Prohibits drivers of a bus, taxi or livery from using hands free mobile telephones and provides for certain exceptions.
Establishes a ten day waiting period from contact of the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) before a firearm, shotgun or rifle may be delivered to a person.
Authorizes dental hygienists to provide such services without supervision in collaboration with a licensed dentist under a collaborative practice agreement.
Provides for accountability in state assessments by creating a regents review board to audit assessments used to determine grade promotion, graduation and adequate yearly progress by requiring a written report, implementation of an auditing and review of pilot and/or field testing of the standardized tests used to ensure validity, reliability, alignment to standards and appropriateness of use.
Relates to diagnosis, care and treatment of injured employees by certified nurse practitioners.
Prohibits the sale of infant inclined sleepers; restricts the use of such inclined sleepers in certain settings.
Requires boards of elections and bipartisan committees to hand count ballots during recanvass of any ballots cast in election for a position where the difference between the candidates is 10 or less votes, or .5% of the ballots cast for such position, whichever shall be greater.
Relates to treatment of domestic violence victims and documentation of injury and evidence; requires collection and storage of evidence and prohibits agencies from charging domestic violence victims.
Increases the penalty for multiple convictions of torturing, killing or failing to provide sustenance to an animal to a felony, if convicted within five years from the date of a prior conviction.
Relates to the creation of a school-based teen dating violence prevention program designed to be incorporated into a school district's existing health curriculum to prevent and reduce the incidence and prevalence of teen dating violence.
