Funding for the School Readiness Program; Revises provisions relating to school readiness program.
Affordable Housing; Provides tax credit against corporate income taxes to landlords who lease or sell dwelling units under specified conditions to college students & recent college graduates; specifies maximum amount of tax credit available in any one year; prohibits landlords from transferring tax credits except under specified conditions; authorizes DOR to adopt rules & coordinate with Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing; requires Shimberg Center for Affordable Housing to determine certain affordable housing rental needs for certain purposes.
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.
Criminal Rehabilitation; Specifies to rehabilitate offender to transition back to community successfully is one of primary purposes of sentencing; reduces minimum sentence that must be served by defendant from 85 percent of sentence to 65 percent; revises provisions concerning gain time to provide for outstanding deed gain-time, good behavior time, & rehabilitation credits; revises limits on awards.
State Contracting; Requires agencies to require vendor awarded competitively solicited contract for commodities or contractual services to use certified minority, woman-owned, or veteran-owned business enterprises as subcontractors or subvendors for at least specified minimum percentage of contract value; requires Office of Supplier Diversity to commission disparity study to review & evaluate use of minority, women-owned, & veteran-owned business enterprises within this state; requires study to be presented to Legislature; provides appropriation. APPROPRIATION: $500,000
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.
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.
Firearm Restrictions Pursuant to Court Findings or Risk Protection Orders; Requires certain orders affecting person's ability to purchase firearm be entered into a specified database within specified period; prohibits attempted violations of provisions of firearms risk protection order.
Eligibility for Medical Assistance and Related Services; Extends Medicaid eligibility to specified adults.
Parole Eligibility; Requires Commission on Offender Review & DOC to jointly administer voluntary long-term inmate program using existing resources; requires program to provide evidence-based programming to inmates; establishes eligibility; provides inmates may be removed from program; provides that successful completion does not guarantee parole.
