Provides that a person who smokes or vapes in a motor vehicle while a minor is present in the motor vehicle commits a Class B infraction. Enhances the penalty for the offense for certain prior offenses.
Requires certain agencies that provide services to individuals or families to make an advance payment on the amount of the contract to contractors that are small businesses and that provide those services at the request of the contractor.
Specifies that it is the policy of the state to recognize the importance of family and children, including the parenting rights of a parent, regardless of whether the parent has a disability. Provides that the right of a person with a disability to parent the person's child may not be denied or restricted solely because the person has a disability. Establishes procedures to be used in proceedings concerning: (1) custody; (2) parenting time; (3) adoption; (4) foster care; and (5) guardianship; when a parent, prospective parent, prospective foster parent, or prospective guardian is a person with a disability. Requires the department of child services to implement disability awareness training. Provides for the expungement of information relating to the unlawful removal of a child from the home of a person with a disability. Makes conforming amendments.
Makes maintaining a common nuisance a Class A misdemeanor, and increases the penalty to a Level 6 felony if the person has a prior conviction for maintaining a common nuisance.
Requires a charter school to adopt discipline rules to prohibit bullying. Requires a school that accepts choice scholarships to adopt discipline rules to prohibit bullying. Requires an accredited nonpublic school that accepts funding or financial assistance from the state to adopt discipline rules to prohibit bullying.
Repeals statutes concerning state and local programs for pest and vector abatement. Allows: (1) the executive board of the state department of health to adopt rules; and (2) the board of a municipal corporation and the health and hospital corporation to adopt ordinances and rules; concerning the control of pests and vectors. Provides that the owner, lessee, superintendent, or manager of an establishment subject to the lodging establishment laws may not furnish beds or bedding infested with pests or vectors. Requires that a lodging establishment room that has an infested bed or infested bedding must be thoroughly fumigated, disinfected, and renovated until the pests and vectors are entirely exterminated. Makes conforming amendments.
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION recognizing Prom Genie, Incorporated.
