Bills & Legislation

AN ACT relating to homeland security; amending duties of county clerks, the division of criminal investigation and the director of the office of homeland security for identification of conveyances near critical infrastructure; repealing requirements to provide a list of designated critical infrastructure zones to the county clerks; amending and creating definitions; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to taxation; repealing the sunset date of the property tax exemption for long-term homeowners; and providing for an effective date.

Andrew ByronRepublican

AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; providing an exception to the offenses of criminal trespass and game-and-fish trespass regarding incidental contact associated with crossing two (2) adjacent parcels as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Karlee ProvenzaDemocrat

AN ACT relating to supplemental appropriations for the operation of state government for the fiscal biennium commencing July 1, 2024 and ending June 30, 2026; providing definitions; providing additional appropriations and transfers of funds for the period of the budget; increasing or decreasing specified amounts; adjusting the number of positions; modifying prior appropriations; providing for duties, terms and conditions and other requirements relating to appropriations for the period of the budget as specified; providing for position and other budgetary limitations; providing for loans and loan repayments; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to environmental quality; amending requirements for the commencement of limited mining operations; amending bonding, notice and reporting requirements for limited mining operations; limiting overburden surface mining operations as specified; amending requirements for extending limited mining operations; amending bond release provisions for limited mining operations; authorizing rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; extending the sunset date for the manufacturing sales tax and use tax exemptions; repealing provisions for the manufacturing use tax exemption to align with the manufacturing sales tax exemption; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; providing an ad valorem tax deferral for the storage of industrial production equipment in the state; specifying conditions and requirements for the deferral; providing definitions; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to the administration of the government; codifying and continuing the integrated test center; specifying oversight and powers of the integrated test center; requiring reports; specifying budget procedures for the center; making conforming amendments; providing for the transfer and assumption of obligations, funds and duties; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to the prioritization of cease and transfer projects for municipal solid waste facilities; authorizing expenditure of previously appropriated funds; establishing a prioritized list of projects; establishing a maximum amount to be expended on projects; granting the department of environmental quality limited discretionary authority to modify the prioritized list; specifying expenditures for a carcass management project; providing definitions; requiring reports; repealing a prior priority list of cease and transfer projects; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to environmental quality; amending bonding amounts and bond release requirements for limited mining operations; authorizing rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to environmental quality; establishing requirements and standards for the storage of used nuclear fuel; amending siting requirements for used nuclear fuel storage facilities; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; repealing obsolete provisions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to career technical education equipment grants for K-12 public school districts; increasing the maximum grant award; reducing the years required to expend funds for grant eligibility; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to school finance; modifying the career and technical education equipment and supplies component within the education resource block grant model; making conforming amendments; providing an appropriation; repealing an obsolete provision; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to trade and commerce; requiring parental consent for minors under age eighteen (18) to use a social media platform; providing definitions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Steve HarshmanRepublican

AN ACT relating to game and fish; authorizing the game and fish commission to set application fees for hunting licenses as specified; removing minimum contribution requirements to property damage compensation fund; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to K-12 school facility leasing; modifying payment for lease agreements for K-12 school facilities; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to K-12 school finance; eliminating operating expenditures as a factor in the computation of maintenance workers in the routine maintenance and operations component of the education resource block grant model; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to homeland security; amending a definition to include certified water and wastewater operators for purposes of emergency response; requiring local homeland security plans to coordinate with certified water and wastewater operators as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Elissa CampbellRepublican

AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; repealing requirements to physically surrender a driver's license; repealing temporary licenses; requiring peace officers to submit signed statements to the department of transportation after alcohol concentration tests for persons under twenty-one (21) years of age as specified; clarifying the timeline for contested case hearings as specified; repealing obsolete provisions; making conforming amendments; providing rulemaking authority; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; amending the collection of and process for alternative fuel taxes; providing a per kilowatt hour license tax on electricity used to propel an electric vehicle; amending the taxation method for alternative fuel tax; amending and providing definitions; imposing an annual decal fee for plug-in hybrid vehicles; requiring signage for per kilowatt hour taxes; providing penalties; making conforming amendments; repealing obsolete provisions; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; amending when notification and reporting is required for motor vehicle accidents; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; requiring rear-facing child safety restraint systems for children younger than two (2) years old or under the weight or height limits specified for the particular child safety restraint system; clarifying the placement of child safety restraint systems in front of active airbags; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; amending disabled windshield placard contents as specified; providing rulemaking authority; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; amending grounds for disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle for persons under twenty-one (21) years of age; authorizing expunged records to be considered for purposes of disqualification from driving a commercial motor vehicle as specified; adding violations that qualify as serious traffic violations; authorizing the department to waive examinations for a commercial driver's license applicant as specified; providing rulemaking authority; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to taxation and revenue; changing the distribution of severance tax to the highway fund; repealing a provision allowing for the distribution of severance tax in the general appropriations bill; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to crimes and offenses; providing for a new criminal offense of cruelty to animals; increasing the maximum fine for a misdemeanor first offense cruelty to animals conviction; providing for the suspension of hunting privileges for a cruelty to animals conviction as specified; authorizing game and fish law enforcement to enforce the criminal provisions of cruelty to animals as specified; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; amending expiration and renewal of licenses for persons under twenty-one (21) years of age; amending identification card contents; clarifying the timeline for contested case hearings regarding licenses; amending requirements for replacement licenses; adding a fee for replacement licenses; repealing obsolete provisions; providing rulemaking authority; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to education; requiring school districts to adopt school safety and security policies; creating duties for the state fire marshal; providing confidentiality requirements; and providing for an effective date.

Ken PendergraftRepublican

AN ACT relating to common law, statutes and rules of construction; specifying definitions and standards for the application of a person's biological sex in law, rules or regulations; providing for the law to distinguish between accommodations for males and females; requiring the collection of vital statistics and other data to identify persons as male or female at birth; and providing for an effective date.

Jayme LienRepublican

AN ACT relating to sales and use tax; amending the distribution of sales and use taxes on motor vehicles and trailers to the highway fund as specified; providing an appropriation; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to administration of government; requiring an efficiency study by an independent third party to evaluate the department of transportation; requiring reporting and recommendations; providing an appropriation; specifying contingencies; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to elections; amending procedures for filling vacancies in specified federal and state offices; requiring special elections as specified; making conforming amendments; repealing obsolete provisions; and providing for an effective date.

Steve HarshmanRepublican

AN ACT relating to the Hathaway scholarship program; modifying definitions; modifying the standards for satisfactory academic progress; amending minimum enrollment hours for Hathaway scholarship eligibility; modifying scholarship awards; and providing for an effective date.

Steve HarshmanRepublican

AN ACT relating to education; allowing a school district board of trustees to expel a student from public school for possession of a deadly weapon for longer than a year as specified; and providing for an effective date.

Steve HarshmanRepublican

AN ACT relating to ad valorem taxation; amending how penalties collected for failure to file specified tax statements are paid and credited; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to property tax; clarifying the total maximum household income limit for purposes of the property tax refund program; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to motor vehicles; increasing annual registration fees for resident snowmobiles; increasing nonresident annual snowmobile user fees; creating a permanent registration for antique snowmobiles; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; requiring rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to sales and use tax; revising use tax provisions to conform to the corresponding sales tax provisions; clarifying a definition; clarifying the use tax exemption for machinery used in manufacturing; clarifying licensing and compliance provisions; revising refund provisions; repealing conflicting provisions; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to environmental quality; clarifying the financial institutions from which operators may obtain irrevocable letters of credit to deposit with the department of environmental quality in lieu of a bond; specifying applicability; authorizing rulemaking; and providing for effective dates.

Martha LawleyRepublican

AN ACT relating to public health and safety; requiring the licensure of surgical abortion facilities as specified; providing criminal penalties for violations; specifying civil liability for damages resulting from abortions; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; requiring rulemaking; and providing for an effective date.

Martha LawleyRepublican

AN ACT relating to child protection; requiring age verification for visiting websites with material harmful to minors; specifying requirements and exceptions for age verification; specifying remedies, liability and damages; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.

Martha LawleyRepublican

AN ACT relating to highways; designating the Loren "Teense" Willford Memorial Highway; authorizing the department of transportation to provide appropriate signage; providing an appropriation; and providing for an effective date.

Bob DavisRepublican

AN ACT relating to game and fish; removing otters from the definition of protected animals for purposes of hunting regulations; and providing for an effective date.

Andrew ByronRepublican

AN ACT relating to education; removing the requirement that a home-based educational program submit curriculum to the local school board; removing a provision relating to the failure to submit curriculum; and providing for an effective date.

Tomi StrockRepublican

AN ACT relating to the administration of government; allowing the secretary of state to charge a fee to expedite filings of documents as specified; authorizing a position; providing an appropriation; specifying a contingency; and providing for an effective date.

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AN ACT relating to the department of family services; creating a new duty for the director of the department of family services to review the effectiveness and impact of the department's programs; authorizing the sharing of data; creating exceptions for the sharing of confidential information; requiring rulemaking; requiring a report; and providing for effective dates.

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AN ACT relating to courts; amending the Court Supervised Treatment Program Act to include mental health treatment; authorizing court supervised treatment programs to accept participants from any other jurisdiction in this state; amending the Public Defender Act to allow the public defender to participate as a team member in court supervised treatment programs and represent participants in those programs; changing the term "substance abuse" to "substance use"; amending definitions; creating definitions; making conforming amendments; authorizing rulemaking; repealing provisions; and providing for an effective date.

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