HB 0345 |
Neutral | Prohibition of Shackling Female Inmates in Labor or Postpartum |
Sharon Cooper |
---|
|
10/1/2019 |
Effective Date |
Health and Human Services |
Health and Human Services |
- |
|
|
| This legislation prohibits the shackling of female inmates who are in labor, or in the immediate postpartum period unless they are a threat to themselves or others. If the inmate is a threat to themselves or others they can only be handcuffed at the wrist in the front of their body, not behind the back. |
HB 0760 |
Watch | Authorization for Additional Discretion for First Responders Transporting Mentally to Emergency Receiving Facility |
Sharon Cooper |
---|
|
1/16/2020 |
House Second Readers |
Public Safety and Homeland Security |
- | - |
|
|
| This legislation expands the jurisdiction of law enforcement to transport those believed to be in mental health crisis. |
HB 0881 |
Neutral | Addition of Ambulance Services to Locations Required to Become a Safe Place for Newborns |
Sharon Cooper |
---|
|
3/13/2020 |
Senate Read and Referred |
Health and Human Services |
Assignments |
- |
|
|
| This legislation requires that ambulance services become one the mandated locations for a Safe Place for Newborns. All ambulances will be required to place a sign on their vehicles indicating that they are a Safe Place for Newborns. |
HB 0909 |
Neutral | Increase in Age to Purchase Tobacco and Tobacco Related Objects, Vapor Products |
Sharon Cooper |
---|
|
2/19/2020 |
House Second Readers |
Judiciary - Non-Civil |
- | - |
|
|
| This legislation makes it a crime to sell any tobacco or tobacco related objects, vapor products or marijuana flavored programs to anyone under the age of 21. The bill also sets up regulatory framework for those selling these products. |