Minors

State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the requirement for parental consent for a minor to join a labor union. [HB-1987] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to the requirement for parental consent for a minor to join a labor union.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Nathaniel Parker Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 04/27/2017

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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the regulation of the sale of dextromethorphan to minors; providing civil penalties. [SB-916] [Consumer Protection ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Health ] [Law Enforcement ] [Crime ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to the regulation of the sale of dextromethorphan to minors; providing civil penalties.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kel Seliger Read First Time on 02/28/2017

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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the reimbursement of certain providers under the Medicaid program for the provision of telehealth services. [SB-922] [Healthcare ] [Telecommunications ] [Medicare and Medicaid ] [Public Health ]
Relating to the reimbursement of certain providers under the Medicaid program for the provision of telehealth services.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Buckingham Effective On 9/1/17 on 06/09/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Child day programs; exemptions from licensure. [SB-1397] [Children and Youth ] [Education ] [Public Safety ]
Child day programs; exemptions from licensure. Exempts from licensure any child day program that is offered by a local school division, staffed by local school division employees, and attended by children who are enrolled in public school within such school division. The bill provides that such programs shall be subject to safety and supervisory standards established by the local school board.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Creigh Deeds Stricken At Request Of Patron In Rehabilitation And Social Services (14-y 0-n) on 01/27/2017

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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the distribution, possession, purchase, consumption, and receipt of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and tobacco products; providing penalties. [SB-910] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the distribution, possession, purchase, consumption, and receipt of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and tobacco products; providing penalties.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joan Huffman Co-author Authorized on 03/06/2017

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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the regulation of the sale of dextromethorphan to minors; providing civil penalties. [HB-1939] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ] [Law Enforcement ] [Public Safety ]
Relating to the regulation of the sale of dextromethorphan to minors; providing civil penalties.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Garnet Coleman Committee Report Sent To Calendars on 05/09/2017

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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the distribution, possession, purchase, consumption, and receipt of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and tobacco products; providing penalties. [HB-1908] [Consumer Protection ] [Public Health ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the distribution, possession, purchase, consumption, and receipt of cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and tobacco products; providing penalties.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Donna Howard Placed On General State Calendar on 05/09/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Adoption; leave benefit. [SB-1412] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Human Services ] [Children and Youth ]
Parental leave benefits. Creates a new program of parental leave benefits for full-time state employees with one or more years of continuous employment with the Commonwealth who (i) adopt an infant under one year of age or (ii) are the natural father of an infant under one year of age. The amount of leave would be equivalent to the amount of paid leave awarded to an employee pursuant to short-term disability for maternity leave. The bill specifies that the parental leave coverage shall apply only to eligible state employees who take custody of an (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Amanda F. Chase Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0634) on 03/20/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to training for employees of school districts and open-enrollment charter schools on the prevention of sexual abuse and other maltreatment of certain children. [HB-1869] [Education ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ]
Relating to training for employees of school districts and open-enrollment charter schools on the prevention of sexual abuse and other maltreatment of certain children.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Mary E. Gonzalez Referred Directly To S/c On Educator Quality By Chair on 03/21/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program; removes certain conditions. [HB-2318] [Healthcare ] [Insurance ] [Children and Youth ]
Virginia Birth-Related Neurological Injury Compensation Program. Removes from the definition of "birth-related neurological injury" a provision that the definition shall apply retroactively to any child born on and after January 1, 1988, who suffers from an injury to the brain or spinal cord caused by the deprivation of oxygen or mechanical injury occurring in the course of labor, delivery, or resuscitation in the immediate postdelivery period in a hospital. The measure includes an enactment clause stating that its provisions are declarative of (continued...)

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Christopher P. Stolle Governor: Acts Of Assembly Chapter Text (chap0756) on 03/24/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the disclosure of life-sustaining treatment policies and to life-sustaining treatment for a patient under 18 years of age. [SB-883] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to the disclosure of life-sustaining treatment policies and to life-sustaining treatment for a patient under 18 years of age.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Perry Read First Time on 02/28/2017

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Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours. [HB-1847] [Education ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to a notification requirement if a public school, including an open-enrollment charter school, does not have a nurse, school counselor, or librarian assigned to the school during all instructional hours.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Shawn Thierry Placed On General State Calendar on 05/10/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Computer trespass; penalty. [SB-1377] [Cybersecurity ] [Technology and Innovation ] [Crime ] [Data Privacy ] [Telecommunications ]
Computer trespass; penalty. Expands the crime Computer trespass; penalty. Expands the crime of computer trespass to provide that the prohibited actions that constitute computer trespass are criminalized if done through intentionally deceptive means and without authority and specifies that a computer hardware or software provider, an interactive computer service, or a telecommunications or cable operator does not have to provide notice of its activities to a computer user that a reasonable computer user should expect may occur.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mason Taylor Montgomery Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/21/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

In camera interviews of child; court's discretion to conduct recording or transcript. [SB-1344] [Family-Related Legislation ] [Children and Youth ] [Law Enforcement ]
In camera interviews of child; court's discretion to conduct record or transcript. Provides that the court has the discretion to conduct an in camera interview of a child whose custody or visitation is at issue. The bill requires that any record or transcript of such interview be prepared and made available to the parties. Current law requires that, when such an interview is conducted, a record shall be prepared.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Scott A. Surovell Left In Courts Of Justice on 02/21/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to annual testing of certain child-care facility employees for tuberculosis. [HB-1809] [Public Health ] [Healthcare ] [Children and Youth ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Relating to annual testing of certain child-care facility employees for tuberculosis.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Celia Israel Read First Time on 03/09/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the creation of the offense of possession or promotion of lewd visual material depicting a child. [HB-1810] [Crime ] [Children and Youth ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the creation of the offense of possession or promotion of lewd visual material depicting a child.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Dawn Buckingham Effective On 9/1/17 on 06/01/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to employing, terminating, and reporting misconduct of public school personnel and related entity personnel, including creating a registry of persons ineligible for hire; creating a criminal offense. [HB-1799] [Education ] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Public Safety ] [Children and Youth ] [Labor, Jobs, Employment ] [Law Enforcement ]
Relating to employing, terminating, and reporting misconduct of public school personnel and related entity personnel, including creating a registry of persons ineligible for hire; creating a criminal offense.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Charlie Geren Committee Report Distributed on 05/04/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain trafficking and sexual offenses; creating a criminal offense. [HB-1808] [Crime ] [Criminal Justice ] [Human Rights ] [Public Safety ] [Law Enforcement ]
Relating to the prosecution and punishment of certain trafficking and sexual offenses; creating a criminal offense.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Charles Perry See Remarks For Effective Date on 06/15/2017

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State (Virginia)
Virginia 2017 Regular Session

Firearms; access by children, penalty. [SB-1266] [Firearms/Gun Control ] [Children and Youth ] [Public Safety ] [Crime ] [Law Enforcement ]
Firearms; access by children; penalty. Provides that it is a Class 1 misdemeanor to knowingly authorize a child age four or younger to use or handle a firearm.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Adam P. Ebbin Passed By Indefinitely In Courts Of Justice (8-y 7-n) on 01/18/2017

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State (Texas)
Texas 85th Legislature Regular Session

Relating to certain mental health screenings under the Texas Health Steps program. [SB-817] [Healthcare ] [Mental Health ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
Relating to certain mental health screenings under the Texas Health Steps program.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Kirk Watson Scheduled For Public Hearing On . . . on 04/26/2017

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