Requires all employees who handle food while employed by a food establishment to complete instruction furnished by the department of health on safe food handling. Specifies contents of required instruction.
Requires the court to expunge a domestic abuse temporary restraining order or petition for a domestic abuse temporary restraining order from the respondent's record when the temporary restraining order was sought fraudulently or for the purpose of retaliation or harassment.
Prohibits certain large vehicles of more than 10,000 pounds from being driven on the far left lane of any roadway having three or more lanes, with certain exceptions. Establishes a fifty-five mile per hour speed limit for trucks having a gross vehicle weight rating in excess of 10,000 pounds.
Establishes the illegal vacation rental enforcement revolving fund. Appropriates moneys into and out of the fund to be used by the counties in the course of investigations of persons operating illegal vacation rental units in violation of county ordinances, rules, and regulations.
Establishes an electric vehicle tax credit. Requires that all vehicles used by agencies of the State be electric vehicles by 2030.
Allows taxpayers a twenty-five per cent income tax deduction for amounts received as rent from recipients of the housing choice voucher program.
Establishes that possession of recently stolen property, with no satisfactory explanation, is prima facie evidence of knowledge that the property has been stolen.
Establishes a verdict of guilty of the offense charged but mentally ill in criminal trials. Changes the defense of not guilty by reason of insanity to require the court to find that at the time of the conduct, the person lacked a particular state of mind that is required to establish an element of the offense charged as a result of physical or mental disease, disorder, or defect. Requires persons who are incarcerated as a result of a verdict of guilty of the offense charged but mentally ill to receive health care or mental health care appropriate to the person's diagnosis during the person's term of imprisonment. Requires the Department of Public Safety to conduct a study on the costs of providing care to incarcerated persons who have been found guilty of the offense charged but mentally ill. Effective July 1, 2020.
Expands the required qualifications that applicants may fulfill as part of the requirements for dental licensure to include passage of any other nationally recognized clinical dental examination recommended by the American Dental Association and dental licensure in another state; provided that the applicant meets specific qualifications.
Requires the court and the prosecution to take appropriate action to ensure a prompt trial in order to minimize the length of time a child victim or witness must endure the stress of the child's involvement in the proceedings. Establishes in the department of the attorney general a child abuse investigation unit. Allows the department of the attorney general to intervene in adjudications in family court.
