Establishes building safety code standards for multi-dwelling buildings and requires the development of recommendations for resolving any conflicts between fire safety codes and the building codes.
Requires DEM, when practicable, to coordinate with local fire departments to assess fire prevention at certain state properties managed by the department.
Maddy summaryThis House resolution urges the federal government to take specific actions to reduce the risk of nuclear war, including renouncing the option of a first strike and removing nuclear weapons from hair-trigger alert status. The bill directly calls on the President and the Senate to sign and ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which would make possessing or using such weapons illegal under international law. Additionally, it requests the cancellation of plans to modernize the U.S. nuclear arsenal and the pursuit of an agreement among nuclear states to eliminate their stockpiles. As a non-binding resolution, it does not change federal law but serves as a formal recommendation to the executive and legislative branches.
Requires the dept of behavioral healthcare/developmental disabilities/hospitals to coordinate with the DOH to propose revisions to chapter 1.10 and 10.1 of title 23, including updates and revisions of statutory language and evidence-based best practices.
Delays from June 1, 2024, until June 1, 2025, the necessity to conduct monitoring for the maximum number PFAS in drinking water and would amend the type of water systems to which the requirement applies.
Maddy summaryThis bill expands the legal definition of "public official" to include school superintendents, principals, central office staff, and all other school employees. By making this change, it ensures that making threats against these individuals is treated as a criminal offense under the same rules currently applied to elected officials, judges, and law enforcement officers. The law specifies that such threats must be made because of the person's role or public duties and carry penalties of up to five years in prison, a fine of $5,000, or both. This update directly affects schools by extending criminal protections to their staff and clarifies that threats motivated by hostility toward their positions are illegal.
Amends the definition of public record to exempt from public disclosure the city or town of residence of the justices, judges, and magistrates of the unified judicial system.
Permits the family court to disclose criminal records of juvenile offenders to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System for the purposes of background check conducted when an individual attempts to purchase a firearm.
Criminalizes the unauthorized dissemination of sexually explicit images of another person that are created by digital devices or created without the consent of the person depicted.
Establishes "workplace readiness week". It requires all public high schools, including charter schools, to annually observe that week by providing information to students on their rights as workers and specifies the topics that must be covered.
