Telephone Solicitation; Authorizes use of automated systems with live messages or text messages in response to certain requests & consent; provides limitation & exception; prohibits certain telephonic sales calls.
Commissioner of Education; Proposes amendments to the State Constitution to provide for election of Commissioner of Education & his or her inclusion as a member of the Cabinet & the State Board of Education.
Gay and Transgender Panic Legal Defenses; Prohibits individuals from using nonviolent sexual advance or specified perceptions or beliefs about another individual as defense to criminal offense, to excuse or justify conduct of individual who commits criminal offense, or to mitigate severity of criminal offense.
Death Penalty; Repeals provisions providing for death penalty for capital felonies and associated provisions.
Elimination of Court-related Financial Obligations for Juveniles; Removes juveniles from numerous provisions relating to court fees; provides that fees & court-ordered costs previously ordered to be paid are unenforceable & uncollectable; provides for reinstatement of driver licenses suspended for failure to make specified payments.
Insurance Coverage for Hearing Aids for Children; Requires individual health insurance policies & individual HMOs to provide coverage for hearing aids for children 18 years of age or younger; specifies coverage requirements; provides insured & subscriber are responsible for certain costs that exceed policy limit.
Apprenticeship Tax Credits; Provides tax credit to taxpayers who employ apprentices in apprenticeship program; provides cap on amount of tax credit per apprentice; specifies information taxpayer must provide to DOR to claim tax credit; specifies method for calculating tax credit; prohibits taxpayers from claiming tax credit for individual apprentice for more than specified number of years; authorizes tax credits to be carried forward for up to specified number of years.
Recovery of Damages in Claims for Medical Negligence; Authorizes parents of adult children to recover damages for mental pain and suffering in medical negligence suits.
Eligibility for Temporary Cash Assistance; Removes provisions authorizing certain benefits to be denied to individuals based solely on certain felony drug trafficking convictions; removes limitation on state's opting out of certain federal provisions relating to such benefit eligibility.
Professional Licensing Requirements for Barbers and Cosmetologists; Provides period of time when conviction, or any other adjudication, for crime may not be grounds for denial of licensure as barber or cosmetologist; requires applicable board to approve educational program credits offered to inmates in certain institutions or facilities for purposes of satisfying training requirements for licensure as barber or cosmetologist.
