School Systems - Reportable Offenses - Alterations [HB-951]
[Education ]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Including institutions and programs of higher education in which a student is enrolled as part of a dual enrollment program in the definition of "school system"; adding certain offenses to the list of offenses a law enforcement agency must report to certain school personnel under certain circumstances; requiring law enforcement agencies to notify the State's Attorney if a student is a suspect in an investigation of certain offenses and if the student no longer is a suspect; etc.
HB-951: School Systems - Reportable Offenses - Alterations
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing Canceled (ways And Means) on 02/12/2025
Criminal Law - Masked Intimidation - Prohibition (Unmask Hate Act) [SB-709]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Prohibiting a person from intentionally harassing, intimidating, or threatening another person while hiding or concealing their face; providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction is subject to imprisonment of up to 90 days or a fine of up to $500 or both for a first offense, and for subsequent offenses, imprisonment of up to 180 days and a fine not to exceed $1,000 or both; and establishing certain affirmative defenses for a violation of the Act.
SB-709: Criminal Law - Masked Intimidation - Prohibition (Unmask Hate Act)
Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Waldstreicher
Hearing 2/26 At 1:00 P.m. on 02/04/2025
Criminal Law - Revenge Porn - Computer-Generated Visual Representation [HB-803]
[Crime ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly distributing a computer-generated visual representation of another including a photograph, a film, a video, a digital image, or a picture, whether made or produced by electronic, mechanical, or other means.
HB-803: Criminal Law - Revenge Porn - Computer-Generated Visual Representation
Sponsored by: Rep. Jason Buckel
Hearing Canceled on 02/17/2025
You have voted SB-891: Relating to penalties for intimidation and harassment of election officials and election interference; creating criminal offenses..
Relating To Employment. [SB-1660]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Human Rights ]
[Tourism ]
Requires employers in the hospitality industry to implement anti-harassment measures, provide training, and equip certain workers with panic buttons. Prohibits retaliation against a hospitality worker who files a complaint, uses the provided panic button, or participates in an investigation or proceeding related to a harassment complaint. Requires the Department of Labor and Industrial Relations to adopt rules, including rules determining penalties and establishing procedures for handling complaints. Requires all hospitality employers to comply
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SB-1660: Relating To Employment.
Sponsored by: Sen. Joy San Buenaventura
The Committee(s) On Tou Recommend(s) That The Measure Be Deferred. on 03/13/2025
Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles - Human Safety Operators and Reporting Requirements [SB-405]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
[Data Privacy ]
Requiring a human safety operator to be present in certain fully autonomous vehicles operating on highways in the State; requiring a manufacturer of a fully autonomous vehicle to submit to the Motor Vehicle Administration an incident report on any vehicle collision, certain citations for traffic violations, any disengagement event, or any assault or harassment of a passenger or human safety operator that occurs in the State and involves a fully autonomous vehicle under certain circumstances; etc.
SB-405: Vehicle Laws - Fully Autonomous Vehicles - Human Safety Operators and Reporting Requirements
Sponsored by: Sen. Johnny Salling
Withdrawn By Sponsor on 02/10/2025
Education - Antidiscrimination Policies - Policy and Notice Requirements [HB-495]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Human Rights ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requiring certain schools that have an antidiscrimination policy to ensure that the policy includes certain information and is available to certain individuals in a certain manner; requiring a school to provide a certain training regarding antidiscrimination policies to students and employees in a certain manner; and requiring, if sufficient resources are not available to provide training, a school to coordinate with a community organization with certain expertise to provide the training to students and employees at no cost.
HB-495: Education - Antidiscrimination Policies - Policy and Notice Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Hearing 2/12 At 1:00 P.m. (ways And Means) on 01/29/2025
Relating To The Safety Of Educational Workers. [HB-616]
[Education ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
Requires the Department of Education and public charter schools to take certain steps to report incidents of harassment and implement procedures for handling harassment of educational workers. Effective 7/1/3000. (HD2)
HB-616: Relating To The Safety Of Educational Workers.
Sponsored by: Rep. Justin Woodson
Reported From Jha (stand. Com. Rep. No. 738) As Amended In Hd 2, Recommending Referral To Fin. on 02/14/2025
Revenge Porn - Definition of Visual Representation and Civil Action [SB-360]
[Crime ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
Defining the term "visual representation" as it relates to the crime of revenge porn to be an unaltered image of the person or an image created with or without using other existing depictions of the person that is indistinguishable from the person, from the perspective of an ordinary person; and authorizing a person to bring a civil action for revenge porn.
SB-360: Revenge Porn - Definition of Visual Representation and Civil Action
Sponsored by: Sen. William Smith
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 219 on 04/22/2025
Vehicle Laws – Fully Autonomous Vehicles – Human Safety Operators and Reporting Requirements [HB-439]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Transportation and Motor Vehicles ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Public Safety ]
[Cybersecurity ]
Requiring a human safety operator to be present in certain fully autonomous vehicles operating on highways in the State; requiring a manufacturer of a fully autonomous vehicle to submit to the Motor Vehicle Administration an incident report on any vehicle collision, certain citations for traffic violations, any disengagement event, or any assault or harassment of a passenger or human safety operator that occurs in the State and involves a fully autonomous vehicle under certain circumstances; etc.
HB-439: Vehicle Laws – Fully Autonomous Vehicles – Human Safety Operators and Reporting Requirements
Sponsored by: Rep. Vaughn Stewart
Hearing 2/06 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/20/2025
Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation [SB-170]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploitation, isolation, or any other means; prohibiting a person from aiding, abetting, or conspiring with one or more persons to violate a certain provision of the Act; establishing that a violation of the Act is a felony; etc.
SB-170: Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation
Sponsored by: Sen. Chris West
Hearing 1/21 At 2:30 P.m. on 01/09/2025
Peace Orders and Criminal Harassment - Intentional Visual Surveillance [HB-236]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Expanding the relief that may be included in a final peace order; altering the acts that constitute criminal harassment to include certain visual surveillance of an area of another person's residence where the other has a reasonable expectation of privacy; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction for a first offense is subject to imprisonment of up to 90 days or a fine of $500 or both, and for a second or subsequent offense, imprisonment of up to 180 days or a fine of $1,000 or both.
HB-236: Peace Orders and Criminal Harassment - Intentional Visual Surveillance
Sponsored by: Rep. Frank Conaway
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 574 on 05/13/2025
Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation [HB-187]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Safety ]
Prohibiting a person from knowingly recruiting, harboring, transporting, or obtaining an individual for the purpose of appropriating the government benefits of an individual for the benefit of the person or another through deception, coercion, exploitation, isolation, or any other means; prohibiting a person from aiding, abetting, or conspiring with one or more persons to violate a certain provision of the Act; establishing that a violation of the Act is a felony; etc.
HB-187: Criminal Law - Benefits Exploitation
Sponsored by: Rep. Dana Stein
Hearing 1/28 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/10/2025
Housing and Community Development - Homeless Shelter Certification Program - Establishment [HB-93]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing a homeless shelter certification program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to develop certain operational and building standards for homeless shelters and minimum standards for the protection of the rights of shelter residents; and requiring the operator of a homeless shelter to participate in a certain Homeless Management Information System.
HB-93: Housing and Community Development - Homeless Shelter Certification Program - Establishment
Sponsored by: Rep.
Hearing 2/04 At 1:00 P.m. on 01/15/2025
Housing and Community Development - Homeless Shelter Certification Program - Establishment [SB-234]
[Housing ]
[Community Development ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Establishing a homeless shelter certification program in the Department of Housing and Community Development; requiring the Department to develop certain operational and building standards for homeless shelters and minimum standards for the protection of the rights of shelter residents; and requiring the operator of a homeless shelter to participate in a certain Homeless Management Information System.
SB-234: Housing and Community Development - Homeless Shelter Certification Program - Establishment
Peace Orders and Criminal Harassment - Intentional Visual Surveillance [SB-92]
[Crime ]
[Criminal Justice ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Expanding the relief that may be included in a final peace order; altering the acts that constitute criminal harassment to include certain visual surveillance of an area of another person's residence where the other has a reasonable expectation of privacy; and providing that a person who violates the Act is guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction for a first offense is subject to imprisonment of up to 90 days or a fine of $500 or both, and for a second or subsequent offense, imprisonment of up to 180 days or a fine of $1,000 or both.
SB-92: Peace Orders and Criminal Harassment - Intentional Visual Surveillance
Sponsored by: Sen. Paul Corderman
Approved By The Governor - Chapter 575 on 05/13/2025
SB-482: Relating to the offenses of assault, harassment, and interference with public duties committed against certain employees or agents of a utility.
Sponsored by: Sen. Juan Hinojosa
Effective On 9/1/25 on 06/20/2025
You have voted SB-482: Relating to the offenses of assault, harassment, and interference with public duties committed against certain employees or agents of a utility..
SB-187: Relating to reporting and providing information regarding discrimination and harassment based on race, color, or ethnicity at public institutions of higher education.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jose Menendez
Read First Time on 02/03/2025
You have voted SB-187: Relating to reporting and providing information regarding discrimination and harassment based on race, color, or ethnicity at public institutions of higher education..