State Rep. Vickie Nardello's bills in 2009 (1/3)

And here's the first installment of state Rep. Vickie Nardello's bills that she introduced this year:

HB05009 AN ACT CONCERNING THE POSTING OF MINUTES FROM PUBLIC AGENCY MEETINGS ON TOWN WEB SITES.
HB05016 AN ACT CONCERNING AN AGREEMENT AMONG THE STATES TO ELECT THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BY NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE.
HB05018 AN ACT REQUIRING A COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS OF HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFITS MANDATED IN THIS STATE.
HB05019 AN ACT PROHIBITING THE USE OF A PRESCRIPTION DRUG HISTORY AS AN UNDERWRITING TOOL TO DENY INDIVIDUAL HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE.
HB05030 AN ACT CONCERNING THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A PRESCRIPTION DRUG ACADEMIC DETAILING PILOT PROJECT.

I haven't gotten into the details of these, but on the surface I disagree HBO5016.

Just today, George Will explained the reason for the electoral college as he challenges Sen. Russ Feingold's call for a Constitutional amendment prohibiting gubernatorial appointments to vacated Senate seats:

The Framers gave the three political components of the federal government (the House, Senate and presidency) different electors (the people, the state legislatures and the Electoral College as originally intended) to reinforce the principle of separation of powers, by which government is checked and balanced.

I think any action to modify the Constitution should be taken with great care.

Tim White