape and sexual assault
Determination of GBV type was made by mobile team members using the GBV-IMS classification tool (UNFPA et al., 2011). The form instructs providers to select only one GBV type per case based on a series of questions asked in a specific order, as follows: 1) rape (if any type of penetration occurred); 2) sexual assault (if there was unwanted sexual contact); 3) physical assault (if there was physical battery); 4) forced marriage; 5) economic violence (in cases of denial of resources, opportunities, or services); 6) psychological or emotional abuse (if the incident involved insults, name-calling, and humiliation); and 7) no GBV (if none of the above). If, for example, a woman reported experiencing unwanted sexual contact, the provider would classify the case as “sexual assault” and continue to the following section.
One in five women who experienced violence were unemployed, showing these violent perpetrators may keep their victims from employment or sabotage their employment purposefully to put them in harm’s way.
More than one in five (21.6%) women who experienced violence were unemployed, with no differences between the groups. Overall, slightly less than one-third (30.7%) of the women engaged in unpaid labor such as elder and childcare, with significantly higher proportions among local women. Proportionally more displaced women had a professional occupation (24.6% vs. 20.0%, p<0.001).
78.3% of women reported that a man raped them. Half of the women reported psychological abuse in addition, showing many rapists are psychologically abusive before and after as a tell-tale sign.
More than three-quarters (78.3%) of women reported that a man was the perpetrator. In nearly half of the cases, the perpetrator was an intimate partner (49.5%); and in roughly one in five (21.8%) a family member. Psychological abuse (48.4%) was reported by almost half of the women (See Table 2).
Compared to local women, proportionally more displaced women reported an incident of rape or sexual abuse (3.1% vs. 2.1%, p<0.001) or economic abuse (23.4% vs. 14.4%, p<0.001).
Gender based violence affects one million women annually in Ukraine
GBV is a grave human rights violation that affects an estimated one million women annually in Ukraine (Barrett et al., 2012). Social disruption and frail economic conditions in humanitarian settings further aggravate women’s vulnerability to violence, particularly for displaced women (Stark & Ager, 2011; Stark et al., 2017). This analysis supports our primary hypothesis that the experience of violence differs by survivors’ residency status. Specifically, we found differences in terms of relationship to the perpetrator, type of violence experienced and access to care between local and displaced women.
Checkpoints, or borderlines, nebulous zones of power shifts were huge points of violence to Ukrainian women, showing power shifts are often signaled by violence, especially to the most vulnerable.
Notably, 20.0% of displaced women in our sample experienced violence at the hands of armed men compared to 5.3% of local women. We also found that checkpoints between government-controlled and non-government–controlled areas and IDP reception centers posed a particular risk for displaced women in our study.
38% more displaced women reported experiencing sexual violence than local women, meaning people were actively preying on people who were displaced, not protecting them. This shows Ukrainian women are at huge risk of opportunistic rape by the very men pretending to be safe.
Whereas sexual violence was the least common type of reported violence, 38% more displaced women reported experiencing sexual violence than local women.
Ukrainian women come from a long history of corrupt police, so they did not report to the police because the police do not work for them and never have. That is not their fault; it is their country and area’s fault.
Studies in conflict-affected Ukraine found that a majority of survivors were unwilling to report GBV incidents to the police, particularly among internally displaced women (UCSR, 2018).
Because of this violence around the very people that were supposed to protect them, Ukrainian women are less likely to file a police report. Displaced women were even more unlikely. It is an intelligent decision to not have a faith that has been factually and with evidence violated repeatedly.
we found that displaced women were less than half as likely than local women to have filed a police report.
Younger women seek gender based violence services more than older women, showing Ukrainian women are often being targeted for their fertility and not receiving justice can help them remain to be seen as a fertility commodity instead of a human being, making European countries very wary of the nation seeing how their women are treated. Women's rights feature largely in European economic inclusion.
For example, among GBV survivors in Ukraine, younger women seek services for GBV more often than older women (41% of those aged 15–29 vs. 26% those aged 40–49) (Martsenyuk et al., 2014). Therefore, this analysis is not representative of all women experiencing violence.
Domestic violence within the ranks of the warring country increased during war for Ukrainian women, instead of coming together in solidarity and mutual support
Studies in complex emergency settings have found stigma among GBV survivors, normalization of domestic violence during times of conflict, unwillingness to report men living in the home for fear of forced military recruitment, and reluctance to involve law enforcement as major reporting barriers, especially among displaced women survivors of violence (Ager et al., 2018; Stark & Ager, 2011).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9240103/

It started with the worst excuse I think I've ever come up with. I was eating lunch with the Head Start kids, which the teachers do, because we're modeling eating habits and food choices, and there were sun butter and jelly sandwiches. i KNEW it was a bad idea, because I'd read the label. But I thought, "well, in a federally funded lunch program, all the food has to pass certain guidelines! So it must be okay!" (remember "ketchup is a vegetable"?? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ketchup\_as\_a\_vegetable) THEN, I was shopping at Fred Meyer's, and there was an open container of free chocolate chip cookies, which is basically the worst case scenario for me. You all can probably guess what happened next. AUGH!!
I think I've pinpointed what happened, though. It all started with "oh, I can have just this little bit. " Because it REALLY started on Sunday with eating half of a rhubarb muffin that wasn't very sweet. I then thought "that was okay! That didn't count!" But once I start thinking that way, it's the beginning of the slippery slide. Tomorrow, I'm going to go back to one day at a time!! Just for today, I will not eat or drink any sugar or added sweeteners!

In a bit of a tricky situation. I’m Canadian & currently not living in the U.S. I resigned from a U.S. role in early 2023 and promptly emptied my 401k and paid federal taxes on it at the time of removal. That means I only have about 6 weeks of 2023 US income and a very small amount in 401k (that again I already paid federal taxes on).
Well I’m now trying to file my U.S. taxes & I have until June 15 to mail in my tax return. But I’m leaving for a trip this Thursday and won’t be back until May 29th. I was going to file through the Sprintax software but Guideline, the company that was supposed to give me my 1099 form, messed up AGAIN and did not update my 1099 to reflect that federal tax was withheld when I emptied my 401k.
I sent them an angry email after finding out the updated form was never uploaded and will call them tomorrow as well. Hoping to have the new 1099 by EOD tomorrow.
But that barely leaves me any time to actually file my taxes through Sprintax! How long does the actual process of filing your taxes through their software take?
I was hoping to mail my return to the IRS via tracked postage before I leave for my trip, so now I’m worried.
Any insight??

Hi there, has anyone filed for I-942 (reduced filing fee) but your income is below 150% of the poverty guideline? My annual income from my last tax return was about $14,000.
My question is...
I know that most people will apply for the I-912 (waiver fee) since I'm qualified for it...
but what if I want to use the I-942 reduced filing fee instead? Will it be accepted? because the instruction on the i-942 says: my household income needs to be above 150% but below 400%
and my income is obviously below 150%...
Do you think it will be accepted? knowing that USCIS is still benefitting from this because I still pay at least...

I'm not technically TDIU. I'm 100% P&T but soley for PTSD. Thus, I fall under the work limitations and income restrictions of those who are TDIU. I have already confirmed this with the VA, my income limit is my state's poverty line (about $1,200/ month).
I don't disagree that I'm unemployable. I was an Infantryman from 2003 to 2011 and I had some pretty rough deployments. Since I got out, I couldn't hold a job for longer than six months, I've put 2 people in the hospital while on the job, and everyone I know is scared of me.
Since I've become P&T I've been isolating. I've tried hypnotherapy, ketamine therapy, and the VA's truama recovery program. Nothing really feels like it's helping. But I don't want to be useless. I want to contribute again.
I understand there's a self employment option through VR&E, and I wanted to utilize that benefit to perhaps own my own gunsmithing business. I was a sniper and an armorer, and I think I could enjoy helping people with their long range weapons. And for the most part, working on guns can be at my own pace and away from the public.
But I'm worried that if I use VR&E for self employment, my disability will be downgraded. I've heard that once it's downgraded, it's near impossible to get 100% p&t again. If I can make a living without the VA, I'd do it in a heart beat. But I guess I have a fear of failure, considering that I've failed everything after the Army; college, the security industry, being a husband and a father, my health, you name it, I've fucked it up. I don't want to mess up then be left financially worse than when I started.
My questions are, will applying for VR&E trigger a reevaluation of my rating? Will owning my own business trigger a reevaluation? Can my own business be considered a sheltered / protected workplace? Would dividends of the company's profit be ignored by the VA when they see my tax filings? Or would they consider that income for all intents and purposes when considering my disability rating?
Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

This is the list that I wrote for Oklahoma's execution roster since the nationwide reinstatement of capital punishment in the late 1970s. Something that should be mentioned is that given the nature of many death penalty related crimes, many of the descriptions contain very disturbing details. Please read at your own risk.
Florida's list is next, and I'll post my list for Texas once I've completed it. With Texas, I've currently finished 464 entries out of the 587 cases to date. That will probably take 7 or 8 posts for it all to be released, so I'll probably do two posts a day with Texas to avoid spamming the sub. At the end of this year, I'll repost the states that have conducted further executions with the updated information.
As with Missouri and Virginia, Reddit's maximum character count limitations forced me to divide Oklahoma's list into two separate parts. Here is the link to part 2.
The currently 124 executed offenders, cases 1 to 62:
1. Charles Coleman (~1950s-1990, lethal injection): A month after he was released on parole in 1979, Coleman broke into a house. While sacking it for any valuables, the homeowner’s brother and sister in law, 68 year old John and 62 year old Roxie Seward, walked in on him and were both shot dead. Coleman stole Roxie’s purse, several packets of frozen meat, and the homeowner’s watch during the burglary, and was arrested shortly afterwards. However, Coleman managed to escape custody, and went on a rampage that involved several burglaries, auto thefts, slitting the throat of a policeman in a failed murder attempt, the shooting death of 49 year old Russell Lewis Jr. in a carjacking, and the abduction of a deputy. The kidnapped deputy was rescued following an armed standoff with other police officers. Coleman had an extensive history of animal cruelty, armed robberies, assaults, and carrying concealed weapons convictions dating back to when he was 11 years old. He was also heavily suspected in the murder of his teenage girlfriend’s father, but was acquitted by the courts despite the prosecution’s strong belief in his guilt.
2. Robyn Parks (1977-1992, lethal injection): During a gas station robbery, Parks shot and killed Abdullah Ibrahim, a 24 year old Bangladeshi immigrant that worked as the attendant. According to Parks, he murdered Ibrahim for catching him using a stolen credit card.
3. Olan Randle (1980-1992, lethal injection): Randle invaded a home and shot the occupants, 41 year old Robert Swinford, Sinford's fiance 42 year old Averil Bourque, and Bourque's friend 38 year old Julia Lovejoy, dead. He took a pocket knife and several watches from the victims.
4. Thomas Grasso (~1970s(?)-1995, lethal injection): While living in Oklahoma, Grasso strangled 87 year old Hilda Johnson, the best friend of his girlfriend's grandmother, to death with her Christmas lights. He took $8 from her purse, several coins that added up to $4, and a television set that he sold for $125. Grasso then moved to New York, and strangled 81 year old Leslie Holtz for his social security check. The trialing arrangements caused some controversy, as the New York governors at the time were anti death penalty, and tried to prevent Grasso's extradition in favor of giving him a life sentence in their jurisdiction. Grasso had several previous convictions for theft and was fired multiple times for stealing from his jobs.
5. Roger Stafford (~1974(?)-1995, lethal injection): Stafford was condemned for killing at least 9 people in two separate robbery incidents with his brother and ex wife, though his ex wife claimed that he was involved with as many as 34 murders nationwide. The first convicted incident was when he and the ex wife carjacked and fatally shot a couple, 38 year old Melvin and 31 year old Linda Lorenz, and their son, 12 year old Richard. A few weeks after the Lorenz murders, Stafford stormed a restaurant and gunned down 6 employees, 56 year old Isaac Freeman, 43 year old Louis Zacarias, 17 year old Anthony Tew, 17 year old David Lindsey, 16 year old David Salsman, and 15 year old Terri Horst. One of Stafford's additional attributed victims was 20 year old Jimmy Berry, who was killed in the hold up of an Alabaman McDonalds, but he wasn't charged by the state due to his death sentences in Oklahoma.
6. Robert Brecheen (1983-1995, lethal injection): Breechen was involved in a feud over money with 59 year old Mary Stubbs and her husband. In an attempt to take what he perceived was owed to him, Breechen carried out a night time burglary of their home. While rummaging through the house, Breechen stumbled upon old Marie in her living room and shot her to death. The gunshots and screams awoke her husband, and he chased him away with his own gun.
7. Benjamin Brewer (1978-1996, lethal injection): Brewer raped his neighbor, 20 year old Karen Stapleton, in her home and stabbed her to death
8. Steven Hatch (1979-1996, lethal injection): Hatch and another assailant, Glen Ake, forced themselves inside the home that Richard Dougass, a 43 year old reverend, shared with his wife, 36 year old Marilyn, and their two children, 16 year old Brooks and 12 year old Lesile. The pair tied up the family and raped Lesile in front of her parents and brother. All four family members were shot, and Hatch and Ake ran off with $43 and the parents’ wedding rings. Richard and Marilyn were both killed in the shootings, while their children survived the attack. Ake was also initially condemned for the attack, but his sentence was overturned and resentenced to life following mental health concerns, and passed away from undisclosed natural causes in 2011.
9. Scott Carpenter (1994-1997, lethal injection): In a convenience store robbery, Carpenter stabbed the owner, 56 year old A. J. Kelley, in the neck, and hid the body in the minnow room. He filled his truck with $37 worth of gas from the pumps and drove away from the scene. His execution caused some controversy, as it was reported that Carpenter gasped and spasmed for 11 minutes after being injected.
10. Michael Long (1997-1998, lethal injection): Enraged that his coworker, 24 year old Sheryl Graber, refused him sex and started screaming for help, he stabbed her over 31 times. Long also shot and killed her son, 5 year old Andrew, for being a witness.
11. Stephen Wood (1992-1998, lethal injection): While heavily intoxicated, Wood stabbed two other homeless men, 46 year old Charles Stephen and 34 year old Charles Von Johnson, dozens of times each. He was given a life sentence for both of their murders. During his incarceration, Robert Brigden, a 59 year old former minister that was serving a 40 year sentence for molesting several girls between the ages of 4-14 in his congregation, moved into his unit after refusing to go into protective custody. Woods killed Brigden in a stabbing attack, and his sentence was escalated to death by the courts for it.
12. Tuan Anh Nguyen (~1982-1998, lethal injection): By all accounts, Nguyen was jealously possessive over his wife, 21 year old Donna. During one of their arguments over his behavior, he stabbed Donna, her 6 year old nephew Joseph White, and her 3 year old niece Amanda White, in their home and left the bodies to be found by the children’s parents. He fled to Arizona, groomed a 14 year old girl into an illicit “relationship”, and impregnated her. After he convinced her to move in with him, Nguyen physically and sexually abused the girl until she fled and went to the local police for help. Nguyen was then deported back to Oklahoma to face trial for Donna and the White children’s slayings, and was sentenced to death for them.
13. John Duvall (1986-1998, lethal injection): During a fight with his wife, 30 year old Donna, Duvall stabbed and suffocated her to death with a pillow.
14. John Castro Sr. (1983-1999, lethal injection): Castro carjacked Beulah Cox, a 31 year old Oklahoma State University student, after she picked him up hitchhiking and shot her to death. A few months later, Castro held up a restaurant with an empty pistol, and attacked the manger, 29 year old Rhonda Pappan, after forcing her to open the register. During their struggle, Pappan was fatally stabbed, and he took off with her purse. During his mid teens, Castro was allegedly molested by his mother. Castro's attorneys made the argument that his glimpses of Cox's buttocks reminded him of his mother's reported abuse, and he was triggered into attacking her for it.
15. Sean Sellers (1985-1999, lethal injection): In 1985, a then 15 year old Sellers tried to buy beer from a convenience store, but the clerk, 32 year old Robert Bower, denied him due to being underaged at the time. Sellers gunned him down in a fit of rage. A year later, Sellers shot and killed his mother, 32 year old Vonda Bellofatto, and stepfather, 43 year old Paul, in their sleep. Due to being 16 at the time of his conviction, Sellers remains the youngest condemned offender to have his sentence carried out in the post Furman era. He also attracted national media attention for claiming that his crimes were the result of demonic possession.
16. Scotty Moore (1983-1999, lethal injection): Moore was fired from a motel for undisclosed reasons. In retaliation, Moore and a cousin (whom he was dating at the time), assaulted the motel, and gunned down the desk clerk, 42 year old Alex Fernandez. According to court documents, the pair took a total of $97 in the robbery.
17. Norman Newsted (1984-1999, lethal injection): Newsted tricked Lawrence Buckley, a 26 year old cab driver, into picking him up. He shot Buckley dead and took his wallet. In an attempt to cover his tracks, Newsted placed the body inside the cab, and drove it into a creek near a local church. Despite his best efforts, Buckley’s cab and remains were discovered a day later by the church’s pastor.
18. Cornel Cooks (1982-1999, lethal injection): Cooks and his accomplice broke into the home of 87 year old Jennie Ridling. She was gagged, raped, and suffocated to death with gauze wrappings. According to autopsy reports, the pair abused her for over 2 hours. They then sacked the house for any valuables and left with her checkbook.
19. Bobby Ross (1983-1999, lethal injection): While robbing an inn, Ross fatally shot a police officer, 30 year old Steve Mahan, that tried to intervene.
20. Malcolm Johnson (~1970s(?)-2000, lethal injection): Johnson invaded the apartment of 76 year old Ura Thompson and sexually assaulted her. Thompson either died from having her chest compounded during the abuse or was suffocated by Johnson’s hands covering her nose. He seized several possessions such as furs, typewriters, purse, watch, rings, and a hand mirror, which were discovered by police in his residence during an unrelated investigation of a firearms possession charge. Johnson had an extensive criminal history, which included several convictions of rape, armed robberies, and burglaries. The case attracted controversy when it was discovered that the lead chemist in the investigation misconducted several of her other cases, and forged some of the evidence used in the trial. Despite the other overwhelming evidence to the contrary, Johnson’s supporters took the opportunity to push a narrative of his innocence.
21. Gary Walker (~1960s-2000, lethal injection): Walker abducted, raped, and murdered at least 5 women, 36 year old Margaret Lydick, 35 year old Jane Hilburn, 32 year old Janet Jewell, 25 year old Valerie Shaw-Hartzell, and 24 year old DeRonda Roy, and non fatally assaulted several other women and teenage girls. The victims were mostly strangled to death with their bras and panties. Some of them were forced to withdraw hundreds of dollars from ATMs before they were killed. He also strangled a man, 63 year old Eddie Cash, with an electrical cord while robbing his home. Walker had dozens of previous convictions for burglary, carjacking, drug possession, and carrying concealed weapons. Some of his earliest arrests occurred when he was a teenager.
22. Michael Roberts (~1988-2000, lethal injection): A career burglar, Roberts was condemned for murder of 80 year old Lula Brooks. She was raped and her throat was slit by an intruder in her home. Roberts' death sentence and execution has been contested, as he was convicted on his later recounted testimony alone. He claimed that the investigators tricked him into confessing with the promise of a plea deal that was allegedly withheld from him.
23. Kelly Rogers (1990-2000, lethal injection): Rogers’ girlfriend lured 21 year old Karen Lauffenburger into her apartment with a fake pizza order. They accosted her when she arrived with the delivery. After the couple forced Lauffenburger to hand to over the $40 she earned from the night's pizza deliveries and withdraw $175 from an ATM, Rogers raped and stabbed her to death. The body was left in Lauffenburger’s apartment and was found by her boyfriend.
24. Ronald Boyd (1986-2000, lethal injection): During a robbery spree of several gas stations and supermarkets, Boyd engaged in a shootout with the responding officers. A Master Patrolman, 32 year old Richard Riggs, was killed in the exchange.
25. Charles Foster (~1980s(?)-2000, lethal injection): Foster suspected a grocery store owner, 74 year old Claude Wiley, of making sexual advances at his wife. He arranged for her to entice Wiley to their home with an order. When he arrived with the delivery, Foster stabbed and bludgeoned him to death with a baseball bat. He a history of convictions involving threats and violence, though my sources didn’t disclose any specific details.
26. James Robedeaux (1978-2000, lethal injection): In 1978, Robedeaux strangled his first wife, 30 year old Linda, and plead guilty to a second degree murder charges. He was released after serving 6 out of a 25 year sentence despite an escape attempt. In the following year, he began a relationship with 37 year old Nancy McKinney while he married a different woman. During an argument, Robedeaux beat McKinney to death, dismembered her body with a saw and machete, and scattered the remains across the state. While being investigated for McKinney's murder, he was arrested for choking and beating his estranged second wife. The cases were incidental and kept separate by the courts.
27. Roger Berget (~1985-2000, lethal injection): Berget carjacked and abducted 33 year old Rick Patterson with an accomplice, and shot him dead. He also admitted to the beating death of a roommate, 40 year old James Meadows, on the behalf of the man's wife. As a trivial side note, Berget's brother Rodney was executed in 2018 by the state of South Dakota for killing a prison guard [for more information, please see Rodney Berget's entry under the South Dakota section of my states with less then 10 executions post].
28. William Bryson (1988-2000, lethal injection): To collect a $300,000 life insurance policy, Marilyn Plantz recruited her boyfriend Byrson and his friend to kill her husband, 33 year old James. Byrson and his friend ambushed Plantz in his house as he was coming home from work and beat him to death with a baseball bat. With the intentions of staging an accident, Marilyn ordered the pair to burn the body in the couple's pickup truck.
29. Gregg Braun (1989-2000, lethal injection): Across several states, Braun shot and killed 4 women, 48 year old Geraldine Valdez, 31 year old Gwendolyn Miller, 28 year old Mary Rains, 27 year old Barbara Kochendorfer, and one man, 54 year old Pete Spurrier, while robbing stores.
30. George Wallace (~1970s-2000, lethal injection): Known as "the Mad Paddler" due to his habit of spanking abducted preteen and teenage boys with a wooden paddle, Wallace kidnapped his victims by posing as a police officer. After duping his targets into thinking that they were being arrested, Wallace restrained them with handcuffs and leg chains. The captives were then sexually abused and shot or stabbed to death. His crimes were exposed when an 18 year old man he abducted escaped from him despite being shot and stabbed numerous times. By his own admission, Wallace murdered 18 year old Thomas Reed, 15 year old William Domer, 14 year old Mark McLaughlin, 14 year old Jeffrey Foster, and 12 year old Alonzo Cade.
31. Eddie Trice (1987-2001, lethal injection): Trice snuck into the home of 84 year old Ernestine Jones and raped her. After he beat Jones to death with numbchucks, he terrorized and extorted her cognitively disabled son of $500 with threats of killing him if he told anyone of the murder. The son was also assaulted with a hammer, and he received injuries to his right eye, right cheekbone, and his right forearm.
32. Wanda Allen (~1981-2001, lethal injection): In 1981, Allen got into a fight with her live in girlfriend, 21 year old Dedra Pettus, and shot her dead. Despite giving a bungled story about her being accidentally killed in a shootout with Pettus’ ex boyfriend to the investigators, Allen managed to secure a 4 year sentence for manslaughter after pleading guilty to a plea deal, and was released after serving two years. While incarcerated, she started dating a fellow inmate, 29 year old Gloria Leathers, and continued their relationship outside of prison. The couple’s relationship was marred with extreme domestic violence on Allen’s end. In one incident, Allen struck Leathers with a rake. In 1989, while they were arguing in front of a shopping center, Allen shot and killed Leathers. Leathers herself also had history of violence, and had a conviction for stabbing a woman to death. Allen and her defense team tried to use Leathers’ previous convictions to make a self defense argument, but that was shot down by the courts.
33. Floyd Medlock (1990-2001, lethal injection): 7 year old Katherine Busch went to visit her family's old apartment, which Medlock was residing in, by herself. Busch knocked on the door and Medlock let her inside after she begged for food. He then choked and sexually assaulted the girl, dunked her head in a toilet bowl, and stabbed her to death. The body was hidden in a nearby dumpster. Busch's grandmothers were staunch pro capital punishment and anti death penalty activists respectively, and their public feud over Medlock's sentence and execution attracted some media attention. Medlock also had an extensive criminal history despite being only 19 at the time of Busch's murder, and was previously arrested several times for indecent exposure, arson, armed robbery, and marijuana possession.
34. Dion Smallwood (1992-2001, lethal injection): Smallwood walked into the home of his ex girlfriend's adoptive stepmother, 68 year old Lois Frederick, without invitation. He had a tumultuous and often violent relationship with her adopted stepdaughter that she strongly opposed, and they broke up under her pressure. After an argument, Smallwood knocked Frederick unconscious with a croquet mallet, locked her in a car, and burned her alive in it.
35. Mark Fowler (1985-2001, lethal injection): To get back at his ex employers for firing him, Fowler and his partner, Billy Fox, stormed a supermarket that he used to work out. The pair rounded up 3 employees, Chumpon Chaowasin, a 44 year old Thai immigrant, 33 year old Rick Cast, and 27 year old John Barrier, at gun point. Their hostages were shot, clubbed, and stabbed to death, and they took over $2,7000 in cash and checks.
36. Billy Fox (1985-2001, lethal injection): Fox assisted the above mentioned Mark Fowler in robbing a supermarket and murdering 3 of its employees
37. Loyd Lafevers (1985-2001, lethal injection): Lafevers and his accomplice, Randall Cannon, kidnapped 84 year old Addie Hawley from her home. She was raped, trapped in the trunk of a car, and burned alive in it. Although she was rescued, Hawley died from her injuries 6 hours later. The pair stole Hawley's wedding ring and Lafevers gifted it to a stripper. As Hawley's nephew was a Colorado state senator, her murder gained some attention from media outlets.
38. Dorsie Jones Jr. (1979-2001, lethal injection): While drinking at a bar, a barmaid chastised Jones for carrying an unconcealed gun. He shot at her in a fit of rage, but missed and injured his female companion instead. Jones then turned his attention to the other patrons and fired on them. 48 year old Stanley Buck Sr. was killed in front of his 19 year old son, who was also wounded in the shooting.
39. Robert Clayton (~1980s-2001, lethal injection): Clayton attacked 19 year old Rhonda Timmons while she was sunbathing near her apartment. She was raped, stabbed, kicked in the head, and strangled to death with her swimming suit. Her husband found Timmons' body laying next to their infant daughter, who was left unharmed. Clayton had a previous rape conviction in Tennessee and a robbery conviction in Texas.
40. Ronald Fluke (1997-2001, lethal injection): Out of despair that his gambling addiction drove his family to near poverty, Fluke shot and killed his wife, 44 year old Ginger, and their daughters, 13 year old Kathryn and 11 year old Susanne, while they were sleeping in their bedrooms. He initially attacked Ginger with a hatchet, but turned to shooting when she fought back.
41. Marilyn Plantz (1988-2001, lethal injection): The married girlfriend of William Bryson. As mentioned under Bryson's entry, Plantz arranged for him and his friend to kill her husband James to collect his life insurance policy.
42. Terrance James (1983-2001, lethal injection): While awaiting trial for a theft of government property charge, James and two accomplices strangled a fellow inmate, 25 year old Mark Berry, with wire out of their suspicions of him being a snitch. They then hung the body in an attempt to make it look like a suicide. Berry was another party in the theft of government property case, and James and his accomplices believed that it was his testimony that got them arrested.
43. Vincent Johnson (1991-2001, lethal injection): Johnson gunned down 44 year old Shirley Mooneyham in her home. The prosecution believed that Mooneyham's boyfriend arranged the killing to collect a life insurance policy, but he was acquitted at trial.
44. Jerald Harjo (~1980s-2001, lethal injection): Harjo snuck into the bedroom of 64 year old Ruth Porter, raped her, and suffocated her with a pillowcase. He then snatched Porter's car keys and drove off with her van. His past criminal history was extensive, and was in prison numerous times for burglary and autotheft.
45. Jack Walker (1988-2001, lethal injection): Disgruntled with the custody dispute over their then 3 month old son, Walker stabbed his ex girlfriend, 17 year old Shelly Ellison, and her uncle, 30 year old Donald, 32 and 11 times with an ice pick during a confrontation at their home.
46. Alvie Hale Jr. (1983-2001, lethal injection): Hale kidnapped 24 year old William Perry to extort a $350,000 ransom from his banking family. When the negotiations failed, Perry was shot dead, and Hale buried the body on his father's property.
47. Lois Smith (1982-2001, lethal injection): Smith, her son, and a female accomplice abducted her son's ex girlfriend, 21 year old Cindy Baillee, from an airport out of fear her testifying of his involvement in the drug trade. Baillee was taken to Smith's ex husband's house, and stabbed in the throat by her ex boyfriend while driving to their destination. Inside the home, she was taunted by Smith with a gun, and was shot 7 times in the chest and 2 times in the back of the head. While her son was reloading the gun, Smith jumped on and crushed Bailee's throat.
48. Sahib Lateef Al-Mosawi (1992-2001, lethal injection): Following a dispute over their newborn son's name, Al-Mosawi's estranged wife, 26 year old Inaam Al-Nashi, fled to the apartment of her uncle, 45 year old Mohammed. Al-Mosaw attacked the pair in the apartment and stabbed them to death. Inaam's sister was also stabbed, but she managed to escape with her life. The couple and their families were refugees from Iraq that were displaced by the First Persian Gulf War, and they fled into the United States.
49. John Romano (1985-2002, lethal injection): Romano and his accomplice David Woodruff robbed and murdered two of their acquaintances. One of the victims, 63 year old Lloyd Thompson, was attacked in his apartment. Thompson was held down by the pair while they stabbed him 22 times and served his spinal cord. The other victim, 52 year old Roger Sarfaty, was tied up, beaten, stabbed 5 times, and strangled to death in a jewelry store he owned. In the robberies, Romano and Woodruff stole several pieces of jewelry from Sarfaty, and took most of Thompson’s quarter collection.
50. David Woodruff (1985-2002, lethal injection): As mentioned under John Romano's entry, Woodruff took part in the robbery murders of Lloyd Thompson and Roger Sarfaty.
51. Randall Cannon (1985-2002, lethal injection): Cannon assisted Loyd Lafevers in abducting, sexually assaulting, and burning Addie Hawley alive in her car. Although he was acquitted of molesting Hawley, Cannon was still condemned for his part in the kidnapping and murder.
52. Earl Frederick Sr. (~1989-2002, lethal injection): Frederick beat Bradford Beck, a 41 year old veteran that was crippled during his service in the Vietnam war, to death in his home after befriending him. He ransacked the house and dumped Beck's body in a field. A second murder, the robbery and shooting death of a Texan man, 77 year old Shirley Fox, was also tied to him. However, authorities in Texas withheld from prosecuting Fredrick due to his death penalty trial and conviction in Oklahoma. Both Fox and Beck had physical disabilities, which led prosecutors to the conclusion that Frederick intentionally selected and depredated on disabled men.
53. Jerry McCracken (~1980s(?)-2002, lethal injection): McCracken and his accomplice shot up a bar, killed 3 patrons and the bartender, and made off with $350. The victims that lost their lives were 41 year old Carol McDaniels, 37 year old Timothy Sheets, 34 year old Steven Sheets, and 27 year old Tyrrell Boyd. Months before the mass shooting, McCracken was paroled after serving time for stabbing 3 people in a bar fight.
54. Jay Neill (1984-2002, lethal injection): During a bank robbery, Neill disemboweled and nearly decapitated 3 tellers, 42 year old Kay Bruno, 25 year old Joyce Mullenix, and 19 year old Jerri Bowles. A group of 4 customers, consisting of 33 year old Ralph Zeller, a married couple, and their 14 month old daughter, unwittingly walked in on him, and he herded them into a backroom to be shot. Zeller was killed, the couple were wounded, and Neill left the daughter unharmed due to running out of bullets. Neill's boyfriend was given a life sentence for the robbery and murders, despite not being directly involved.
55. Ernest Carter Jr. (~1989-2002, lethal injection): After being fired from an autoshop, Carter robbed it with an accomplice, and fatally shot a security guard, 35 year old Eugene Manowski. The pair stole the shop's tow truck, and later tried to burn it with Carter's girlfriend to destroy any traces of the crime. Carter was also previously accused of burning a friend to death in the previous year, but the charges were dismissed.
56. Daniel Revilla (1987-2003, lethal injection): While babysitting his girlfriend's son, 13 month old Mark Gomez, in their home, Revilla broke the boy’s ribs in a beating and scalded him with boiling water. When he brought the boy to a hospital, Revilla gave a story that he accidentally hit Gomez’s head with a door handle, which was quickly seen through by the staff. According to the accounts of his girlfriend and her family, Revilla was violently abusive to Gomez, and they recounted incidents of him trapping the boy in a kitchen drawer, dunking him in cold water, folding him into a pull up bed, and hanging him by his ankles with duct tape.
57. Bobby Fields (~1990s-2003, lethal injection): Fields shot and killed 77 year old Louise Schem while burglarizing her home. She had tried to shot him with her .25 calibre pistol, but he wrestled the gun away from her, and gunned her down with it. His intentions was to steal Schem's television set to sell for cocaine, but left empty handed after losing his nerves with the struggle and murder. According to court documents, Fields had a previous robbery and assault conviction, and several arrests for drug possession.
58. Walanzo Robinson (1989-2003, lethal injection): A member of the Gangster Bloods street gang, Robinson shot and killed 26 year old Dennis Hill, an affiliate of a rival gang, in a turf war over drug sales.
59. John Hooker (~1971-2003, lethal injection): As a teenager in 1971, Hooker attended a party at a friend's house, and got into an argument. In a fit of anger, he fatally shot 18 year old Alta Lang, and wounded two other partygoers. Due to the witnesses refusing to cooperate with the investigation and being unable to prove any calculated intentions, Hooker was given a manslaughter conviction, and released a few years later. After he was paroled, Hooker started dating Sylvia Stokes, and fathered several children with her. Their troubled relationship lasted for 8 years, and ended when Stokes filed a protection order against him. In retaliation, Hooker lured Stokes and her mother, 53 year old Durcilla Morgan, into his apartment and stabbed them both to death.
60. Scot Hain (~1980s-2003, lethal injection): Hain carjacked and abducted a couple, 27 year old Michael Houghton and 22 year old Laura Sanders. After taking $565 and some bags of clothing, he forced them into the trunk of their car at gunpoint, and burned them alive in it. He had several previous arrests for robbery, and was involved with a number of rapes and attempted kidnappings months before the Houghton and Sanders' murders.
61. Don Hawkins Jr. (1985-2003, lethal injection): Hawkins kidnapped 29 year old Linda Ann Thompson and her two daughters, aged 4 years old and 18 months old, from a mall. Although his original intentions were to ransom off Thompson and her children, Hawkins gang raped the captive woman with his cousin and his girlfriend's teenage nephew, and drowned her in a lake. Thompson's children were spared and simply left with a babysitter. Hawkins and his accomplice then went on a nation wide rampage with his accomplice that involved the abductions and rapes of several grown women and teenage girls, hanging 31 year old David Coupez of Colorado in his home while robbing him, and countless other robberies.
62. Larry Jackson (~1984-2003, lethal injection): In 1984, Jackson shot and killed his girlfriend, 19 year old Freda Washington. He accepted a plea deal that dumbed down the charges to second degree murder, and was given a 30 year sentence for it. During his incarceration, Jackson started a relationship with 29 year old Wendy Cade. Despite her promises of marriage after his release, Cade left him for another man, and they got engaged. When Jackson was assigned to a prison work crew, he snuck out and went to confront Cade. Reportedly, the two had bought alchool, cocaine, and cigerates together and had sex in Cade's apartment. However, they got into an argument, and he slashed Cade's throat and stabbed her 31 times with box cutters. Jackson then left with her jewelry, watch, and the keys to her jeep.

I am a bit out of ideas, and was hoping someone in this community may be able to help. I have created an LLC in in the state of Maryland, that was formed in March of this year. I plan on applying for an NIH SBIR for the September deadline, and am trying to complete the processes necessary to apply for government grants and funding. Right now, I am being blocked at the first step of registering in the Systems Award Manager (SAM): obtaining a unique entity ID.
I have provided certified copies of the business’s Articles of Organization as well as it’s Certificate of Good Standing . This is the response I get back, rejecting my business address:
“Unfortunately we are unable to confirm your address with the documentation provided. The address you entered in Sam.gov populates as a Co-Working space for For Shared Office/Work Spaces exceptions, entity must provide their 2023 federal tax documents, along with proof of filing, that contain the name and address of your entity. If you are unable to provide the requested documentation you must provide a different address for registration.
We do not accept PO Boxes, Personal Mailboxes, Forward Mailing Address, or Virtual Addresses including hired registered agents and incorporator services. Per GSA guidelines, a physical address, not mailing address, for your entity is required. For a physical address to be valid, it must satisfy one of the following conditions 1) Business is consistently conducted at this address or 2) Business records are securely kept at this address.”
My partner and I do consistently meet in this space (it is a co-working building), as well as receive our mail here, and it is fine by Maryland standards. We have not filed taxes because we did not exist last year. It is a tech company, and since it is Phase 1 we are applying for, we certainly do not have the means to have our own dedicated office space, nor is it necessary. Our home addresses are not an option.

I am a bit out of ideas, and was hoping someone in this community may be able to help. I have created an LLC in in the state of Maryland, that was formed in March of this year. I plan on applying for an NIH SBIR for the September deadline, and am trying to complete the processes necessary to apply for government grants and funding. Right now, I am being blocked at the first step of registering in the Systems Award Manager (SAM): obtaining a unique entity ID.
I have provided certified copies of the business’s Articles of Organization as well as it’s Certificate of Good Standing . This is the response I get back, rejecting my business address:
“Unfortunately we are unable to confirm your address with the documentation provided. The address you entered in Sam.gov populates as a Co-Working space for For Shared Office/Work Spaces exceptions, entity must provide their 2023 federal tax documents, along with proof of filing, that contain the name and address of your entity. If you are unable to provide the requested documentation you must provide a different address for registration.
We do not accept PO Boxes, Personal Mailboxes, Forward Mailing Address, or Virtual Addresses including hired registered agents and incorporator services. Per GSA guidelines, a physical address, not mailing address, for your entity is required. For a physical address to be valid, it must satisfy one of the following conditions 1) Business is consistently conducted at this address or 2) Business records are securely kept at this address.”
My partner and I do consistently meet in this space (it is a co-working building), as well as receive our mail here, and it is fine by Maryland standards. We have not filed taxes because we did not exist last year. It is a tech company, and since it is Phase 1 we are applying for, we certainly do not have the means to have our own dedicated office space, nor is it necessary. Our home addresses are not an option.

I am a bit out of ideas, and was hoping someone in this community may be able to help. I have created an LLC in in the state of Maryland, that was formed in March of this year. I plan on applying for an NIH SBIR for the September deadline, and am trying to complete the processes necessary to apply for government grants and funding. Right now, I am being blocked at the first step of registering in the Systems Award Manager (SAM): obtaining a unique entity ID.
I have provided certified copies of the business’s Articles of Organization as well as it’s Certificate of Good Standing. This is the response I get back, rejecting my business address:
“Unfortunately we are unable to confirm your address with the documentation provided. The address you entered in Sam.gov populates as a Co-Working space for For Shared Office/Work Spaces exceptions, entity must provide their 2023 federal tax documents, along with proof of filing, that contain the name and address of your entity. If you are unable to provide the requested documentation you must provide a different address for registration.
We do not accept PO Boxes, Personal Mailboxes, Forward Mailing Address, or Virtual Addresses including hired registered agents and incorporator services. Per GSA guidelines, a physical address, not mailing address, for your entity is required. For a physical address to be valid, it must satisfy one of the following conditions 1) Business is consistently conducted at this address or 2) Business records are securely kept at this address.”
My partner and I do consistently meet in this space (it is a co-working building), as well as receive our mail here, and it is fine by Maryland standards. We have not filed taxes because we did not exist last year. It is a tech company, and since it is Phase 1 we are applying for, we certainly do not have the means to have our own dedicated office space, nor is it necessary. Our home addresses are not an option.
Does anyone have any insight on how to get past this, or on who to contact? The email chain and online chat help has just been circular and not at all helpful. Thanks!

So here is a my case. I got a TJO from an agency for a Direct Hire Position, (that is hard to fill and for which the agency has informed congress about challenges in recruiting and retention), open to the Public that mentions that a recruitment incentive can be approved. This is the definition the agency uses in their recruiting and retention guidelines:
Recruitment Incentive- A bonus an agency may pay to a newly-appointed employee if the agency has determined that the position is likely to be difficult to fill in the absence of such an incentive. ln return, the employee must sign an agreement to fulfill a period of service with the agency of not less than 12 months and not more than 4 years.
The definition of the a newly-appointed employee by the same agency guideline is :
Newly Appointed- Refers to the first appointment (regardless of tenure) as an employee of the Federal government,
or
an appointment following a break in service of at least 90 days from a previous appointment as an employee of the Federal Government,
or,
in certain cases, an appointment following a break in service of less than 90 days from a previous appointment as an employee of the Federal government when the employee's Federal service during the 90-day period immediately preceding the appointment was limited to one or more of the following:
1-A time-limited or non-permanent appoimtment in the competitive or excepted service
2-Employment with the government of the District of Columbia (DC) when the candidate was first appointed by the DC government on or after October 1, 1987;
3-An appointment as an expert or consultant under 5 U.S.C. 3109 and 5 CFR part 304;
4-Service as an employee of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality of the Department of Defense when moving to a position outside of the Department of Defense or of the Coast Guard when moving to a position outside the Coast Guard;
or
Employment under a provisional appointment designated under 5 CFR 316.403.
So here is my situation I received a Term NTE 4 yr appointment in Nov, 2023 intermittent work schedule with non pay status since EOD with a different agency so technically I am in the ranks of the federal service. This was a position open to the public in the competitive service.
The initial TJO from the new agency said nothing about a recruitment bonus. I accepted the TJO and requested the recruitment incentive and it was denied on the basis that I am in the federal ranks which true.
Now the question: If I were to resign for reasons of employment from my term NTE 4yr position from the other agency would this be consider a break in service less than 90 days of a term position meet the requirement for a recruiting incentive?
By OPM Guide to processing personnel actions a Break in Federal Service is defined as: The time when the employee is no longer in the payroll of an agency ( In computing creditable service for benefits, ie leave accrual, and reduction in force retention a separation of 1,2,3 calendar days is not considered a break in service, a separation of 4 o more days in service is considered a break in service and the days of separation are subtracted from from the employees total creditable service).
Since I have no leave, etc from that current term NTE position shouldnt a simple separation from that term position (competitive service) due to a voluntary resignation provide me that break in service (no longer be in federal pay status) and thus make me eligible for the recruiting incentive with the new agency as per OPM and their own recruiting and agency hiring policy manual as I dont have to have 90 period before the break in fed service for term positions? My concern is obviously the optics of the new agency or if the break in service must be prior to the TJO or prior to the service agreement that I would sign with the new agency? Keep in mind this is the exception to the rule as most fed employees are permanent.
Any feed back would be greatly appreciated.

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The Criminal Justice Bill makes a return to the Commons this week.
It's reportedly been in limbo amid backlash from Tory MPs over the part that would 'criminalise' homelessness. Former ministers are among those who have tabled amendments to counter this part of the bill.
Elsewhere, Rishi Sunak will make his pitch to voters ahead of the next election.
He'll say the UK "stands at a crossroads" ahead of "some of the most dangerous years".
And Friday brings private members' bills.
It's a long list, but as ever only a small handful will be heard in the time alotted.

MONDAY 13 MAY

No votes scheduled

TUESDAY 14 MAY

Bathing Waters (Monitoring and Reporting) Bill Requires local authorities to test the quality of bathing waters all year round. Currently they only have to test between May and September. Ten minute rule motion presented by Selaine Saxby.

WEDNESDAY 15 MAY

Child Sexual Abuse Material (Digital Devices) Bill Requires people to grant access to their digital devices when entering the UK where there is a reasonable suspicion that the device may contain child sexual abuse material. Ten minute rule motion presented by Pauline Latham.
Criminal Justice Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland (part), Northern Ireland (part) A wide-ranging bill giving the police more powers and introducing tougher sentencing for sexual and violent criminals. Among other things, it creates a new criminal offence of possessing a bladed article with the intent to cause harm, allows police to drug test more suspects on arrest, and tackles nuisance begging and rough sleeping. Draft bill (PDF)

THURSDAY 16 MAY

No votes scheduled

FRIDAY 17 MAY

Licensing Hours Extensions Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England and Wales Makes it easier for pubs and bars to extend their opening hours during national events like the World Cup by allowing the government to grant a temporary easing of restrictions. Usually this would be done by Parliament but can't happen if Parliament is in recess. Private members' bill presented by Emma Lewell-Buck. Draft bill (PDF)
Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland The Pension Protection Fund and The Financial Assistance Scheme are two bodies that provide financial help to members who lose some or all of their defined benefit pension, incuding people who are terminally ill. This bill extends the definition of terminally ill to people with a life expectency of 12 months, up from six months. Private members' bill presented by Laurence Robertson. Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing
Special Envoy for International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Requires the government to appoint a Special Envoy for International Freedom of Religion or Belief. Private members' bill presented by Fiona Bruce. Draft bill (PDF)
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales Requires dog owners to pay full compensation to farmers if livestock are killed in dog attacks. Currently a convicted dog owner can only be fined £1,000. Also requires police to record dog attacks on livestock, and allows them to obtain DNA from suspect dogs. Private members' bill presented by Therese Coffey. Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing
Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales Enables local authorities to run secure 16 to 19 Academies – institutions principally concerned with the education of young people above compulsory school age and below 19 – and prevents them from being run for profit. Private members' bill presented by Caroline Johnson. Draft bill (PDF)
School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales Requires schools and local authorities to follow best practice guidelines to support families and help get persistently absent children back into the classroom. Private members' bill presented by Vicky Ford. Draft bill (PDF)
Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Requires spaceflight licences to include details of the holder's indemnity limit – the maximum amount their insurer will pay out on a claim. Private members' bill presented by Jonathan Lord. Draft bill (PDF)
Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill – 2nd reading Regulates the import of dogs, cats, and ferrets, aiming to ensure their health and safety during transportation and deter illegal trade practices. Private members' bill presented by Selaine Saxby. Bill not yet published
Benefit Sanctions (Warnings) Bill – 2nd reading Requires benefit claimants to be given warnings before they are sanctioned. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Arm’s-Length Bodies (Accountability to Parliament) Bill – 2nd reading Makes arm’s-length bodies (ALBs) directly accountable to Parliament. ALBs include executive agencies like the Met Office, non-departmental public bodies like the Environment Agency, and non-ministerial departments like HMRC. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Anonymity of Suspects Bill – 2nd reading Creates an offence of disclosing the identity of a person who is the subject of an investigation. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Government of Wales (Referendum on Devolution) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: Wales Legislates for a referendum on devolution in Wales. Provides that another such referendum can't happend for another 25 years. Private members' bill presented by Rob Roberts. Draft bill (PDF)
Immigration and Nationality Fees (Exemption for NHS Clinical Staff) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Exempts NHS clinical staff from paying fees related to immigration, such as applying for indefinite leave to remain. Private members' bill presented by Rob Roberts. Draft bill (PDF)
Welfare Benefits (Adequacy, Debt and Deductions) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report to Parliament on the potential benefits of banning deductions on certain benefits in the first six months, restricting deductions where a claimant is at risk of hardship, reducing the maximum amount of a claim that can be deducted, and changing the priority order in which debt repayments are recovered by deductions. Private members’ bill presented by David Linden. Bill not yet published
Public Sector Websites (Data Charges) Bill – 2nd reading Requires providers of electronic communications networks to allow customers to access certain public sector websites for free. Private members' bill presented by Simon Lightwood. Bill not yet published
Pets (Microchips) Bill – 2nd reading Requires local authorities to scan a deceased cat's microchip and try to return it to its owner before disposing of it. Requires vets to confirm the person presenting a healthy animal to be euthanised is its registered owner. They must also check the microchip for details of previous owners and offer the animal to them before proceeding. Also known as Gizmo's law and Tuk's law. Private members' bill presented by James Daly. Bill not yet published
Climate and Nature Bill – 2nd reading Requires the UK to achieve climate and nature targets. The government must implement a strategy with help from a new Climate and Nature Assembly. Private members' bill presented by Alex Sobel. Bill not yet published
Disposal of Waste (Advertising and Penalty Provision) Bill – 2nd reading Requires social media and other advertising platforms to ensure waste collection companies posting adverts are registered with the Environment Agency. Requires councils to fine or prosecute anyone who fly tips or uses a rogue trader who fly tips. Private members' bill presented by Paul Bristow. Bill not yet published
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity (Ratification of Treaty) Bill – 2nd reading Concerns the UK’s ratification of the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Private members’ bill presented by Kevin Foster. More information not currently available. Bill not yet published
State Pension Age (Compensation) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to publish proposals for a compensation scheme for 'WASPI women' – those born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1960 who have been affected by increases in the state pension age. Private members' bill presented by Alan Brown. Bill not yet published
Arms Trade (Inquiry and Suspension) Bill – 2nd reading Starts an inquiry into how arms sold to foreign states are used, to determine whether they have been used to break international law. Suspends the sale of arms to foreign states where it can't be shown that those arms won't be used to break international law. Private members' bill presented by Zarah Sultana. Bill not yet published
Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill – 2nd reading Requires off-road vehicles like quadbikes to be registered and have a registration plate. Private members' bill presented by Anne McLaughlin. Bill not yet published
Horticultural Peat (Prohibition of Sale) Bill – 2nd reading Bans the sale of horticultural peat in England by the end of 2024. This would follow through on a long-standing government commitment, because of the environmental impact of peat mining. Private members' bill presented by Theresa Villiers Bill not yet published
Workers (Rights and Definition) Bill – 2nd reading Establishes a legal definition of employment, which includes zero-hours contracts and agency workers. The aim is to prevent abuse of people working under these arrangements. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Health and Safety at Work Bill – 2nd reading Amend the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to make provision about civil liability for breaches of health and safety duties. More information not yet available. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Asylum Seekers (Accommodation Eviction Procedures) Bill – 2nd reading Allows asylum seekers to challenge a proposed eviction in an independent court or tribunal. Establishes asylum seeker accommodation eviction procedures for public authorities. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (Powers) Bill – 2nd reading Allows the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to identify and investigate systemic problems in the benefits system and make relevant recommendations to the government. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens.
Asylum Seekers (Permission to Work) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Grants asylum seekers permission to work if they have waited six months for a decision on their asylum application. Private members' bill presented by Carol Monaghan. Draft bill (PDF)
Corporate Homicide Bill – 2nd reading Makes changes to the criminal offence of corporate homicide. More information not yet published. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens.
Deductions from Universal Credit (Report) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report to Parliament on the impact of deductions from Universal Credit on the levels of destitution among claimants. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Evictions (Universal Credit) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to prevent the evictions of Universal Credit claimants who are behind on rent. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Food Poverty Strategy Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to publish a strategy for ending the need for food banks by 2030. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Under-Occupancy Penalty (Report) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report on the merits of repealing the so-called "bedroom tax" (a cut in benefits for those living in a council or housing association property deemed to have one or more spare bedrooms). Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Devolution (Employment) (Scotland) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: Scotland Devolves employment matters in Scotland. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Draft bill (PDF)
Social Security Benefits (Healthy Eating) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to publish annual calculations of the benefit and tax credit rates needed for a representative household to afford to buy meals in accordance with the Eatwell Guide to eating healthily. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Universal Credit Sanctions (Zero Hours Contracts) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland Prevents a Universal Credit claimant from being sanctioned for refusing work on a zero-hours contract. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Draft bill
Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Amends the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 to change the law around parliamentary scrutiny of lockdowns. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope.
BBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for Over-75s) Bill – 2nd reading Decriminalises non-payment of the licence fee by over-75s. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope.
Public Sector Exit Payments (Limitation) Bill - 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Caps exit payments made to outgoing employees of public sector organisations. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill
Green Belt (Protection) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England and Wales Establishes a national register of green belt land in England. Restricts the ability of local authorities to de-designate green belt land. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill
Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Reverses the expansion of London's ultra-low emission zone (Ulez), the tax on driving more polluting vehicles that was expanded to all London boroughs in August 2023. Private members' bill presented by Gareth Johnson. Bill not yet published
Highways Act 1980 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Limits the legal defences available to highway authorities when they're sued for non-repair of a highway. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Payments Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Requires the government to improve the diagnosis and treatment of people who have suffered ill effects from Covid-19 vaccines. Provides for financial assistance to people who have become disabled after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine, and to the next of kin of people who have died shortly after, among other things. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill (PDF)
Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Allows MPs or Lords to amend most statutory instruments – secondary legislation that is used to make changes to existing laws – before they are approved. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Extends the offence of having a dog dangerously out of control to cover private property as well as public places. Private members' bill presented by Angela Smith. Draft bill
Exemption from Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill – 2nd reading Exempts goods or services from VAT if they are beneficial to the environment, health and safety, education, or for charitable purposes. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Covid-19 Vaccine Diagnosis and Treatment Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to improve the diagnosis and treatment of people who have suffered ill effects from Covid-19 vaccines. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Caravan Site Licensing (Exemption of Motor Homes) Bill – 2nd reading Exempts motor homes from caravan site licensing requirements. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
NHS England (Alternative Treatment) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales Gives patients access to alternative non-NHS England treatment if they've waited for more than one year for hospital treatment. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Draft bill (PDF)
British Broadcasting Corporation (Privatisation) Bill – 2nd reading Privatises the BBC and distributes shares in the corporation to all licence fee payers. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Children’s Clothing (Value Added Tax) Bill – 2nd reading Expands the definition of children's clothing, including school uniforms, so more of it is VAT exempt. Currently clothes and shoes for "young children" are VAT exempt, but there is no legal definition of that term. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Regulatory Impact Assessments Bill – 2nd reading Requires a Regulatory Impact Assessment (a specific method for analysing policy) to be published for all primary and secondary legislation introduced by the government. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Barnett Formula (Replacement) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report on proposals to replace the Barnett Formula (the formula used to decide how much public money is given to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) with a scheme based on an assessment of relative needs. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Rule of Law (Enforcement by Public Authorities) Bill – 2nd reading Requires public authorities to investigate breaches of the law, and take enforcement action. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill – 2nd reading Creates new offences for people who have entered the UK illegally, or have overstayed their visas. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
National Health Service Co-Funding and Co-Payment Bill – 2nd reading Extends co-payment (paying for treatment at the point of service like going to the dentist) to more NHS services in England. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Caravan Sites Bill – 2nd reading Removes the requirement for planning permission when applying for a caravan site licence. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Domestic Energy (Value Added Tax) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Removes VAT on domestic electricity and oil and gas. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill (PDF)
Child Criminal Exploitation Bill – 2nd reading Makes involvement in child criminal exploitation an aggravating factor in sentencing for some drugs money launding offences, among other things. Private members' bill presented by Paul Beresford. Bill not yet published
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The Criminal Justice Bill makes a return to the Commons this week.
It's reportedly been in limbo amid backlash from Tory MPs over the part that would 'criminalise' homelessness. Former ministers are among those who have tabled amendments to counter this part of the bill.
Elsewhere, Rishi Sunak will make his pitch to voters ahead of the next election.
He'll say the UK "stands at a crossroads" ahead of "some of the most dangerous years".
And Friday brings private members' bills.
It's a long list, but as ever only a small handful will be heard in the time alotted.

MONDAY 13 MAY

No votes scheduled

TUESDAY 14 MAY

Bathing Waters (Monitoring and Reporting) Bill Requires local authorities to test the quality of bathing waters all year round. Currently they only have to test between May and September. Ten minute rule motion presented by Selaine Saxby.

WEDNESDAY 15 MAY

Child Sexual Abuse Material (Digital Devices) Bill Requires people to grant access to their digital devices when entering the UK where there is a reasonable suspicion that the device may contain child sexual abuse material. Ten minute rule motion presented by Pauline Latham.
Criminal Justice Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland (part), Northern Ireland (part) A wide-ranging bill giving the police more powers and introducing tougher sentencing for sexual and violent criminals. Among other things, it creates a new criminal offence of possessing a bladed article with the intent to cause harm, allows police to drug test more suspects on arrest, and tackles nuisance begging and rough sleeping. Draft bill (PDF)

THURSDAY 16 MAY

No votes scheduled

FRIDAY 17 MAY

Licensing Hours Extensions Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England and Wales Makes it easier for pubs and bars to extend their opening hours during national events like the World Cup by allowing the government to grant a temporary easing of restrictions. Usually this would be done by Parliament but can't happen if Parliament is in recess. Private members' bill presented by Emma Lewell-Buck. Draft bill (PDF)
Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland The Pension Protection Fund and The Financial Assistance Scheme are two bodies that provide financial help to members who lose some or all of their defined benefit pension, incuding people who are terminally ill. This bill extends the definition of terminally ill to people with a life expectency of 12 months, up from six months. Private members' bill presented by Laurence Robertson. Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing
Special Envoy for International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Requires the government to appoint a Special Envoy for International Freedom of Religion or Belief. Private members' bill presented by Fiona Bruce. Draft bill (PDF)
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales Requires dog owners to pay full compensation to farmers if livestock are killed in dog attacks. Currently a convicted dog owner can only be fined £1,000. Also requires police to record dog attacks on livestock, and allows them to obtain DNA from suspect dogs. Private members' bill presented by Therese Coffey. Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing
Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales Enables local authorities to run secure 16 to 19 Academies – institutions principally concerned with the education of young people above compulsory school age and below 19 – and prevents them from being run for profit. Private members' bill presented by Caroline Johnson. Draft bill (PDF)
School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales Requires schools and local authorities to follow best practice guidelines to support families and help get persistently absent children back into the classroom. Private members' bill presented by Vicky Ford. Draft bill (PDF)
Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Requires spaceflight licences to include details of the holder's indemnity limit – the maximum amount their insurer will pay out on a claim. Private members' bill presented by Jonathan Lord. Draft bill (PDF)
Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill – 2nd reading Regulates the import of dogs, cats, and ferrets, aiming to ensure their health and safety during transportation and deter illegal trade practices. Private members' bill presented by Selaine Saxby. Bill not yet published
Benefit Sanctions (Warnings) Bill – 2nd reading Requires benefit claimants to be given warnings before they are sanctioned. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Arm’s-Length Bodies (Accountability to Parliament) Bill – 2nd reading Makes arm’s-length bodies (ALBs) directly accountable to Parliament. ALBs include executive agencies like the Met Office, non-departmental public bodies like the Environment Agency, and non-ministerial departments like HMRC. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Anonymity of Suspects Bill – 2nd reading Creates an offence of disclosing the identity of a person who is the subject of an investigation. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Government of Wales (Referendum on Devolution) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: Wales Legislates for a referendum on devolution in Wales. Provides that another such referendum can't happend for another 25 years. Private members' bill presented by Rob Roberts. Draft bill (PDF)
Immigration and Nationality Fees (Exemption for NHS Clinical Staff) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Exempts NHS clinical staff from paying fees related to immigration, such as applying for indefinite leave to remain. Private members' bill presented by Rob Roberts. Draft bill (PDF)
Welfare Benefits (Adequacy, Debt and Deductions) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report to Parliament on the potential benefits of banning deductions on certain benefits in the first six months, restricting deductions where a claimant is at risk of hardship, reducing the maximum amount of a claim that can be deducted, and changing the priority order in which debt repayments are recovered by deductions. Private members’ bill presented by David Linden. Bill not yet published
Public Sector Websites (Data Charges) Bill – 2nd reading Requires providers of electronic communications networks to allow customers to access certain public sector websites for free. Private members' bill presented by Simon Lightwood. Bill not yet published
Pets (Microchips) Bill – 2nd reading Requires local authorities to scan a deceased cat's microchip and try to return it to its owner before disposing of it. Requires vets to confirm the person presenting a healthy animal to be euthanised is its registered owner. They must also check the microchip for details of previous owners and offer the animal to them before proceeding. Also known as Gizmo's law and Tuk's law. Private members' bill presented by James Daly. Bill not yet published
Climate and Nature Bill – 2nd reading Requires the UK to achieve climate and nature targets. The government must implement a strategy with help from a new Climate and Nature Assembly. Private members' bill presented by Alex Sobel. Bill not yet published
Disposal of Waste (Advertising and Penalty Provision) Bill – 2nd reading Requires social media and other advertising platforms to ensure waste collection companies posting adverts are registered with the Environment Agency. Requires councils to fine or prosecute anyone who fly tips or uses a rogue trader who fly tips. Private members' bill presented by Paul Bristow. Bill not yet published
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity (Ratification of Treaty) Bill – 2nd reading Concerns the UK’s ratification of the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Private members’ bill presented by Kevin Foster. More information not currently available. Bill not yet published
State Pension Age (Compensation) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to publish proposals for a compensation scheme for 'WASPI women' – those born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1960 who have been affected by increases in the state pension age. Private members' bill presented by Alan Brown. Bill not yet published
Arms Trade (Inquiry and Suspension) Bill – 2nd reading Starts an inquiry into how arms sold to foreign states are used, to determine whether they have been used to break international law. Suspends the sale of arms to foreign states where it can't be shown that those arms won't be used to break international law. Private members' bill presented by Zarah Sultana. Bill not yet published
Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill – 2nd reading Requires off-road vehicles like quadbikes to be registered and have a registration plate. Private members' bill presented by Anne McLaughlin. Bill not yet published
Horticultural Peat (Prohibition of Sale) Bill – 2nd reading Bans the sale of horticultural peat in England by the end of 2024. This would follow through on a long-standing government commitment, because of the environmental impact of peat mining. Private members' bill presented by Theresa Villiers Bill not yet published
Workers (Rights and Definition) Bill – 2nd reading Establishes a legal definition of employment, which includes zero-hours contracts and agency workers. The aim is to prevent abuse of people working under these arrangements. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Health and Safety at Work Bill – 2nd reading Amend the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to make provision about civil liability for breaches of health and safety duties. More information not yet available. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Asylum Seekers (Accommodation Eviction Procedures) Bill – 2nd reading Allows asylum seekers to challenge a proposed eviction in an independent court or tribunal. Establishes asylum seeker accommodation eviction procedures for public authorities. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (Powers) Bill – 2nd reading Allows the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to identify and investigate systemic problems in the benefits system and make relevant recommendations to the government. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens.
Asylum Seekers (Permission to Work) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Grants asylum seekers permission to work if they have waited six months for a decision on their asylum application. Private members' bill presented by Carol Monaghan. Draft bill (PDF)
Corporate Homicide Bill – 2nd reading Makes changes to the criminal offence of corporate homicide. More information not yet published. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens.
Deductions from Universal Credit (Report) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report to Parliament on the impact of deductions from Universal Credit on the levels of destitution among claimants. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Evictions (Universal Credit) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to prevent the evictions of Universal Credit claimants who are behind on rent. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Food Poverty Strategy Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to publish a strategy for ending the need for food banks by 2030. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Under-Occupancy Penalty (Report) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report on the merits of repealing the so-called "bedroom tax" (a cut in benefits for those living in a council or housing association property deemed to have one or more spare bedrooms). Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Devolution (Employment) (Scotland) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: Scotland Devolves employment matters in Scotland. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Draft bill (PDF)
Social Security Benefits (Healthy Eating) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to publish annual calculations of the benefit and tax credit rates needed for a representative household to afford to buy meals in accordance with the Eatwell Guide to eating healthily. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Universal Credit Sanctions (Zero Hours Contracts) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland Prevents a Universal Credit claimant from being sanctioned for refusing work on a zero-hours contract. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Draft bill
Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Amends the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 to change the law around parliamentary scrutiny of lockdowns. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope.
BBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for Over-75s) Bill – 2nd reading Decriminalises non-payment of the licence fee by over-75s. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope.
Public Sector Exit Payments (Limitation) Bill - 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Caps exit payments made to outgoing employees of public sector organisations. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill
Green Belt (Protection) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England and Wales Establishes a national register of green belt land in England. Restricts the ability of local authorities to de-designate green belt land. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill
Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Reverses the expansion of London's ultra-low emission zone (Ulez), the tax on driving more polluting vehicles that was expanded to all London boroughs in August 2023. Private members' bill presented by Gareth Johnson. Bill not yet published
Highways Act 1980 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Limits the legal defences available to highway authorities when they're sued for non-repair of a highway. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Payments Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Requires the government to improve the diagnosis and treatment of people who have suffered ill effects from Covid-19 vaccines. Provides for financial assistance to people who have become disabled after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine, and to the next of kin of people who have died shortly after, among other things. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill (PDF)
Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Allows MPs or Lords to amend most statutory instruments – secondary legislation that is used to make changes to existing laws – before they are approved. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Extends the offence of having a dog dangerously out of control to cover private property as well as public places. Private members' bill presented by Angela Smith. Draft bill
Exemption from Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill – 2nd reading Exempts goods or services from VAT if they are beneficial to the environment, health and safety, education, or for charitable purposes. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Covid-19 Vaccine Diagnosis and Treatment Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to improve the diagnosis and treatment of people who have suffered ill effects from Covid-19 vaccines. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Caravan Site Licensing (Exemption of Motor Homes) Bill – 2nd reading Exempts motor homes from caravan site licensing requirements. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
NHS England (Alternative Treatment) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales Gives patients access to alternative non-NHS England treatment if they've waited for more than one year for hospital treatment. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Draft bill (PDF)
British Broadcasting Corporation (Privatisation) Bill – 2nd reading Privatises the BBC and distributes shares in the corporation to all licence fee payers. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Children’s Clothing (Value Added Tax) Bill – 2nd reading Expands the definition of children's clothing, including school uniforms, so more of it is VAT exempt. Currently clothes and shoes for "young children" are VAT exempt, but there is no legal definition of that term. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Regulatory Impact Assessments Bill – 2nd reading Requires a Regulatory Impact Assessment (a specific method for analysing policy) to be published for all primary and secondary legislation introduced by the government. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Barnett Formula (Replacement) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report on proposals to replace the Barnett Formula (the formula used to decide how much public money is given to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) with a scheme based on an assessment of relative needs. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Rule of Law (Enforcement by Public Authorities) Bill – 2nd reading Requires public authorities to investigate breaches of the law, and take enforcement action. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill – 2nd reading Creates new offences for people who have entered the UK illegally, or have overstayed their visas. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
National Health Service Co-Funding and Co-Payment Bill – 2nd reading Extends co-payment (paying for treatment at the point of service like going to the dentist) to more NHS services in England. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Caravan Sites Bill – 2nd reading Removes the requirement for planning permission when applying for a caravan site licence. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Domestic Energy (Value Added Tax) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Removes VAT on domestic electricity and oil and gas. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill (PDF)
Child Criminal Exploitation Bill – 2nd reading Makes involvement in child criminal exploitation an aggravating factor in sentencing for some drugs money launding offences, among other things. Private members' bill presented by Paul Beresford. Bill not yet published
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The Criminal Justice Bill makes a return to the Commons this week.
It's reportedly been in limbo amid backlash from Tory MPs over the part that would 'criminalise' homelessness. Former ministers are among those who have tabled amendments to counter this part of the bill.
Elsewhere, Rishi Sunak will make his pitch to voters ahead of the next election.
He'll say the UK "stands at a crossroads" ahead of "some of the most dangerous years".
And Friday brings private members' bills.
It's a long list, but as ever only a small handful will be heard in the time alotted.

MONDAY 13 MAY

No votes scheduled

TUESDAY 14 MAY

Bathing Waters (Monitoring and Reporting) Bill Requires local authorities to test the quality of bathing waters all year round. Currently they only have to test between May and September. Ten minute rule motion presented by Selaine Saxby.

WEDNESDAY 15 MAY

Child Sexual Abuse Material (Digital Devices) Bill Requires people to grant access to their digital devices when entering the UK where there is a reasonable suspicion that the device may contain child sexual abuse material. Ten minute rule motion presented by Pauline Latham.
Criminal Justice Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland (part), Northern Ireland (part) A wide-ranging bill giving the police more powers and introducing tougher sentencing for sexual and violent criminals. Among other things, it creates a new criminal offence of possessing a bladed article with the intent to cause harm, allows police to drug test more suspects on arrest, and tackles nuisance begging and rough sleeping. Draft bill (PDF)

THURSDAY 16 MAY

No votes scheduled

FRIDAY 17 MAY

Licensing Hours Extensions Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England and Wales Makes it easier for pubs and bars to extend their opening hours during national events like the World Cup by allowing the government to grant a temporary easing of restrictions. Usually this would be done by Parliament but can't happen if Parliament is in recess. Private members' bill presented by Emma Lewell-Buck. Draft bill (PDF)
Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland The Pension Protection Fund and The Financial Assistance Scheme are two bodies that provide financial help to members who lose some or all of their defined benefit pension, incuding people who are terminally ill. This bill extends the definition of terminally ill to people with a life expectency of 12 months, up from six months. Private members' bill presented by Laurence Robertson. Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing
Special Envoy for International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Requires the government to appoint a Special Envoy for International Freedom of Religion or Belief. Private members' bill presented by Fiona Bruce. Draft bill (PDF)
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales Requires dog owners to pay full compensation to farmers if livestock are killed in dog attacks. Currently a convicted dog owner can only be fined £1,000. Also requires police to record dog attacks on livestock, and allows them to obtain DNA from suspect dogs. Private members' bill presented by Therese Coffey. Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing
Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales Enables local authorities to run secure 16 to 19 Academies – institutions principally concerned with the education of young people above compulsory school age and below 19 – and prevents them from being run for profit. Private members' bill presented by Caroline Johnson. Draft bill (PDF)
School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales Requires schools and local authorities to follow best practice guidelines to support families and help get persistently absent children back into the classroom. Private members' bill presented by Vicky Ford. Draft bill (PDF)
Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Requires spaceflight licences to include details of the holder's indemnity limit – the maximum amount their insurer will pay out on a claim. Private members' bill presented by Jonathan Lord. Draft bill (PDF)
Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill – 2nd reading Regulates the import of dogs, cats, and ferrets, aiming to ensure their health and safety during transportation and deter illegal trade practices. Private members' bill presented by Selaine Saxby. Bill not yet published
Benefit Sanctions (Warnings) Bill – 2nd reading Requires benefit claimants to be given warnings before they are sanctioned. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Arm’s-Length Bodies (Accountability to Parliament) Bill – 2nd reading Makes arm’s-length bodies (ALBs) directly accountable to Parliament. ALBs include executive agencies like the Met Office, non-departmental public bodies like the Environment Agency, and non-ministerial departments like HMRC. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Anonymity of Suspects Bill – 2nd reading Creates an offence of disclosing the identity of a person who is the subject of an investigation. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Government of Wales (Referendum on Devolution) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: Wales Legislates for a referendum on devolution in Wales. Provides that another such referendum can't happend for another 25 years. Private members' bill presented by Rob Roberts. Draft bill (PDF)
Immigration and Nationality Fees (Exemption for NHS Clinical Staff) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Exempts NHS clinical staff from paying fees related to immigration, such as applying for indefinite leave to remain. Private members' bill presented by Rob Roberts. Draft bill (PDF)
Welfare Benefits (Adequacy, Debt and Deductions) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report to Parliament on the potential benefits of banning deductions on certain benefits in the first six months, restricting deductions where a claimant is at risk of hardship, reducing the maximum amount of a claim that can be deducted, and changing the priority order in which debt repayments are recovered by deductions. Private members’ bill presented by David Linden. Bill not yet published
Public Sector Websites (Data Charges) Bill – 2nd reading Requires providers of electronic communications networks to allow customers to access certain public sector websites for free. Private members' bill presented by Simon Lightwood. Bill not yet published
Pets (Microchips) Bill – 2nd reading Requires local authorities to scan a deceased cat's microchip and try to return it to its owner before disposing of it. Requires vets to confirm the person presenting a healthy animal to be euthanised is its registered owner. They must also check the microchip for details of previous owners and offer the animal to them before proceeding. Also known as Gizmo's law and Tuk's law. Private members' bill presented by James Daly. Bill not yet published
Climate and Nature Bill – 2nd reading Requires the UK to achieve climate and nature targets. The government must implement a strategy with help from a new Climate and Nature Assembly. Private members' bill presented by Alex Sobel. Bill not yet published
Disposal of Waste (Advertising and Penalty Provision) Bill – 2nd reading Requires social media and other advertising platforms to ensure waste collection companies posting adverts are registered with the Environment Agency. Requires councils to fine or prosecute anyone who fly tips or uses a rogue trader who fly tips. Private members' bill presented by Paul Bristow. Bill not yet published
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity (Ratification of Treaty) Bill – 2nd reading Concerns the UK’s ratification of the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Private members’ bill presented by Kevin Foster. More information not currently available. Bill not yet published
State Pension Age (Compensation) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to publish proposals for a compensation scheme for 'WASPI women' – those born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1960 who have been affected by increases in the state pension age. Private members' bill presented by Alan Brown. Bill not yet published
Arms Trade (Inquiry and Suspension) Bill – 2nd reading Starts an inquiry into how arms sold to foreign states are used, to determine whether they have been used to break international law. Suspends the sale of arms to foreign states where it can't be shown that those arms won't be used to break international law. Private members' bill presented by Zarah Sultana. Bill not yet published
Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill – 2nd reading Requires off-road vehicles like quadbikes to be registered and have a registration plate. Private members' bill presented by Anne McLaughlin. Bill not yet published
Horticultural Peat (Prohibition of Sale) Bill – 2nd reading Bans the sale of horticultural peat in England by the end of 2024. This would follow through on a long-standing government commitment, because of the environmental impact of peat mining. Private members' bill presented by Theresa Villiers Bill not yet published
Workers (Rights and Definition) Bill – 2nd reading Establishes a legal definition of employment, which includes zero-hours contracts and agency workers. The aim is to prevent abuse of people working under these arrangements. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Health and Safety at Work Bill – 2nd reading Amend the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to make provision about civil liability for breaches of health and safety duties. More information not yet available. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Asylum Seekers (Accommodation Eviction Procedures) Bill – 2nd reading Allows asylum seekers to challenge a proposed eviction in an independent court or tribunal. Establishes asylum seeker accommodation eviction procedures for public authorities. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (Powers) Bill – 2nd reading Allows the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to identify and investigate systemic problems in the benefits system and make relevant recommendations to the government. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens.
Asylum Seekers (Permission to Work) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Grants asylum seekers permission to work if they have waited six months for a decision on their asylum application. Private members' bill presented by Carol Monaghan. Draft bill (PDF)
Corporate Homicide Bill – 2nd reading Makes changes to the criminal offence of corporate homicide. More information not yet published. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens.
Deductions from Universal Credit (Report) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report to Parliament on the impact of deductions from Universal Credit on the levels of destitution among claimants. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Evictions (Universal Credit) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to prevent the evictions of Universal Credit claimants who are behind on rent. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Food Poverty Strategy Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to publish a strategy for ending the need for food banks by 2030. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Under-Occupancy Penalty (Report) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report on the merits of repealing the so-called "bedroom tax" (a cut in benefits for those living in a council or housing association property deemed to have one or more spare bedrooms). Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Devolution (Employment) (Scotland) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: Scotland Devolves employment matters in Scotland. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Draft bill (PDF)
Social Security Benefits (Healthy Eating) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to publish annual calculations of the benefit and tax credit rates needed for a representative household to afford to buy meals in accordance with the Eatwell Guide to eating healthily. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Universal Credit Sanctions (Zero Hours Contracts) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland Prevents a Universal Credit claimant from being sanctioned for refusing work on a zero-hours contract. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Draft bill
Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Amends the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 to change the law around parliamentary scrutiny of lockdowns. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope.
BBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for Over-75s) Bill – 2nd reading Decriminalises non-payment of the licence fee by over-75s. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope.
Public Sector Exit Payments (Limitation) Bill - 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Caps exit payments made to outgoing employees of public sector organisations. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill
Green Belt (Protection) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England and Wales Establishes a national register of green belt land in England. Restricts the ability of local authorities to de-designate green belt land. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill
Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Reverses the expansion of London's ultra-low emission zone (Ulez), the tax on driving more polluting vehicles that was expanded to all London boroughs in August 2023. Private members' bill presented by Gareth Johnson. Bill not yet published
Highways Act 1980 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Limits the legal defences available to highway authorities when they're sued for non-repair of a highway. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Payments Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Requires the government to improve the diagnosis and treatment of people who have suffered ill effects from Covid-19 vaccines. Provides for financial assistance to people who have become disabled after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine, and to the next of kin of people who have died shortly after, among other things. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill (PDF)
Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Allows MPs or Lords to amend most statutory instruments – secondary legislation that is used to make changes to existing laws – before they are approved. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Extends the offence of having a dog dangerously out of control to cover private property as well as public places. Private members' bill presented by Angela Smith. Draft bill
Exemption from Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill – 2nd reading Exempts goods or services from VAT if they are beneficial to the environment, health and safety, education, or for charitable purposes. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Covid-19 Vaccine Diagnosis and Treatment Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to improve the diagnosis and treatment of people who have suffered ill effects from Covid-19 vaccines. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Caravan Site Licensing (Exemption of Motor Homes) Bill – 2nd reading Exempts motor homes from caravan site licensing requirements. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
NHS England (Alternative Treatment) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales Gives patients access to alternative non-NHS England treatment if they've waited for more than one year for hospital treatment. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Draft bill (PDF)
British Broadcasting Corporation (Privatisation) Bill – 2nd reading Privatises the BBC and distributes shares in the corporation to all licence fee payers. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Children’s Clothing (Value Added Tax) Bill – 2nd reading Expands the definition of children's clothing, including school uniforms, so more of it is VAT exempt. Currently clothes and shoes for "young children" are VAT exempt, but there is no legal definition of that term. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Regulatory Impact Assessments Bill – 2nd reading Requires a Regulatory Impact Assessment (a specific method for analysing policy) to be published for all primary and secondary legislation introduced by the government. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Barnett Formula (Replacement) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report on proposals to replace the Barnett Formula (the formula used to decide how much public money is given to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) with a scheme based on an assessment of relative needs. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Rule of Law (Enforcement by Public Authorities) Bill – 2nd reading Requires public authorities to investigate breaches of the law, and take enforcement action. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill – 2nd reading Creates new offences for people who have entered the UK illegally, or have overstayed their visas. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
National Health Service Co-Funding and Co-Payment Bill – 2nd reading Extends co-payment (paying for treatment at the point of service like going to the dentist) to more NHS services in England. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Caravan Sites Bill – 2nd reading Removes the requirement for planning permission when applying for a caravan site licence. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Domestic Energy (Value Added Tax) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Removes VAT on domestic electricity and oil and gas. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill (PDF)
Child Criminal Exploitation Bill – 2nd reading Makes involvement in child criminal exploitation an aggravating factor in sentencing for some drugs money launding offences, among other things. Private members' bill presented by Paul Beresford. Bill not yet published
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The Criminal Justice Bill makes a return to the Commons this week.
It's reportedly been in limbo amid backlash from Tory MPs over the part that would 'criminalise' homelessness. Former ministers are among those who have tabled amendments to counter this part of the bill.
Elsewhere, Rishi Sunak will make his pitch to voters ahead of the next election.
He'll say the UK "stands at a crossroads" ahead of "some of the most dangerous years".
And Friday brings private members' bills.
It's a long list, but as ever only a small handful will be heard in the time alotted.

MONDAY 13 MAY

No votes scheduled

TUESDAY 14 MAY

Bathing Waters (Monitoring and Reporting) Bill Requires local authorities to test the quality of bathing waters all year round. Currently they only have to test between May and September. Ten minute rule motion presented by Selaine Saxby.

WEDNESDAY 15 MAY

Child Sexual Abuse Material (Digital Devices) Bill Requires people to grant access to their digital devices when entering the UK where there is a reasonable suspicion that the device may contain child sexual abuse material. Ten minute rule motion presented by Pauline Latham.
Criminal Justice Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland (part), Northern Ireland (part) A wide-ranging bill giving the police more powers and introducing tougher sentencing for sexual and violent criminals. Among other things, it creates a new criminal offence of possessing a bladed article with the intent to cause harm, allows police to drug test more suspects on arrest, and tackles nuisance begging and rough sleeping. Draft bill (PDF)

THURSDAY 16 MAY

No votes scheduled

FRIDAY 17 MAY

Licensing Hours Extensions Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England and Wales Makes it easier for pubs and bars to extend their opening hours during national events like the World Cup by allowing the government to grant a temporary easing of restrictions. Usually this would be done by Parliament but can't happen if Parliament is in recess. Private members' bill presented by Emma Lewell-Buck. Draft bill (PDF)
Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland The Pension Protection Fund and The Financial Assistance Scheme are two bodies that provide financial help to members who lose some or all of their defined benefit pension, incuding people who are terminally ill. This bill extends the definition of terminally ill to people with a life expectency of 12 months, up from six months. Private members' bill presented by Laurence Robertson. Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing
Special Envoy for International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Requires the government to appoint a Special Envoy for International Freedom of Religion or Belief. Private members' bill presented by Fiona Bruce. Draft bill (PDF)
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales Requires dog owners to pay full compensation to farmers if livestock are killed in dog attacks. Currently a convicted dog owner can only be fined £1,000. Also requires police to record dog attacks on livestock, and allows them to obtain DNA from suspect dogs. Private members' bill presented by Therese Coffey. Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing
Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales Enables local authorities to run secure 16 to 19 Academies – institutions principally concerned with the education of young people above compulsory school age and below 19 – and prevents them from being run for profit. Private members' bill presented by Caroline Johnson. Draft bill (PDF)
School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales Requires schools and local authorities to follow best practice guidelines to support families and help get persistently absent children back into the classroom. Private members' bill presented by Vicky Ford. Draft bill (PDF)
Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Requires spaceflight licences to include details of the holder's indemnity limit – the maximum amount their insurer will pay out on a claim. Private members' bill presented by Jonathan Lord. Draft bill (PDF)
Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill – 2nd reading Regulates the import of dogs, cats, and ferrets, aiming to ensure their health and safety during transportation and deter illegal trade practices. Private members' bill presented by Selaine Saxby. Bill not yet published
Benefit Sanctions (Warnings) Bill – 2nd reading Requires benefit claimants to be given warnings before they are sanctioned. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Arm’s-Length Bodies (Accountability to Parliament) Bill – 2nd reading Makes arm’s-length bodies (ALBs) directly accountable to Parliament. ALBs include executive agencies like the Met Office, non-departmental public bodies like the Environment Agency, and non-ministerial departments like HMRC. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Anonymity of Suspects Bill – 2nd reading Creates an offence of disclosing the identity of a person who is the subject of an investigation. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Government of Wales (Referendum on Devolution) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: Wales Legislates for a referendum on devolution in Wales. Provides that another such referendum can't happend for another 25 years. Private members' bill presented by Rob Roberts. Draft bill (PDF)
Immigration and Nationality Fees (Exemption for NHS Clinical Staff) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Exempts NHS clinical staff from paying fees related to immigration, such as applying for indefinite leave to remain. Private members' bill presented by Rob Roberts. Draft bill (PDF)
Welfare Benefits (Adequacy, Debt and Deductions) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report to Parliament on the potential benefits of banning deductions on certain benefits in the first six months, restricting deductions where a claimant is at risk of hardship, reducing the maximum amount of a claim that can be deducted, and changing the priority order in which debt repayments are recovered by deductions. Private members’ bill presented by David Linden. Bill not yet published
Public Sector Websites (Data Charges) Bill – 2nd reading Requires providers of electronic communications networks to allow customers to access certain public sector websites for free. Private members' bill presented by Simon Lightwood. Bill not yet published
Pets (Microchips) Bill – 2nd reading Requires local authorities to scan a deceased cat's microchip and try to return it to its owner before disposing of it. Requires vets to confirm the person presenting a healthy animal to be euthanised is its registered owner. They must also check the microchip for details of previous owners and offer the animal to them before proceeding. Also known as Gizmo's law and Tuk's law. Private members' bill presented by James Daly. Bill not yet published
Climate and Nature Bill – 2nd reading Requires the UK to achieve climate and nature targets. The government must implement a strategy with help from a new Climate and Nature Assembly. Private members' bill presented by Alex Sobel. Bill not yet published
Disposal of Waste (Advertising and Penalty Provision) Bill – 2nd reading Requires social media and other advertising platforms to ensure waste collection companies posting adverts are registered with the Environment Agency. Requires councils to fine or prosecute anyone who fly tips or uses a rogue trader who fly tips. Private members' bill presented by Paul Bristow. Bill not yet published
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity (Ratification of Treaty) Bill – 2nd reading Concerns the UK’s ratification of the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Private members’ bill presented by Kevin Foster. More information not currently available. Bill not yet published
State Pension Age (Compensation) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to publish proposals for a compensation scheme for 'WASPI women' – those born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1960 who have been affected by increases in the state pension age. Private members' bill presented by Alan Brown. Bill not yet published
Arms Trade (Inquiry and Suspension) Bill – 2nd reading Starts an inquiry into how arms sold to foreign states are used, to determine whether they have been used to break international law. Suspends the sale of arms to foreign states where it can't be shown that those arms won't be used to break international law. Private members' bill presented by Zarah Sultana. Bill not yet published
Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill – 2nd reading Requires off-road vehicles like quadbikes to be registered and have a registration plate. Private members' bill presented by Anne McLaughlin. Bill not yet published
Horticultural Peat (Prohibition of Sale) Bill – 2nd reading Bans the sale of horticultural peat in England by the end of 2024. This would follow through on a long-standing government commitment, because of the environmental impact of peat mining. Private members' bill presented by Theresa Villiers Bill not yet published
Workers (Rights and Definition) Bill – 2nd reading Establishes a legal definition of employment, which includes zero-hours contracts and agency workers. The aim is to prevent abuse of people working under these arrangements. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Health and Safety at Work Bill – 2nd reading Amend the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to make provision about civil liability for breaches of health and safety duties. More information not yet available. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Asylum Seekers (Accommodation Eviction Procedures) Bill – 2nd reading Allows asylum seekers to challenge a proposed eviction in an independent court or tribunal. Establishes asylum seeker accommodation eviction procedures for public authorities. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (Powers) Bill – 2nd reading Allows the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to identify and investigate systemic problems in the benefits system and make relevant recommendations to the government. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens.
Asylum Seekers (Permission to Work) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Grants asylum seekers permission to work if they have waited six months for a decision on their asylum application. Private members' bill presented by Carol Monaghan. Draft bill (PDF)
Corporate Homicide Bill – 2nd reading Makes changes to the criminal offence of corporate homicide. More information not yet published. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens.
Deductions from Universal Credit (Report) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report to Parliament on the impact of deductions from Universal Credit on the levels of destitution among claimants. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Evictions (Universal Credit) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to prevent the evictions of Universal Credit claimants who are behind on rent. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Food Poverty Strategy Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to publish a strategy for ending the need for food banks by 2030. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Under-Occupancy Penalty (Report) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report on the merits of repealing the so-called "bedroom tax" (a cut in benefits for those living in a council or housing association property deemed to have one or more spare bedrooms). Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Devolution (Employment) (Scotland) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: Scotland Devolves employment matters in Scotland. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Draft bill (PDF)
Social Security Benefits (Healthy Eating) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to publish annual calculations of the benefit and tax credit rates needed for a representative household to afford to buy meals in accordance with the Eatwell Guide to eating healthily. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Universal Credit Sanctions (Zero Hours Contracts) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland Prevents a Universal Credit claimant from being sanctioned for refusing work on a zero-hours contract. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Draft bill
Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Amends the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 to change the law around parliamentary scrutiny of lockdowns. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope.
BBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for Over-75s) Bill – 2nd reading Decriminalises non-payment of the licence fee by over-75s. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope.
Public Sector Exit Payments (Limitation) Bill - 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Caps exit payments made to outgoing employees of public sector organisations. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill
Green Belt (Protection) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England and Wales Establishes a national register of green belt land in England. Restricts the ability of local authorities to de-designate green belt land. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill
Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Reverses the expansion of London's ultra-low emission zone (Ulez), the tax on driving more polluting vehicles that was expanded to all London boroughs in August 2023. Private members' bill presented by Gareth Johnson. Bill not yet published
Highways Act 1980 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Limits the legal defences available to highway authorities when they're sued for non-repair of a highway. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Payments Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Requires the government to improve the diagnosis and treatment of people who have suffered ill effects from Covid-19 vaccines. Provides for financial assistance to people who have become disabled after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine, and to the next of kin of people who have died shortly after, among other things. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill (PDF)
Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Allows MPs or Lords to amend most statutory instruments – secondary legislation that is used to make changes to existing laws – before they are approved. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Extends the offence of having a dog dangerously out of control to cover private property as well as public places. Private members' bill presented by Angela Smith. Draft bill
Exemption from Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill – 2nd reading Exempts goods or services from VAT if they are beneficial to the environment, health and safety, education, or for charitable purposes. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Covid-19 Vaccine Diagnosis and Treatment Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to improve the diagnosis and treatment of people who have suffered ill effects from Covid-19 vaccines. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Caravan Site Licensing (Exemption of Motor Homes) Bill – 2nd reading Exempts motor homes from caravan site licensing requirements. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
NHS England (Alternative Treatment) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales Gives patients access to alternative non-NHS England treatment if they've waited for more than one year for hospital treatment. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Draft bill (PDF)
British Broadcasting Corporation (Privatisation) Bill – 2nd reading Privatises the BBC and distributes shares in the corporation to all licence fee payers. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Children’s Clothing (Value Added Tax) Bill – 2nd reading Expands the definition of children's clothing, including school uniforms, so more of it is VAT exempt. Currently clothes and shoes for "young children" are VAT exempt, but there is no legal definition of that term. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Regulatory Impact Assessments Bill – 2nd reading Requires a Regulatory Impact Assessment (a specific method for analysing policy) to be published for all primary and secondary legislation introduced by the government. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Barnett Formula (Replacement) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report on proposals to replace the Barnett Formula (the formula used to decide how much public money is given to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) with a scheme based on an assessment of relative needs. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Rule of Law (Enforcement by Public Authorities) Bill – 2nd reading Requires public authorities to investigate breaches of the law, and take enforcement action. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill – 2nd reading Creates new offences for people who have entered the UK illegally, or have overstayed their visas. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
National Health Service Co-Funding and Co-Payment Bill – 2nd reading Extends co-payment (paying for treatment at the point of service like going to the dentist) to more NHS services in England. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Caravan Sites Bill – 2nd reading Removes the requirement for planning permission when applying for a caravan site licence. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Domestic Energy (Value Added Tax) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Removes VAT on domestic electricity and oil and gas. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill (PDF)
Child Criminal Exploitation Bill – 2nd reading Makes involvement in child criminal exploitation an aggravating factor in sentencing for some drugs money launding offences, among other things. Private members' bill presented by Paul Beresford. Bill not yet published
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The Criminal Justice Bill makes a return to the Commons this week.
It's reportedly been in limbo amid backlash from Tory MPs over the part that would 'criminalise' homelessness. Former ministers are among those who have tabled amendments to counter this part of the bill.
Elsewhere, Rishi Sunak will make his pitch to voters ahead of the next election.
He'll say the UK "stands at a crossroads" ahead of "some of the most dangerous years".
And Friday brings private members' bills.
It's a long list, but as ever only a small handful will be heard in the time alotted.

MONDAY 13 MAY

No votes scheduled

TUESDAY 14 MAY

Bathing Waters (Monitoring and Reporting) Bill Requires local authorities to test the quality of bathing waters all year round. Currently they only have to test between May and September. Ten minute rule motion presented by Selaine Saxby.

WEDNESDAY 15 MAY

Child Sexual Abuse Material (Digital Devices) Bill Requires people to grant access to their digital devices when entering the UK where there is a reasonable suspicion that the device may contain child sexual abuse material. Ten minute rule motion presented by Pauline Latham.
Criminal Justice Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland (part), Northern Ireland (part) A wide-ranging bill giving the police more powers and introducing tougher sentencing for sexual and violent criminals. Among other things, it creates a new criminal offence of possessing a bladed article with the intent to cause harm, allows police to drug test more suspects on arrest, and tackles nuisance begging and rough sleeping. Draft bill (PDF)

THURSDAY 16 MAY

No votes scheduled

FRIDAY 17 MAY

Licensing Hours Extensions Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England and Wales Makes it easier for pubs and bars to extend their opening hours during national events like the World Cup by allowing the government to grant a temporary easing of restrictions. Usually this would be done by Parliament but can't happen if Parliament is in recess. Private members' bill presented by Emma Lewell-Buck. Draft bill (PDF)
Pensions (Special Rules for End of Life) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland The Pension Protection Fund and The Financial Assistance Scheme are two bodies that provide financial help to members who lose some or all of their defined benefit pension, incuding people who are terminally ill. This bill extends the definition of terminally ill to people with a life expectency of 12 months, up from six months. Private members' bill presented by Laurence Robertson. Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing
Special Envoy for International Freedom of Religion or Belief Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Requires the government to appoint a Special Envoy for International Freedom of Religion or Belief. Private members' bill presented by Fiona Bruce. Draft bill (PDF)
Dogs (Protection of Livestock) (Amendment) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales Requires dog owners to pay full compensation to farmers if livestock are killed in dog attacks. Currently a convicted dog owner can only be fined £1,000. Also requires police to record dog attacks on livestock, and allows them to obtain DNA from suspect dogs. Private members' bill presented by Therese Coffey. Draft bill (PDF) / Commons Library briefing
Secure 16 to 19 Academies Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales Enables local authorities to run secure 16 to 19 Academies – institutions principally concerned with the education of young people above compulsory school age and below 19 – and prevents them from being run for profit. Private members' bill presented by Caroline Johnson. Draft bill (PDF)
School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales Requires schools and local authorities to follow best practice guidelines to support families and help get persistently absent children back into the classroom. Private members' bill presented by Vicky Ford. Draft bill (PDF)
Space Industry (Indemnities) Bill – report stage and 3rd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Requires spaceflight licences to include details of the holder's indemnity limit – the maximum amount their insurer will pay out on a claim. Private members' bill presented by Jonathan Lord. Draft bill (PDF)
Animal Welfare (Import of Dogs, Cats and Ferrets) Bill – 2nd reading Regulates the import of dogs, cats, and ferrets, aiming to ensure their health and safety during transportation and deter illegal trade practices. Private members' bill presented by Selaine Saxby. Bill not yet published
Benefit Sanctions (Warnings) Bill – 2nd reading Requires benefit claimants to be given warnings before they are sanctioned. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Arm’s-Length Bodies (Accountability to Parliament) Bill – 2nd reading Makes arm’s-length bodies (ALBs) directly accountable to Parliament. ALBs include executive agencies like the Met Office, non-departmental public bodies like the Environment Agency, and non-ministerial departments like HMRC. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Anonymity of Suspects Bill – 2nd reading Creates an offence of disclosing the identity of a person who is the subject of an investigation. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Government of Wales (Referendum on Devolution) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: Wales Legislates for a referendum on devolution in Wales. Provides that another such referendum can't happend for another 25 years. Private members' bill presented by Rob Roberts. Draft bill (PDF)
Immigration and Nationality Fees (Exemption for NHS Clinical Staff) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Exempts NHS clinical staff from paying fees related to immigration, such as applying for indefinite leave to remain. Private members' bill presented by Rob Roberts. Draft bill (PDF)
Welfare Benefits (Adequacy, Debt and Deductions) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report to Parliament on the potential benefits of banning deductions on certain benefits in the first six months, restricting deductions where a claimant is at risk of hardship, reducing the maximum amount of a claim that can be deducted, and changing the priority order in which debt repayments are recovered by deductions. Private members’ bill presented by David Linden. Bill not yet published
Public Sector Websites (Data Charges) Bill – 2nd reading Requires providers of electronic communications networks to allow customers to access certain public sector websites for free. Private members' bill presented by Simon Lightwood. Bill not yet published
Pets (Microchips) Bill – 2nd reading Requires local authorities to scan a deceased cat's microchip and try to return it to its owner before disposing of it. Requires vets to confirm the person presenting a healthy animal to be euthanised is its registered owner. They must also check the microchip for details of previous owners and offer the animal to them before proceeding. Also known as Gizmo's law and Tuk's law. Private members' bill presented by James Daly. Bill not yet published
Climate and Nature Bill – 2nd reading Requires the UK to achieve climate and nature targets. The government must implement a strategy with help from a new Climate and Nature Assembly. Private members' bill presented by Alex Sobel. Bill not yet published
Disposal of Waste (Advertising and Penalty Provision) Bill – 2nd reading Requires social media and other advertising platforms to ensure waste collection companies posting adverts are registered with the Environment Agency. Requires councils to fine or prosecute anyone who fly tips or uses a rogue trader who fly tips. Private members' bill presented by Paul Bristow. Bill not yet published
Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity (Ratification of Treaty) Bill – 2nd reading Concerns the UK’s ratification of the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biological Diversity of Areas beyond National Jurisdiction under the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea. Private members’ bill presented by Kevin Foster. More information not currently available. Bill not yet published
State Pension Age (Compensation) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to publish proposals for a compensation scheme for 'WASPI women' – those born between 6 April 1950 and 5 April 1960 who have been affected by increases in the state pension age. Private members' bill presented by Alan Brown. Bill not yet published
Arms Trade (Inquiry and Suspension) Bill – 2nd reading Starts an inquiry into how arms sold to foreign states are used, to determine whether they have been used to break international law. Suspends the sale of arms to foreign states where it can't be shown that those arms won't be used to break international law. Private members' bill presented by Zarah Sultana. Bill not yet published
Off-Road Vehicles (Registration) Bill – 2nd reading Requires off-road vehicles like quadbikes to be registered and have a registration plate. Private members' bill presented by Anne McLaughlin. Bill not yet published
Horticultural Peat (Prohibition of Sale) Bill – 2nd reading Bans the sale of horticultural peat in England by the end of 2024. This would follow through on a long-standing government commitment, because of the environmental impact of peat mining. Private members' bill presented by Theresa Villiers Bill not yet published
Workers (Rights and Definition) Bill – 2nd reading Establishes a legal definition of employment, which includes zero-hours contracts and agency workers. The aim is to prevent abuse of people working under these arrangements. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Health and Safety at Work Bill – 2nd reading Amend the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Act 2013 to make provision about civil liability for breaches of health and safety duties. More information not yet available. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Asylum Seekers (Accommodation Eviction Procedures) Bill – 2nd reading Allows asylum seekers to challenge a proposed eviction in an independent court or tribunal. Establishes asylum seeker accommodation eviction procedures for public authorities. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (Powers) Bill – 2nd reading Allows the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman to identify and investigate systemic problems in the benefits system and make relevant recommendations to the government. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens.
Asylum Seekers (Permission to Work) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Grants asylum seekers permission to work if they have waited six months for a decision on their asylum application. Private members' bill presented by Carol Monaghan. Draft bill (PDF)
Corporate Homicide Bill – 2nd reading Makes changes to the criminal offence of corporate homicide. More information not yet published. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens.
Deductions from Universal Credit (Report) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report to Parliament on the impact of deductions from Universal Credit on the levels of destitution among claimants. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Evictions (Universal Credit) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to prevent the evictions of Universal Credit claimants who are behind on rent. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Food Poverty Strategy Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to publish a strategy for ending the need for food banks by 2030. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Under-Occupancy Penalty (Report) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report on the merits of repealing the so-called "bedroom tax" (a cut in benefits for those living in a council or housing association property deemed to have one or more spare bedrooms). Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Devolution (Employment) (Scotland) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: Scotland Devolves employment matters in Scotland. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Draft bill (PDF)
Social Security Benefits (Healthy Eating) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to publish annual calculations of the benefit and tax credit rates needed for a representative household to afford to buy meals in accordance with the Eatwell Guide to eating healthily. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Bill not yet published
Universal Credit Sanctions (Zero Hours Contracts) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland Prevents a Universal Credit claimant from being sanctioned for refusing work on a zero-hours contract. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Draft bill
Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Amends the Public Health (Control of Disease) Act 1984 to change the law around parliamentary scrutiny of lockdowns. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope.
BBC Licence Fee Non-Payment (Decriminalisation for Over-75s) Bill – 2nd reading Decriminalises non-payment of the licence fee by over-75s. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope.
Public Sector Exit Payments (Limitation) Bill - 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Caps exit payments made to outgoing employees of public sector organisations. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill
Green Belt (Protection) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England and Wales Establishes a national register of green belt land in England. Restricts the ability of local authorities to de-designate green belt land. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill
Greater London Low Emission Zone Charging (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Reverses the expansion of London's ultra-low emission zone (Ulez), the tax on driving more polluting vehicles that was expanded to all London boroughs in August 2023. Private members' bill presented by Gareth Johnson. Bill not yet published
Highways Act 1980 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Limits the legal defences available to highway authorities when they're sued for non-repair of a highway. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Covid-19 Vaccine Damage Payments Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Requires the government to improve the diagnosis and treatment of people who have suffered ill effects from Covid-19 vaccines. Provides for financial assistance to people who have become disabled after receiving a Covid-19 vaccine, and to the next of kin of people who have died shortly after, among other things. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill (PDF)
Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Allows MPs or Lords to amend most statutory instruments – secondary legislation that is used to make changes to existing laws – before they are approved. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 (Amendment) Bill – 2nd reading Extends the offence of having a dog dangerously out of control to cover private property as well as public places. Private members' bill presented by Angela Smith. Draft bill
Exemption from Value Added Tax (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill – 2nd reading Exempts goods or services from VAT if they are beneficial to the environment, health and safety, education, or for charitable purposes. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Covid-19 Vaccine Diagnosis and Treatment Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to improve the diagnosis and treatment of people who have suffered ill effects from Covid-19 vaccines. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Caravan Site Licensing (Exemption of Motor Homes) Bill – 2nd reading Exempts motor homes from caravan site licensing requirements. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
NHS England (Alternative Treatment) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales Gives patients access to alternative non-NHS England treatment if they've waited for more than one year for hospital treatment. Private members' bill presented by Chris Stephens. Draft bill (PDF)
British Broadcasting Corporation (Privatisation) Bill – 2nd reading Privatises the BBC and distributes shares in the corporation to all licence fee payers. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Children’s Clothing (Value Added Tax) Bill – 2nd reading Expands the definition of children's clothing, including school uniforms, so more of it is VAT exempt. Currently clothes and shoes for "young children" are VAT exempt, but there is no legal definition of that term. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Regulatory Impact Assessments Bill – 2nd reading Requires a Regulatory Impact Assessment (a specific method for analysing policy) to be published for all primary and secondary legislation introduced by the government. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Barnett Formula (Replacement) Bill – 2nd reading Requires the government to report on proposals to replace the Barnett Formula (the formula used to decide how much public money is given to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) with a scheme based on an assessment of relative needs. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Rule of Law (Enforcement by Public Authorities) Bill – 2nd reading Requires public authorities to investigate breaches of the law, and take enforcement action. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill – 2nd reading Creates new offences for people who have entered the UK illegally, or have overstayed their visas. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
National Health Service Co-Funding and Co-Payment Bill – 2nd reading Extends co-payment (paying for treatment at the point of service like going to the dentist) to more NHS services in England. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Caravan Sites Bill – 2nd reading Removes the requirement for planning permission when applying for a caravan site licence. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Bill not yet published
Domestic Energy (Value Added Tax) Bill – 2nd reading Applies to: England, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland Removes VAT on domestic electricity and oil and gas. Private members' bill presented by Christopher Chope. Draft bill (PDF)
Child Criminal Exploitation Bill – 2nd reading Makes involvement in child criminal exploitation an aggravating factor in sentencing for some drugs money launding offences, among other things. Private members' bill presented by Paul Beresford. Bill not yet published
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