Legislation

Schools would be required to display the Ten Commandments, starting with “I AM the Lord thy God,” in a prominent place in every classroom. This is a crystal-clear example of establishment of religion.

This bill would expand the definition of “wrongful death” to include abortion. This bill states that a wrongful death lawsuit could be brought by the mother, father, or both mother and father of an embryo or fetus.

This bill would create the Healthy Mother and Healthy Newborn Ombudsman Office within the Department of Health and Human Services (DHSS). The office would be led by an ombudsman appointed by the Director of DHHS. Like several anti-abortion bills introduced this session, S. 717 would insert the phrase “preborn human” into state law.

This bill would require law enforcement officers to activate audio and video recording while detaining people, regardless of whether the person is under arrest or not. The officer would also be required to inform the detained person that they are being detained, the reason they are being detained, and when they are free to leave. If the officer does not provide the detained person with the previously stated information, any statements the officer obtains would be inadmissible in court.

This bill would prohibit any state agency, school district, library, or other institution supported by public funds from hosting a drag story hour or any other drag show attended by people under age 18.

This bill would require social media, streaming, gaming, or chatroom companies to provide a parental control option to opt minors out of content that is “sexual in nature” and content that features transgender people. A company that violates this would be guilty of a misdemeanor.

This bill would define “riot” to include a violent protest and would allow a person whose property is destroyed or harmed to recover full damages against every person or “funding entity” engaged in a riot.

This bill would exempt baby formula, baby food, and baby clothes for infants and children under thirty-six months from sales tax.

This bill would allow a person to apply to have a civil eviction expunged. The judge must grant the expungement if the person has had no additional evictions for at least five years since the last eviction.