This resolution would provide for the presentation of the following question at the next general election "Shall there be a convention to amend or revise the Constitution?"
Allows the healthcare facility to conduct human-subject research on patients subject to 21 C.F.R. Pt 50 and/or 45 C.F.R. Pt 46 (relating to the informed consent of human subjects).
Maddy summaryThis bill expands the state's minimum wage laws to include individuals who work in domestic service or within private homes. Currently, these workers are excluded from the definition of "employee" under the existing statute, meaning they are not covered by minimum wage requirements. The legislation amends the relevant legal definitions to remove this specific exemption, thereby bringing these workers under the same wage protections as other employees. Once signed into law, employers in this sector will be required to pay their domestic workers at least the state-mandated minimum wage.
Extends injured-on-duty (IOD) benefits to police officers and firefighters that suffer from diagnosed post-traumatic stress disorders, except under certain conditions.
Allows manufacturer-wineries to sell up to three (3) drinks of wine for on-site consumption or three (3) bottles of wine for off-site consumption or three (3) bottles of wine for off-site consumption.
Requires the department of health to amend its rules and regulations that allow for DEA-registered pharmacies to transfer electronic prescriptions at a patient's request.
Amends the current requirement of payment of initial filing fee/service of process costs when the victim of crime is still owed restitution at the expiration of the case/seeks to enforce the civil judgment entered at the time of the criminal disposition.
Eliminates requirement of signing with an "X" for voters who cannot sign their name due to blindness, disability, or inability to read/write and establishes a timeframe for local boards to accept mail ballot applications delivered via the postal service.
Maddy summaryThis bill amends state fishing regulations to permit residents to harvest blue crabs during the hours of darkness, whereas the previous law restricted this activity to daylight hours. The legislation also corrects a terminology error by changing the term "land line" to the accurate "hand line" in the relevant section of the General Laws. By allowing crab harvesting after sunset and before sunrise, the measure expands the time window available for licensed residents to collect blue crabs using approved gear like scoop nets or trot lines.
Allows the sharing of certain information between the division of taxation and the secretary of state's office regarding an entity's tax status as compliant or non-compliant.
