Human trafficking investigators; licensing by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. [HB-859]
Human trafficking investigators; licensing by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. Authorizes the Department of Criminal Justice Services to register and issue licenses for human trafficking investigators. The bill provides that a human trafficking investigator is a private investigator who is GSA compliant and engages in the business of, or accepts employment to make, investigations to obtain information on sex trafficking or severe forms of trafficking as defined in the federal Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 and in the federal
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HB-859: Human trafficking investigators; licensing by the Department of Criminal Justice Services.
Sponsored by: Rep. James Leftwich
Left In Public Safety on 11/18/2024
School boards; placement in alternative education programs, disclosure of certain information. [HB-1385]
School boards; placement in alternative education programs; disclosure of certain information in delinquency cases. Requires the clerk of any court in which a disposition is entered or deferred in any proceeding where a student is charged with an offense that, pursuant to relevant law, is required to be disclosed to the superintendent of the school division in which the student is enrolled to, upon request of any such division superintendent, provide additional information that may be relevant to such student's placement in an alternative education
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HB-1385: School boards; placement in alternative education programs, disclosure of certain information.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Milde
Left In Education on 11/18/2024
Possession of retail tobacco products and hemp products intended for smoking by a person younger than 21 years of age prohibited; penalty. [HB-1558]
Possession of retail tobacco products and hemp products intended for smoking by a person younger than 21 years of age prohibited; penalty. Prohibits any person younger than 21 years of age from possessing any retail tobacco product or hemp product intended for smoking, as those terms are defined in relevant law. A violation of such prohibition is punishable by a civil penalty not to exceed $100 for a first violation and a civil penalty not to exceed $250 for a second or subsequent violation. The bill also provides that a court may, as an alternative
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HB-1558: Possession of retail tobacco products and hemp products intended for smoking by a person younger than 21 years of age prohibited; penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Thomas Garrett
Tabled In Courts Of Justice (22-y 0-n) on 01/24/2025
You have voted HB-1558: Possession of retail tobacco products and hemp products intended for smoking by a person younger than 21 years of age prohibited; penalty..
Sales and use tax; exemption for aircraft components, extends sunset. [HB-1729]
Retail sales and use tax; aircraft components. Extends the sunset date for the sales and use tax exemption for parts, engines, and supplies used for maintaining, repairing, or reconditioning aircraft or any aircraft's avionics system, engine, or component parts to July 1, 2030. This bill incorporates HB 2248 and is identical to SB 942.
HB-1729: Sales and use tax; exemption for aircraft components, extends sunset.
Sponsored by: Rep. Chris Runion
Approved By Governor-chapter 137 (effective 07/01/25) on 03/19/2025
Land use; refund by localities of certain application fees. [HB-2142]
Refund by localities of certain land use application fees. Provides a method whereby an applicant who fails to receive approval of a land use application due to failure to meet a statutory deadline for a completed application may seek an application fee refund from a locality that is at least partially responsible for the delay that caused the applicant to miss the deadline.
HB-2142: Land use; refund by localities of certain application fees.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Milde
Left In Counties, Cities And Towns on 02/04/2025
Drug Control Act; manufacturers, wholesale distributors, etc., annual report. [HB-2144]
Drug Control Act; manufacturers, wholesale distributors, and medical equipment suppliers; annual report. Requires a manufacturer, wholesale distributor, or medical equipment supplier that is licensed, permitted, or registered with the Board of Pharmacy to submit an annual report of the amount such manufacturer, wholesale distributor, or medical equipment supplier spent during the preceding year on direct-to-consumer advertising of each prescription drug or device.
HB-2144: Drug Control Act; manufacturers, wholesale distributors, etc., annual report.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Milde
Left In Labor And Commerce on 02/05/2025
Signs or advertisements within the limits of a highway; increases civil penalty. [HB-2141]
Signs or advertisements within the limits of a highway; civil penalty. Increases the civil penalty for placing advertisements and signs within the limits of any highway from $100 to $250 but retains the $100 civil penalty for identical signs and advertisements located within a 100-yard radius of a sign or advertisement for which the $250 civil penalty is imposed. The bill clarifies that when such signs and advertisements are removed, civil penalties may be collected in addition to the cost of removing such advertisements or signs.
HB-2141: Signs or advertisements within the limits of a highway; increases civil penalty.
Sponsored by: Rep. Paul Milde
Left In Transportation on 02/04/2025