Prohibits debt collectors from collecting or attempting to collect a debt owed by a deceased debtor that is known by such debt collector to be deceased. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: CONSUMER PROTECTION

Legalizes the possession, acquisition, use, delivery, transfer, transport or administration of marihuana by a certified patient or designated caregiver for a certified medical use; prescribes procedures for such possession, acquisition, etc. including certification of patients by their practitioner, and that, in the practitioner's professional judgment, the serious condition should be treated with the medical use of marihuana; provides that possession or acquisition of marihuana shall be lawful under these provisions provided that the marihuana possessed does not exceed a total aggregate weight of two and a half ounces; directs the department of health to monitor such use and promulgate rules and regulations for registry identification cards; provides for reports by the department of health to the governor and legislature on the medical use of marihuana. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: HEALTH

Allows a change in retirement options for certain retired members with the consent of the nominated survivor beneficiary. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: CIVIL SERVICE AND PENSIONS

Requires hotels and motels to notify employees of the presence of bedbugs on the premises; requires the development and administration of training on methods and procedures for the eradication of bedbugs upon hiring and each year thereafter. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: HEALTH

Legalizes the possession, acquisition, use, delivery, transfer, transport or administration of marihuana by a certified patient or designated caregiver for a certified medical use; prescribes procedures for such possession, acquisition, etc. including certification of patients by their practitioner, and that, in the practitioner's professional judgment, the serious condition should be treated with the medical use of marihuana; provides that possession or acquisition of marihuana shall be lawful under these provisions provided that the marihuana possessed does not exceed a total aggregate weight of two and a half ounces; directs the department of health to monitor such use and promulgate rules and regulations for registry identification cards; provides for reports by the department of health to the governor and legislature on the medical use of marihuana. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: HEALTH

Exempts parties liable for failure to obey or enforce certain child protective, domestic relations, or domestic violence orders of protection or temporary orders of protection from limited liability provisions pertaining to non-economic loss and providing for limitation of joint liability. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: FINANCE

Directs the department of transportation to keep open the high occupancy vehicle lane on certain areas of I-278 for twenty-four hour periods. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: TRANSPORTATION

Provides for the mandatory revocation or suspension of the firearms license of, and eligibility therefor of an individual against whom an order or temporary order of protection has been issued, under certain circumstances. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Relates to prevailing wages for service workers; amends certain definitions, payroll filing requirements and penalties for violations thereof. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: LABOR

Creates the crime of aggravated sexual conduct in the first degree; makes such offense a class B felony; provides that persons guilty of aggravated sexual conduct in the first degree are placed on the sex offender registry. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: RULES

Creates the lupus research enhancement program; creates the lupus research enhancement fund. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: HEALTH

Requires the collection of certain demographic information by certain state agencies, boards and commissions. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: FINANCE

Relates to probation in child support, delinquency, persons in need of supervision and family offense proceedings. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: RULES

Clarifies conciliation procedures in cases when the recipient of public assistance programs refuses to comply with employment program requirements. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: SOCIAL SERVICES

Requires dating violence education and dating violence policies in school districts, board of cooperative educational services and county vocational education and extension boards; "dating violence" means a pattern of behavior where one person uses threats of, or actually uses, physical, sexual, verbal or emotional abuse to control his or her dating partner and includes threats made by cell phone, text message, internet, and other electronic means; requires the department, in conjunction with, to assist schools in developing a policy for dating violence incidents; education to be taught to students regarding dating violence in the annual health curriculum framework for students in grades 7 through 12, and requires respect and self-esteem education be incorporated into the curriculum for students in grades k-6. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: EDUCATION

Relates to providing language access services to individuals relating to the tax abatement program for rent-controlled and rent-regulated property occupied by senior citizens or persons with disabilities. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: FINANCE

Entitles members to bring one substantive piece of legislation to the floor for a vote without a home rule message and committee review during each two-year term. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: INVESTIGATIONS AND GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS

Provides that the group family day care provider shall be the primary caregiver; limits providers to operating one family day care. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

Relates to the practice of surgical technology and surgical technologists; defines terms. /
Sponsor: SAVINO

Amends the constitution to allow a person who will be 18 years old at the the time of a presidential election to vote in the presidential primary election if he or she is 17 years of age at the time of the presidential primary election. /
Sponsor: SAVINO Committee: JUDICIARY