Sen. David Smith

Requires health care practitioner to exercise proper degree of care to preserve health and life of child born alive after abortion or attempted abortion. Requires health care practitioner to ensure child born alive is transported to hospital. Creates crime for failure to exercise proper standard of care, punishable by maximum of five years' imprisonment, $125,000 fine, or both. Allows specified person to bring civil action for damages and equitable relief against health care practitioner for failure to exercise proper standard of care. Directs court to award attorney fees to prevailing plaintiff. Allows court to order identity or personally identifiable information of specified person protected from disclosure.

Sets forth certain requirements related to the permitting and siting of broadband infrastructure.

Allows owner of reservoir located on specified property within Big Butte Creek drainage area to register reservoir with Water Resources Department. Establishes effect of registration and application and qualification deadlines.

Allows establishment of cider businesses producing less than 100,000 gallons of cider annually on lands zoned for farm use when businesses own certain orchards of at least one acre.

Repeals sunset of predator damage control district program. Changes requirements for petition for formation of predator damage control district. Increases annual charges that landowners may choose to incur for land located in predator damage control district. Amends provisions for determining and charging county's administrative costs. Authorizes county to direct bill landowners for annual charges. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Allows electors of county to approve measure allowing use of dogs for hunting, pursuing or taking cougars within county. Authorizes State Department of Fish and Wildlife to issue resident of approving county special cougar tag that allows use of dogs for hunting, pursuing or taking cougars within county.

Establishes Rural System Development Charges Program within Housing and Community Services Department to pay system development charges for rural affordable multifamily housing. Establishes Rural System Development Charges Fund. Appropriates moneys from General Fund to department for purposes of program. Sunsets June 30, 2027. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Directs State Department of Fish and Wildlife, in consultation with Department of State Lands and State Parks and Recreation Department, to establish grant program for purpose of encouraging use of seaweed as feed for livestock. Appropriates moneys to State Department of Fish and Wildlife for purpose of funding grant program. Sunsets grant program on June 30, 2023. Takes effect on 91st day following adjournment sine die.

Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to use dual-frequency identification sonar devices for counting fish. Allocates funds from Natural Resources Subaccount of Parks and Natural Resources Fund to department to fund purchase of dual-frequency identification sonar devices and related costs.

Requires State Department of Fish and Wildlife to allow person meeting criteria to hunt game mammals using crossbow.