HB 0059 |
Support | Require Alarm Monitoring Services to Utilize Alarm Verification |
Taylor, Tom 79th |
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7/1/2013 |
House - Effective Date |
PS&HS |
PUB SAF |
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| This legislation requires alarm companies to attempt to verify alarm calls by calling or texting the property owner up to two times before sending the alarm signal to public safety for response. The alarm companies would not be required to verify the alarm calls for fire alarms, panic alarms, robbery in progress alarms or alarms where the alarm company can tell from the audio or video that a crime is occurring. |
HB 0088 |
Neutral | Free Class E and Class F Driver's License to Qualified Volunteer Firefighters |
Shaw, Jason 176th |
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3/10/2014 |
Senate Read Second Time |
MotV |
PUB SAF |
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| This legislation allows volunteer firefighters to receive a Class E or Class F driver's license free of charge if they bring in a copy of their firefighter certification and a letter from the chief executive officer of the county (or city) stating that they are a volunteer firefighter for the county (or city). |
HB 0366 |
Neutral | Certified Peace Officers Training/Application Requirements |
Hitchens, Bill 161st |
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7/1/2013 |
House - Effective Date |
PS&HS |
PUB SAF |
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| This legislation provides for the emergency suspension of Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) certification when an officer fails to complete or show certification of required training. |
HB 0762 |
Neutral | Motor Vehicles; Procedure For Passing Sanitation Vehicles |
Brett Harrel |
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3/10/2014 |
Senate Read Second Time |
MotV |
PUB SAF |
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| This legislation requires drivers to leave an empty lane between their vehicle and the vehicle of a sanitation worker flashing yellow, amber, white or red lights when passing. If such a lane change is not possible, legal or safe, then the driver must reduce their vehicle speed and be prepared to stop. This only applies to sanitation workers collecting or transporting solid waste and recyclable as authorized by a county or city. |
HB 0803 |
Neutral | Requirement for Law Enforcement Agencies to Adopt Policies on Encounters with Domesticated Pets |
Tommy Benton |
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3/10/2014 |
Senate Read Second Time |
PS&HS |
PUB SAF |
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| This legislation requires law enforcement agencies to adopt written policies that set forth the manner in which officers shall negotiate encounters with animals that become aggressive. This legislation was amended in committee to remove unfunded mandate for training and the temporary suspension of law enforcment officers who did not complete training. |
HB 0872 |
Neutral | Evidence in Investigations of Law Enforcement Officers - Privileged Communication Between Officers and Peer Counselors |
Terry Rogers |
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7/1/2014 |
Effective Date |
PS&HS |
PUB SAF |
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This legislation makes communication between a law enforcement officer (or their immediate family) and a peer counselor privileged during investigations of a law enforcement officer.
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HB 0877 |
Support | Clarify Definition and Regulation of Personal Transportation Vehicles |
Jay Roberts |
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7/1/2014 |
Effective Date |
MotV |
PUB SAF |
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| This legislation clarifies the definition of a personal transportation vehicle by merging motorized carts, golf cars, and golf carts into one definition. It also provides minimum requirements for who can operate a PTV, along with minimum safety requirements to be installed on the PTV for operation in the evening. This legislation authorizes local governments, at their option, to adopt an ordinance allowing for the operation of PTVs on certain roadways and designated pathways subject to certain requirements established by the local government. It gives local governments the option to adopt a transportation plan to address minimum requirements for operating a PTV on the roadways, as well as construction and use of designated pathways. |
SB 0023 |
Neutral | Aid in Location of Missing Persons Incapacited Due to Medical Conditions |
Davenport, Gail 44th |
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7/1/2014 |
Effective Date |
PS&HS |
PUB SAF |
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| This legislation prohibits law enforcement agencies from requiring a minimum time that an individual must be missing before issuing a missing person's report. It also adds medically endangered individuals (i.e., individuals with known medical conditions that may reasonably cause the individual to become incapacitated or that my result in life-threatening physiological conditions likely to lead to serious bodily injury or death if not immediately treated) to the list of individuals whose absence can trigger the use of the statewide "Mattie's Call" alert system. |
SB 0138 |
Evaluating | Creates the Elementary School Protection Act |
Ramsey, Sr., Ronald 43rd |
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1/13/2014 |
Senate Recommitted |
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| This legislation allows school boards to hire para-protection officers who have law enforcement and arrest powers from a local law enforcement agency. |
SB 0216 |
Support | Medical Directors of Emergency Services Providers May Contract With More Than One Pharmacy |
Carter, Buddy 1st |
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5/6/2013 |
Senate - Effective Date |
H&HS |
PUB SAF |
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| This legislation allows the medical director of an emergency medical service provider to contract with more than one pharmacy to provide supplies. |
SB 0305 |
Neutral | Fire Safety Standards - Allow Chance to Correct Deficiencies |
Lindsey Tippins |
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7/1/2014 |
Effective Date |
PS&HS |
PUB SAF |
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| This legislation requires the local fire marshal, building official or code enforcement officer to provide written notification and an opportunity to correct a violation of the state minimum fire safety standards before denying a permit, refusing to issue a certificate of occupancy or issuing a stop work order. |