Minimum Age for Firearm Purchase or Transfer; Reduces minimum age at which person may purchase firearm & age of purchasers to which specified licensees are prohibited from selling or transferring firearm; removes exception.
Criminal Offenses Against Law Enforcement Officers and Other Personnel; Revises prohibition on use or threatened use of force to resist arrest or detention; provides for enhanced punishment for manslaughter when committed against specified officers; revises provisions concerning assault or battery upon specified officers & other personnel; revises provision concerning resisting, obstructing, or opposing specified officers or legally authorized persons; increases level on offense severity ranking chart for committing battery on law enforcement officers & other specified personnel.
Utilities ; Requires municipalities that operate utility services to allow other municipalities & property owners outside its municipal boundaries to connect with & use its utility services under specified conditions; prohibits municipalities that operate utility services from denying such services based on specified criteria; requires municipalities to make certain determinations; provides for appeal of such determinations; provides that municipalities are not liable for such fees & costs under certain conditions; authorizes notices for rural electrical cooperative board of trustees meetings to be delivered by electronic mail; revises notice requirements for meetings during which elections will occur; requires board of trustees, beginning on specified date, to annually prepare list of cooperative members & to make list available for certain inspection; revises quorum requirements; revises requirements for rural electrical cooperative bylaws; requires appointment of election inspectors; authorizes rural electric cooperatives to conduct elections & membership votes through electronic voting; requires electronic voting to be authorized by resolution of board of trustees; provides for cooperative members to consent to & opt out of electronic voting; provides for cooperative members to petition board of trustees to adopt electronic voting.
Reports of Child Abuse, Abandonment, or Neglect; Requires central abuse hotline to electronically transfer certain reports to appropriate county sheriff's office or local law enforcement agency; requires certain persons to report certain knowledge or suspicion to central abuse hotline; requires central abuse hotline to accept certain reports & immediately notify DCF to ensure that onsite protective investigation is promptly initiated; creates rebuttable presumption; provides methods to rebut such presumption; requires department to maintain specified record; prohibits department from returning child to custody of child's parent unless certain actions are taken & determinations are made by court.
Minimum Age for Firearm Purchase or Transfer; Reduces minimum age at which person may purchase firearm & age of purchasers to which specified licensees are prohibited from selling or transferring firearm.
Succession to Office of Governor, Auditing, and Government Efficiency; Proposes repeal of provisions in State Constitution relating to creation of office of Lieutenant Governor & Government Efficiency Task Force & amendments to State Constitution to revise provisions relating to auditing & government efficiency, create Office of Commissioner of Government Efficiency as Cabinet officer, revise provisions relating to succession to office of Governor if there is vacancy or in case of impeachment or incapacity, & submit to electorate, during specified election year, ballot question regarding whether to repeal office of Commissioner of Government Efficiency.
Social Media Use by Minors; Requires social media platforms to permanently delete certain information, allow parents or legal guardians of certain minor account holders to view specified information, disclose certain data to law enforcement officers, & prohibit certain minor account holders from using or accessing certain messages.
Government Administration; Revises provisions relating to government administration including auditing, reviews, & investigations of programs, appropriations, & state entities; government accountability; planning & budgeting; estimating conferences; EOG budget recommendations; & budget requests.
Online Access to Materials Harmful to Minors; Requires developer & covered manufacturer to, beginning on specified date, make specific determinations about covered applications & user, provide certain notices, & provide certain features to parents & developers; provides requirements for devices sold before specified date; requires application store to establish nondiscriminatory practices; provides for enforcement actions by Attorney General; provides affirmative defense; provides limitation on liability for covered manufacturer; revises age verification method used by certain commercial entities to verify age of person accessing certain material; provides exception; requires covered manufacturer to ensure certain statutory requirements are met; authorizes DLA to bring action against covered manufacturers; authorizes imposition of civil penalties against covered manufacturers; removes certain liability & damage provisions for certain commercial entities; removes provisions relating to public records exemptions & OGSR; requires covered manufactures to take certain steps upon activation of device; requires certain websites, applications, or online services to take certain actions based on amount of material harmful to minors found on such website, application, or online service; requires covered manufacturers to comply with statutory requirements in nondiscriminatory manner; prohibits covered manufacturers from taking certain actions; authorizes DLA to adopt rules & regulations; provides preemption.
Maddy summaryHB 575 proposes a change in the official designation of a major body of water. If enacted, the bill would rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
