SB293 - AN ACT relating to hate crimes.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Gerald A. Neal
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Repeal and reenact KRS 532.031 to define "gender identity or expression"; list the actions that qualify as hate crimes; list the actual or perceived characteristics a person must have in order to qualify as a victim of a hate crime; outline penalties for a person guilty of a hate crime; set forth criteria for seeking an enhanced sentence; amend KRS 15.334 and to add characteristics of a victim to be considered when determining the cause of a crime; add requirement that officers receive training on hate crimes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to permit a civil action where the victim of a hate crime suffers damages regardless of the outcome of any criminal proceeding; establish recovery for the victim; amend KRS 17.1523 to add characteristics of a victim to be considered when determining the cause of a crime; amend KRS 15.440 to require that a unit of government shall possess a written policy and procedures manual related to hate crimes in order to receive funds from the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund; repeal KRS 49.320 relating to victim of hate crime deemed victim of criminally injurious conduct.
STATUS
Introduced
SB286 - AN ACT relating to economic development.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
George Maxwell Wise
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 154.10-040 to add gender-neutral language.
STATUS
Introduced
SR71 - A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of former Pike County Magistrate Kenneth "Jaws" Robinson.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Phillip Wheeler
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of former Pike County Magistrate Kenneth "Jaws" Robinson.
STATUS
Passed
SR87 - A RESOLUTION recognizing January 23, 2024, as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Casey Chambers Armstrong, Shelley Frommeyer
Last updated 5 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Recognize January 23, 2024, as Maternal Mental Health Awareness Day.
STATUS
Passed
SB176 - AN ACT relating to worker fairness in the construction industry.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Phillip Wheeler, Johnnie L. Turner
Last updated 8 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to define terms; establish a procedure for classifying workers as employees or independent contractors; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties for violations; amend KRS 45A.145 to prohibit contractors with multiple violations from contracting with the state for five years; create new sections of KRS Chapters 341 and 342, and amend KRS 131.190, to require the Department of Revenue, Office of Unemployment Insurance, and the Department of Workers' Claims to provide one another with any assessment or orders arising out of the misclassification of an employee; create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet to develop a training program relating to employee misclassification; provide that Sections 1 to 10, 14 and 15 of this Act may be cited as the Kentucky Workers Fairness Act; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
SB249 - AN ACT relating to sex offenders.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lindsey Tichenor
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Creates a new section of KRS 17.500 to 17.580 to define “social media platform,” to require sex offenders who have committed a criminal offense against a victim who is a minor to display their full legal name on social media platforms, and to provide penalties.
STATUS
Passed
SB150 - AN ACT relating to the Kentucky educational excellence scholarship.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Damon Thayer
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 164.7879 to establish new award grade point average qualifications and amounts for the Kentucky Educational Excellence Scholarship beginning with the 2024-2025 school year.
STATUS
Introduced
SB300 - AN ACT relating to elections.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Damon Thayer, John Schickel, Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 7 months ago4 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 117.066 to eliminate vote centers; amend KRS 117.001 and 117.383 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
SR162 - A RESOLUTION recognizing and congratulating Reverend Willis Polk on his retirement after 50 years of ministry and service to the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Reginald Thomas
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Recognize and congratulate Reverend Willis Polk on his retirement after 50 years of ministry and service to the Commonwealth.
STATUS
Passed
SJR58 - A JOINT RESOLUTION designating honorary names for various roads and bridges.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Whitney H. Westerfield, Danny Carroll
Last updated 5 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Directs the Transportation Cabinet to designate memorial highways and bridges throughout the state and erect appropriate signage; and directs the Transportation Cabinet to honor individuals with signs on the Country Music Highway, United States Route 23.
STATUS
Passed
SB138 - AN ACT relating to education.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular Session
Last updated 8 months ago0 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 165A.370, relating to proprietary schools, to allow a license holder or applicant to seek a single accreditation for all the school locations it operates in the state; amend KRS 161.048 to specify that adjunct instructors may be employed by a district in a part-time or full-time position; amend KRS 161.046 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
SB5 - AN ACT relating to hunting and fishing licenses and declaring an emergency.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jay Williams, Damon Thayer, Matthew D. Deneen
Last updated 7 months ago14 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 150.170 to remove the requirement that resident owners of farmlands own five or more acres of land in order to be exempt from sport hunting and sport fishing license requirements when hunting or fishing on their own farmlands; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
SB70 - AN ACT relating to charitable donor intent protection.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Phillip Wheeler, Gary M. Boswell, Danny Carroll
Last updated 6 months ago8 Co-Sponsors
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 273 to define terms, to establish that charitable organizations that accept contributions pursuant to an endowment agreement must abide by the terms of the agreement, to establish that a donor or a donor’s legal representative may bring a civil action against a charitable organization that violates the terms of the agreement, to limit relief to declaratory and injunctive, and to prohibit seeking a judgment awarding monetary damages.
STATUS
Passed
SCR46 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to amend the Controlled Substances Act of 1970 to authorize the study of medical cannabis.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Urge the United States Congress to remove cannabis as a Schedule I substance under the Controlled Substances Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB229 - AN ACT relating to municipal utilities.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mike Wilson, Damon Thayer, Robert M. Mills
Last updated 6 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 42.747 to replace the member serving on the Blockchain Technology Working Group representing the Kentucky Municipal Utilities Association with a member representing municipal utilities and designated by the Kentucky League of Cities; amends KRS 96.780 to increase from $20,000 to $40,000 the maximum that a superintendent employed by an electric plant board contracting with the Tennessee Valley Authority may spend on behalf of the board without board approval; and amends KRS 224A.030 to replace the member serving on the Kentucky Infrastructure Authority board representing the Kentucky Municipal Utilities Association with a member representing a municipal utility that provides water and wastewater services and is designated by the Kentucky League of Cities.
STATUS
Passed