— HB 2537, to prohibit the use of non-competition clauses; Summers, main sponsor.
— HB 2538, to develop an online portal to support foster care and foster care with the specific needs of their foster children; Summers, main sponsor.
– HB 2542 and SB 215, to create the No TikTok on Government Devices law.
— HB 2549, to allow elementary or secondary school teachers to carry concealed firearms and be designated as a school protective officer.
– HB 2551, The Homeschool Credential Recognition Act, to provide the same post-secondary and educational opportunities for graduates of high school at home as those of public, private, or parochial schools.
— HB 2554, to authorize the manufacture in limited quantities of alcoholic liquors intended for personal use only and not intended for sale.
— SB 163, to allow registered voters to cast an absentee ballot in all circumstances; Sen.
— SB 167, to legalize the personal use and possession of cannabis by adults; provide for a county option election to allow production and sales in that county; Caputo.
— SB 168, to encourage and induce the sale of thermal or steam coal to coal-fired power generation facilities in the State by exempting the sale of such coal from the severance tax.
– SB 169, to require motion picture exhibitors who operate two or more theaters in more than one location in this state to provide open captioning for at least two screenings per week of every motion picture produced and offered with subtitles – open titration; Caputo.
— SB 171, to create a credit against the departure tax to encourage private businesses to make infrastructure improvements to highways, roads, and bridges in this state; and encourage greater capital investment in coal production and processing facilities.
— SB 174, to increase required medical coverage from various providers for autism spectrum disorders; Caputo.
— SB 175, to require medical insurance providers to include infertility services in their policies; Caputo.
– SB 180, to provide for state troopers to be assigned to counties based on the 2020 census.
– SB 181, the Closed Captioning Act, to require public places that have televisions for public use to have at least half of those televisions to have their closed captioning feature enabled at all times; Caputo.
— SB 187, to create a new criminal offense regarding sexual contact with, sexual intrusion, or sexual abuse of students by a school employee; Sen.
— SB 188, the Grid Stabilization and Security Act, to encourage the development, transmission and use of electricity generated using
– SB 195, the law on ready-to-use glucagon rescue therapies for schools, for students with diabetes.
— SB 197, to create a pilot paid parental leave program.
– SB 201, to increase the Homestead exemption for owners of
– SB 214, to restrict certain advertisements by adult sites on public bulletin boards.
– SB 218, to establish that in presidential election years, a presidential primary election will be held in the state on the second Tuesday in February; Olivierio.
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