Sen. Erin Grall

Alcohol Consumption; Requiring the Division of Alcoholic Beverages and Tobacco of the Department of Business and Professional Regulation to consider a vendor’s use of an electronic identification scanner in mitigation of certain administrative penalties; requiring state and local law enforcement agencies to refer to the division all relevant reports of investigations and arrests concerning drivers under the influence of alcohol whose crashes contributed to serious bodily injury or death, etc.

Evidence of Damages to Prove Medical Expenses in Personal Injury or Wrongful Death Actions; Providing evidence that is admissible to demonstrate past and future medical expenses in personal injury and wrongful death actions, etc.

Parental Rights; Requiring parental consent for a minor’s treatment for certain diseases; requiring a school district to provide parents with specified information before the district administers certain questionnaires or forms to students; revising exceptions for certain parental rights; creating the parental right to consent in writing to the use of a biofeedback device on a parent’s minor child, etc.

Withholding Funds from the Return of Cash Bonds; Requiring a clerk of the court to withhold funds for specified purposes from the return of a cash bond posted by a criminal defendant or his or her spouse, rather than to withhold such funds from the return of a cash bond posted on behalf of the criminal defendant by a person other than a bail bond agent, etc.

Medspas; Defining the term “medspa”; requiring each medspa to prominently post on its website and in a conspicuous location in its facility specified information about the physician supervising the medspa, etc.

Maddy summarySB 1682 defines the term "first responder" and redefines "public agency" and "public safety agency" for legislative purposes. This is a definitional bill with no substantive policy changes or new requirements. It does not directly affect specific individuals or create new programs, but rather clarifies terminology used in other laws. The bill's sole purpose is to standardize these terms within the state's legal framework. (1 sentence summary for a procedural definitional bill)

Required Instruction in Cursive Writing; Requiring students in specified grades to receive instruction in cursive writing; providing requirements for such instruction; requiring students to demonstrate proficiency in cursive writing by the end of a specified grade, etc.

Contracts for Postadoption Contact; Authorizing certain parties to enter into a written contract for postadoption contact which permits contact between an adopted child and his or her birth parent and siblings; requiring that the contract be filed with, approved by, and entered into a certain final judgment by the court under certain circumstances; authorizing and providing requirements for enforcement, modification, or termination of the contract; prohibiting enforcement of the contract in certain circumstances, etc.

Traffic Offenses; Prohibiting a person from operating a motor vehicle while using a wireless communications device in a handheld manner; providing an exception; requiring that sustained use of a wireless communications device by a person operating a motor vehicle be conducted through a hands-free accessory until such use is terminated; revising penalty provisions relating to the use of wireless communications devices in a handheld manner in certain circumstances; requiring persons cited for specified infractions that result in a crash with another vehicle to appear at a certain mandatory hearing, etc.

Civil Liability for the Wrongful Death of an Unborn Child; Revising the definition of the term “survivors” to include the parents of an unborn child; defining the term “unborn child”; providing that the Wrongful Death Act does not authorize a wrongful death action against the mother of an unborn child for the death of the child; providing that the act does not authorize a wrongful death action against a health care provider for the death of an unborn child which results from medical care complying with the applicable standard of care; authorizing parents of an unborn child to recover certain damages, etc.