Allows for a voter to apply for an absentee ballot for any reason.
Asm. William Colton
Sponsored bills
Develops comprehensive assessment centers for autism spectrum disorders; provides grants for their development and lays out reporting and research requirements.
Authorizes the payment of housing subsidies in the amount of seventy percent of the rental cost of the dwelling unit or the median housing rental cost for the county, whichever is lower, to certain victims of domestic violence.
Relates to the maintenance of a database on intellectual property generated by state employees or developed through state-funded research which shall include, at a minimum, a brief description of the intellectual property and up-to-date contact information for each item.
Allows individuals to register their telefacsimile telephone numbers with the consumer protection board as part of the "do not call" statewide registry.
Establishes an electronic registration process integrated within designated agency applications; makes related provisions.
Requires lobbyists to provide annual reports disclosing clients that they have advocated on behalf of before any state or local governmental entity.
Ensures that employees of the office of mental health who work in prison mental health units receive the same immunity from civil damages as other state employees who work in prisons; provides that civil actions cannot be brought in state court against any office of mental health officer or employee providing mental health services in a department of correctional services facility in his or her personal capacity for acts or omissions within the scope of employment.
Relates to directing the commissioner of education to establish rules and regulations for a sepsis awareness and prevention program for school districts, boards of cooperative educational services and nonpublic schools.
Prohibits the lease of state forests, wildlife management areas and unique areas for the purpose of gas production.