Del. Jay Leftwich

Commending Daphne Tamara Fulson.

Commending the Honorable M. Kirkland Cox.

Wrongful death beneficiaries. Provides thatan award in a wrongful death action, where there is no survivingspouse of the decedent, children of the decedent, or children ofa deceased child of the decedent, shall be distributed to the parents,brothers and sisters of the decedent, and any other family memberwho is primarily dependent on the decedent and the same member ofthe decedent's household.

Local department of social services; location of child in local department's custody. Provides that a local department of social services shall, upon request of the legal guardian or custodian of a child, disclose to such legal guardian or custodian the location of the child when the child is in the custody of another legal guardian or custodian, unless the local department finds that such disclosure would compromise the safety of the child or the legal guardian or custodian.

Domestic relations; contents of support orders; unemployment benefits. Requires support orders to contain a provision requiring an obligor to keep the Department of Social Services or a court informed of, in addition to the name, address, and telephone number of his current employer, any change to his employment status and if he has filed a claim for or is receiving unemployment benefits. The bill further requires that the provision shall further specify that any such change or filing be communicated to the Department of Social Services or the court in writing within 30 days of such change or filing.

Communicating threats of death or bodily injuryto a person at any place of assembly, any building or other structure,or any means of transportation; penalties. Provides that any person 18 years of age or older who either (i) communicates to anotherby any means any threat to bomb, burn, destroy, shoot, stab, or inany other manner cause death or bodily injury to persons at any placeof assembly, any building or other structure, or any means of masstransportation or (ii) communicates to another by any means information,knowing the same to be false, about any plan to bomb, burn, destroy,shoot, stab, or in any other manner cause death or bodily injury topersons at any place of assembly, any building or other structure,or any means of mass transportation and makes either such communication with the intent to (a) intimidate a civilian population at large,(b) influence the conduct or activities of the government of theUnited States or any state or local government through intimidation,(c) compel the emergency evacuation of any place of assembly, anybuilding or other structure, or any means of mass transportationthrough intimidation, or (d) place any person in reasonable apprehension of death or bodily injury through intimidation is guilty of a Class5 felony. The bill provides that any person younger than 18 yearsof age who commits such offense is guilty of a Class 6 felony.

Alcoholic beverage control; license fee reform;delay; emergency. Delays the effective date of the 2020 alcoholicbeverage control license and fee reform from July 1, 2021, to January1, 2022. During the period of delay and subject to certain requirements,the bill allows on-premises wine or beer licensees to sell wine orbeer for off-premises consumption and allows such licensees, as wellas off-premises wine or beer licensees, to deliver wine or beer thatthe licensee is authorized to sell without a delivery permit. The bill contains a technical amendment and an emergency clause.

Settlement agreements; stay of dismissal. Provides that, in any case in which a plaintiff or counterclaim plaintiff is seeking a civil judgment against a defendant or counterclaim defendant, if the parties enter into a written settlement agreement, upon request of the parties, a dismissal of such case shall be stayed to allow for full compliance with such settlement agreement. The bill requires the plaintiff or counterclaim plaintiff to file a notice of dismissal with the court once the defendant or counterclaim defendant has complied with the terms of such settlement agreement, which shall be treated as a dismissal with prejudice. The bill allows the plaintiff or counterclaim plaintiff to file a motion to enforce the terms of such settlement agreement if a defendant or counterclaim defendant is in default of any term of such agreement.