By nobugsonme on Sep 17, 2008 in A3203, Joan M. Quigley, L. Grace Spencer, L. Harvey Smith, NJ, New Jersey Assembly, bed bug legislation, bed bug treatment, bills, cost of bed bug treatment, landlords and tenants, legislation, money, new jersey, new york, news, spread | 4 Comments
New Jersey Assembly members Joan M. Quigley, L. Grace Spencer, and L. Harvey Smith introduced legislation (A-3203) on Monday which would make New Jersey landlords wholly responsible for eliminating bed bugs from rented accommodation.
The bill has been referred to the Assembly Health and Senior Services Committee for a hearing.
Here’s a video of Joan [...]
By nobugsonme on Aug 8, 2008 in Barack Obama, Halekulani Hotel, Hawai'i Department of Health, Hawai'i House of Representatives, Hawaii Hotel and Lodging Association, Tennessee Hotel and Lodging Association, bed bugs, bed bugs in hawai'i, bed bugs in hotels, bed bugs in the media, bedbugs, government, hawaii, legislation, tennessee | 0 Comments
Bed bugs are now more widely found on media reports on broader topics than bed bug infestations and new bed bug-proof mattress encasements. For example, this article from Time about Barack Obama’s upcoming week-long vacation visit to his native Hawai’i:
Obama is also scheduled to hold a fundraiser at the posh Halekulani Hotel in Waikiki [...]
By nobugsonme on Jul 7, 2008 in Don't let the Bed Bugs Bite Act 2008, Unted States, bed bug inspections, bed bugs, bedbugs, government, hotels, house of representatives, legislation | 11 Comments
Remember the House of Representatives’ Don’t Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2008? It would institute a grant program for states to inspect hotel rooms for bed bugs.
Well, according to the Library of Congress’s Thomas system, it’s now being considered by the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
The Washington Watch site now [...]
By hopelessnomo on May 20, 2008 in Congress, Don Young, Don't Let the Bed Bugs Bite Act of 2008, Donald Payne, Doris Matsui, G. K. Butterfield, H. R. 6068, H.R. 6068, U. S. House of Representatives, William Jefferson, bed bug prevention, bed bugs, bed bugs in hotels, bedbugs, government, inspect hotel rooms, legislation, news, usa | 7 Comments
Bed bugs have arrived in the United States House of Representatives.
All this time we’ve been waiting and hoping to see cities and states, in a painfully gradual trickle, taking action on the national bed bug epidemic. I confess I’m rather amazed at this turn of events.
On May 15, Representative G. K. Butterfield (D-North Carolina) [...]
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