Requires absentee ballots to be provided to all qualified voters and relates to the delivery of absentee ballots.
Requires the metropolitan transportation authority to post signage over mass transit seats indicating that individuals should give up their seats for the elderly, pregnant and disabled; provides such signage shall be conspicuously posted and visible from all seats; costs and expenses paid through appropriated funds.
Establishes a pregnant persons' bill of rights; requires posting and disclosing such bill of rights; establishes a penalty for failure to post or disclose such bill of rights.
Directs the secretary of state to prepare and distribute to cities, towns and villages a model comprehensive outdoor lighting ordinance.
Directs the department of health, in cooperation with various state offices and agencies to study, evaluate, and make recommendations concerning the prescribing and treatment history of persons in this state who suffered fatal and nonfatal opiate overdoses.
Establishes a credit against income tax for service dogs.
Relates to regulation of toxic chemicals in pet products; establishes the interstate chemical clearinghouse.
Establishes the student privacy protection act which prescribes when student information may be disclosed and what student information may be disclosed.
Increases the state excise tax on cigarettes.
Limits the animal dealers that are exempt under the provisions of article 7 of the agriculture and markets law relating to the licensing, identification and control of dogs; applies provisions to dealers licensed as a class A dealer under the Federal Animal Welfare Act that sells dogs exclusively to USDA registered research facilities.
