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HB1364 - Abortion; prohibited, exception, saving life of the mother, penalty.
Timothy P. Griffin, Eric R. Zehr
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Abortion prohibited; exception; life of the mother; penalty. Provides that if any person administer to, or cause to be taken by a woman, any drug or other thing, or use means, with intent to destroy her unborn child, or to produce abortion or miscarriage, and thereby destroy such child, or produce such abortion or miscarriage at any point after conception of such unborn child, he is guilty of a Class 4 misdemeanor unless it is necessary for a licensed physician to terminate a human pregnancy or assist in the termination of a human pregnancy by performing an abortion or causing a miscarriage on any woman in order to save her life in the opinion of such physician so performing the abortion or causing the miscarriage.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1315 - Elected officials; Internet publication of personal information, definition of public official.
Wendell Scott Walker, William Chad Green, Eric R. Zehr
Last updated 11 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Elected officials; Internet publication of personal information; definition of public official. Adds to the definition of "public official" any elected official for the purposes of prohibiting the Commonwealth from publishing on the Internet the personal information of any public official if a court has ordered that such official's personal information is prohibited from publication and the official has made a demand in writing to the Commonwealth, accompanied by the order of the court, that the Commonwealth not publish such information. The bill provides that such written demand made by an elected official is effective for four years if such elected official continuously serves throughout the four-year period.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1235 - Concealed handguns; protective orders.
Eric R. Zehr, William Chad Green
Last updated 11 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Carrying concealed handguns; protective orders. Authorizes any person 21 years of age or older who is not prohibited from purchasing, possessing, or transporting a firearm and is protected by an unexpired protective order to carry a concealed handgun for 45 days after the protective order was issued. The bill provides that if the person issued the protective order applies for a concealed handgun permit during such 45-day period, such person will be authorized to carry a concealed handgun for an additional 45 days and be given a copy of the certified application, which shall serve as a de facto concealed handgun permit. During the period such person is authorized to carry a concealed handgun, the bill provides that the person may carry a handgun any place a law-enforcement officer may carry a firearm. The bill requires such person to have the order or certified application and photo identification on his person when carrying a concealed handgun and to display them upon demand by a law-enforcement officer; failure to do so is punishable by a $25 civil penalty.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1230 - School board employees, certain; possession of firearms on school property.
Eric R. Zehr
Last updated 11 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Certain school board employees; possession of firearms on school property. Permits any school board to authorize any school board employee to possess a firearm on school property, in addition to those individuals expressly authorized to possess such a firearm as otherwise provided in statute, provided that any school board employee so authorized by the school board receives advanced firearms training in accordance with criteria established by the Department of Criminal Justice Services. The bill requires the Department of Criminal Justice Services to develop and distribute to each local school board such criteria no later than August 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1206 - Obscene materials; modifies restrictions on purchase, distribution, exhibition, or loan.
Phillip A. Scott, Wendell Scott Walker, Eric R. Zehr
Last updated 11 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Obscene materials; restrictions on purchase, distribution, exhibition, or loan; exceptions; libraries and schools. Modifies the exceptions to restrictions on the purchase, distribution, exhibition, or loan of obscene materials by providing that schools supported by public appropriation are not subject to the exceptions and limiting the exception applicable to libraries supported by public appropriation only to obscene material that is available exclusively in a section of the library to which access is restricted by age.
STATUS
Introduced
HB749 - Sexual extortion; penalty.
Wendell Scott Walker, Baxter Ennis, William Chad Green
Last updated 11 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Sexual extortion; penalty. Makes it a Class 5 felony for any person to maliciously threaten eviction, loss of housing, property damage, or any financial loss with the intent to cause the complaining witness to engage in sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal intercourse, inanimate or animate object sexual penetration, or an act of sexual abuse and thereby engage in sexual intercourse, cunnilingus, fellatio, anilingus, anal intercourse, inanimate or animate object sexual penetration, or an act of sexual abuse. The bill also creates an unclassified felony punishable by not less than one nor more than 20 years and a fine of not more than $100,000 for any adult who violates the provisions of the bill with a person younger than 18 years of age.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1331 - Campbell County; conveyance of easement by Departments of State Police and Transportation.
Wendell Scott Walker, Eric R. Zehr
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Conveyance of easement; Department of State Police and Department of Transportation. Authorizes the conveyance of an easement in Campbell County by the Department of State Police in conjunction with the Department of Transportation.
STATUS
Passed
HB1278 - Auricular acupuncture; use of the five needle protocol.
Eric R. Zehr, Sam Rasoul, Nadarius E. Clark
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Auricular acupuncture; use of the five needle protocol. Allows any person to engage in the five needle auricular acupuncture protocol (5NP), a standardized protocol wherein up to five needles are inserted into the external human ear to provide relief from the effects of behavioral health conditions, provided that such person (i) has appropriate training in the 5NP, including training established by the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association or equivalent certifying body; (ii) does not use any letters, words, or insignia indicating or implying that he is an acupuncturist; and (iii) makes no statement implying that his practice of the 5NP is licensed, certified, or otherwise overseen by the Commonwealth. Treatment utilizing the 5NP pursuant to this bill is strictly limited to the insertion of disposable, sterile acupuncture needles into the ear and only in compliance with the 5NP. Auricular acupuncture; use of the five needle protocol. Allows any person to engage in the five needle auricular acupuncture protocol (5NP), a standardized protocol wherein up to five needles are inserted into the external human ear to provide relief from the effects of behavioral health conditions, provided that such person (i) has appropriate training in the 5NP, including training established by the National Acupuncture Detoxification Association or equivalent certifying body; (ii) does not use any letters, words, or insignia indicating or implying that he is an acupuncturist; and (iii) makes no statement implying that his practice of the 5NP is licensed, certified, or otherwise overseen by the Commonwealth. Treatment utilizing the 5NP pursuant to this bill is strictly limited to the insertion of disposable, sterile acupuncture needles into the ear and only in compliance with the 5NP.
STATUS
Passed
HB44 - Absentee voting; absentee voting in person, available beginning 30 days prior to election.
William Chad Green, Baxter Ennis, Aijalon C. Cordoza
Last updated 11 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Absentee voting; absentee voting in person; available beginning 30 days prior to election. Limits the availability of absentee voting in person to 30 days before the election. Under current law, absentee voting in person is available beginning 45 days prior to the election.
STATUS
Introduced
HB1176 - Elections; voter identification containing photograph required, availability of absentee voting.
Scott A. Wyatt, Mark L. Earley, William Chad Green
Last updated 11 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Elections; voter identification containing photograph required; who may register up to and including the day of the election; absentee voting application requirements; absentee voting in person availability; return of absentee ballots. Requires presentation of a form of identification containing a photograph in order to vote and provides that a voter who does not have one of the required forms of identification is entitled to cast a provisional ballot. The bill repeals a provision that would permit any person who is qualified to register to vote to do so in person up to and including the day of the election and limits the persons who are entitled to register to vote after the close of registration records to members of a uniformed service on active duty, persons who are residing temporarily outside of the United States, and their spouses and dependents. The bill limits the period during which absentee voting in person is available from 45 days preceding the date of the election to the 14 days preceding the date of the election. The bill requires that absentee ballots returned by mail be returned to the office of the general registrar by the close of polls on election day and be postmarked on or before the Saturday preceding the date of the election. The bill eliminates the use of drop-off locations for the return of absentee ballots. The bill requires absentee ballot applications to contain the last four digits of the applicant's social security number.
STATUS
Introduced
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