Home instruction; parents; criteria. Removes the four enumerated criteria–holding a high school diploma, being a teacher of qualifications prescribed by the Board of Education, providing the child with a program of study or curriculum that may be delivered through a correspondence course or distance learning program or in any other manner, or providing evidence of the ability to provide an adequate education for the child–by which a parent is permitted to provide home instruction for his school-age child. The bill does not affect the requirement for such a parent to annually provide a description of the home instruction curriculum before the school year begins and evidence of the child's academic progress after the school year ends.
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Felony homicide; certain drug offenses; penalties. Provides that a person is guilty of felony homicide, which constitutessecond degree murder and is punishable by confinement of not lessthan five nor more than 40 years, if the underlying felonious actthat resulted in the killing of another involved the manufacture,sale, gift, or distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substanceto another person and such other person's use of the controlled substanceresults in his death, regardless of the time or place death occurredin relation to the commission of the underlying felony. The bill provides that venue for a prosecution of this crime shall lie in thelocality where the underlying felony occurred, where the use of thecontrolled substance occurred, or where death occurred. The billalso provides that if a person gave or distributed a Schedule I orII controlled substance only as an accommodation to another individualwho is not an inmate in a community correctional facility, localcorrectional facility, or state correctional facility, or in thecustody of an employee thereof, and not with intent to profit therebyfrom any consideration received or expected nor to induce the recipientof the controlled substance to use or become addicted to or dependentupon such controlled substance, he is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
Felony homicide; certain drug offenses; penalty. Provides that a person is guilty of felony homicide, which constitutessecond degree murder and is punishable by confinement of not lessthan five nor more than 40 years, if the underlying felonious actthat resulted in the killing of another involved the manufacture,sale, gift, or distribution of a Schedule I or II controlled substanceto another and (i) such other person's death results from his useof the controlled substance and (ii) the controlled substance is the proximate cause of his death. The bill provides that venue fora prosecution of this crime shall lie in the locality where the underlyingfelony occurred, where the use of the controlled substance occurred,or where death occurred. The bill also provides that if a persongave or distributed a Schedule I or II controlled substance onlyas an accommodation to another individual who is not an inmate ina community correctional facility, local correctional facility, orstate correctional facility, or in the custody of an employee thereof,and not with intent to profit thereby from any consideration receivedor expected nor to induce the recipient of the controlled substanceto use or become addicted to or dependent upon such controlled substance,he is guilty of a Class 5 felony.
State Air Pollution Control Board; regulations;low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards. Repeals theState Air Pollution Control Board's authority to implement low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards that apply for vehicles witha model year of 2025 and later.
Elections; voter identification; identificationcontaining a photograph required. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote. Thebill repeals the provisions of law permitting a voter who does nothave one of the required forms of identification to vote after signing a statement, subject to felony penalties for false statements, thathe is the named registered voter he claims to be. Instead, the bill provides that such voter is entitled to cast a provisional ballot.
State Air Pollution Control Board; regulations; low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards. Repeals theState Air Pollution Control Board's authority to implement low-emissionsand zero-emissions vehicle standards that apply for vehicles witha model year of 2025 and later.