SR174 - A RESOLUTION honoring the Taylor County High School Lady Cardinals girls' wrestling team, as the 2024 Kentucky High School Athletic Association State Champions.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
George Maxwell Wise
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Honor the Taylor County High School Lady Cardinals, the 2024 KHSAA Girls' Wrestling champions.
STATUS
Passed
SB18 - AN ACT relating to school bus equipment.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Matthew D. Deneen, Mike Wilson
Last updated 6 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 156.153 to require that the standards and specifications for accessory equipment and supplies and replacement equipment shall be based on federal safety standards and shall not discriminate among manufacturers unless there is evidence that a specific manufacturer’s product is defective or dangerous to use, to require that the Kentucky Department of Education provide the list of standards and specifications for accessory equipment and supplies and replacement equipment to the Finance and Administration Cabinet for the purpose of maintaining a list of price contracts, and to create a section of KRS Chapter 45A requiring the cabinet to maintain a list of price contracts for procurement of those items.
STATUS
Passed
SB268 - AN ACT relating to Medicaid.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Danny Carroll
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 205.170 to make technical corrections.
STATUS
Introduced
SR171 - A RESOLUTION honoring the Rotary Club of Elkton on the occasion of its 100th anniversary.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Mike Wilson
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Honor the Rotary Club of Elkton and recognize its 100 years of service.
STATUS
Passed
SR172 - A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Doug Brewer.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Phillip Wheeler
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Adjourn the Senate in honor and loving memory of Doug Brewer.
STATUS
Passed
SJR179 - A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to determine and report findings and actions to improve and advance the existing system.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Robert Stivers
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Directs the Kentucky Community and Technical College System to report findings and present action steps on improving and advancing the system to the Legislative Research Commission by December 10, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
SB107 - AN ACT relating to transportation and making an appropriation therefor.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jimmy Higdon
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amends KRS 186.040 to direct $30 of the registration fee for vehicles in excess of 44,000 pounds to the county clerk of the county in which the truck is registered; amends KRS 186.050 to set registration fees for vehicles in excess of 44,000 pounds; creates a new section of KRS 186.400 to 186.640 to direct the state police to engage in a pilot project to provide operator’s license skills testing in five counties where testing is not currently offered, to set requirements for the state police, and to require that the state police report to the Legislative Research Commission by October 31, 2025, regarding program data, effect on existing testing efforts, and recommendations; amends KRS 186.480 to require that the Department of Kentucky State Police (KSP) include information about the organ donor program in educational materials for driver training; amends KRS 186.560 to require revocation of an operator’s license for certain highway work zone violations; amends KRS 189.010 to define “highway work zone”; amends KRS 189.221 and 189.2325 to conform; amends KRS 189.222 to provide a weight limit allowance of 400 pounds for any vehicle with an auxiliary power unit; amends KRS 189.2327 to increase fines for highway work zone traffic offenses; amends KRS 189.270 to limit the fee that the Transportation Cabinet may set for overdimensional permits to transport farm equipment; amends KRS 189.271, 189.2713, 189.2716, and 189.2717 to require that the Transportation Cabinet promulgate administrative regulations to set fees for overweight and overdimensional permits; amends KRS 189.290 to prohibit a person from operating a vehicle in or near a highway work zone in a manner that endangers persons or property and to provide that violators shall be subject to revocation of their operator’s license; amends KRS 189.340 to prohibit the operation of a truck tractor, trailer, or semitrailer in the far left lane of any roadway that has been divided into three or more clearly marked lanes for travel; amends KRS 189.930 to expand the requirement to move over or slow down when approaching an emergency or public safety vehicle to include any disabled vehicle displaying a warning signal; amends KRS 189.960 to require that operators of motor vehicles yield to workers in or near a highway work zone; amends KRS 189.990 to establish fines for causing physical injury or death to a person while operating a vehicle in or near a highway work zone; amends KRS 281.926 to require that towing companies submit their rate schedules to the nearest KSP post and all local law enforcement agencies in the companies’ service area in addition to making them available to the public upon request, and to direct that the KSP and local law enforcement agencies remove companies that do not comply with these requirements from their wrecker logs for a period of six months for the first violation and one year for any subsequent violation; and amends KRS 281.990 to allow the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to set penalties for violations of KRS 281.920 to 281.936; APPROPRIATION; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SR133 - A RESOLUTION commending Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc. on the historic milestone of 113 years of community activism and brotherhood, and recognizing February 13, 2024, as Kappa Alpha Psi Day in Kentucky.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Gerald A. Neal
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Recognize February 13, 2024, as Kappa Alpha Psi Day in Kentucky.
STATUS
Passed
SB381 - AN ACT relating to state employees.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 18A.110 directing the Personnel Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations requiring new employee compensation after the probationary period to not exceed or equal to an incumbent employee salary in the same job classification, work county, and department or office without adjustment of incumbent employee salaries in the same position job class; Evaluate and calculate salary adjustment of incumbent employees in the same job classification series; amend KRS 18A.140 to remove prohibition of classified employee to participate as a member of local political party committee or member of a partisan political club, or candidate for nomination or election to any paid partisan public office, and amend definition to prohibit participation in management of any political party in political campaigns to statewide constitutional offices; amend KRS 18A.355 to change the state employee annual increment to two percent.
STATUS
Introduced
SR147 - A RESOLUTION designating March 2024 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Stephen L. Meredith
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Designating March 2024 as Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month in Kentucky.
STATUS
Passed
SR264 - A RESOLUTION honoring Deborah Ruth Wilson on the occasion of her 50th birthday.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Gary M. Boswell
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Honor Deborah Ruth Wilson on the occasion of her 50th birthday.
STATUS
Passed
SB44 - AN ACT relating to highway work zones and making an appropriation therefor.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
David Yates
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define "automated speed enforcement device," "owner," "program," and "recorded images"; direct the Transportation Cabinet to establish a pilot program for automated speed enforcement in highway work zones and issue a civil citation to an operator of a motor vehicle traveling more than 10 miles per hour over the posted speed limit when a bona fide worker is present; establish procedures for citation issuance; direct the Transportation Cabinet to install signage and to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the program; establish civil fines for violations issued under the program; specify that all fines and penalties assessed be deposited into the automated speed enforcement fund; require the Transportation Cabinet to annually report to the Legislative Research Commission the status of the program; establish the automated speed enforcement fund; specify that moneys collected be used to defray the costs of administering the program; specify that any moneys collected in excess of program costs be deposited into the highway work zone safety fund and used for the purposes of that fund; provide that the provisions be repealed effective July 1, 2028; APPROPRIATION.
STATUS
Introduced
SB120 - AN ACT relating to lobbying.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jay Williams, Lindsey Tichenor
Last updated 8 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 48 to prohibit a public agency or any other entity created by an act of the General Assembly from using public funds for lobbying activity or to employ or enter into a contract with a lobbyist; define terms; exempt public agency employees who perform lobbying activities as part of their fiduciary duties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit a public agency from using public funds for lobbying activity or to employ or contract with a lobbyist; define terms; exempt public agency employees who perform lobbying activities as part of their fiduciary duties; create new sections of KRS 6.601 to 6.849 to permit a person to file a complaint with the Legislative Ethics Commission if a public agency or entity created by an act of the General Assembly is using public funds to hire a lobbyist or for lobbying activity; require the commission to transfer a complaint to the Executive Branch Ethics Commission if the alleged violator is an employee of the executive branch of state government; require a public agency to report to the Legislative Ethics Commission if the agency procures a contract with a legislative agent to engage in federal lobbying or uses federal funds to employ or procure a contract with a legislative agent or as part of compensation or salary of an employee to engage in lobbying activity on behalf of the agency; require the report to be filed within 30 days of the decision to engage in federal lobbying activity or use federal funds to engage in lobbying activity; require all public agencies to submit to the Auditor of Public Accounts and State Treasurer a list of all contracts they have procured with a legislative agency for all types of lobbying activity, regardless of the source of funds, by June 30 each year; allow the Attorney General, Commonwealth's attorney, county attorney, or their designee to investigate violations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to prohibit public postsecondary education institutions from employing or contracting with a lobbyist or using public funds to employ or contract with a lobbyist; allow a president of the public postsecondary institution to lobby on behalf of the institution in his or her fiduciary capacity; amend KRS 6.611 to include as lobbying any public agency to hire or procure a contract with a public relations, media, or social media company to indirectly promote, advocate, or oppose passage of any legislation or action taken by the General Assembly, the Governor, the secretary of any cabinet or any staff members; amend KRS 6.691 to allow the Legislative Ethics Commission to issue a fine of not less than $2,000 but not more than $10,000 to any public agency that uses public funds for lobbying purposes; amend KRS 6.945 to provide that the lobbying restrictions are not affected by the requirements of Section 1 or 2 of this Act; amend KRS 61.990 to provide that an officer or employee of a public agency who intentionally violates the lobbying restrictions shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense, and a Class D felony for any subsequent offenses; amend KRS 11A.201 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
SB230 - AN ACT relating to discriminatory practices against a person.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Whitney H. Westerfield
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 344.010 to provide definitions of "protective hairstyle" and "race" that include traits historically associated with race; amend KRS 344.020 to provide that nothing in the chapter shall be construed to prohibit reasonable workplace policies; amend KRS 158.148 to provide that school disciplinary codes shall prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, but shall not be interpreted to restrict the adoption of reasonable school safety policies; make technical corrections; provide that the Act may be cited as the C.R.O.W.N. Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SCR111 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION calling upon Governor Andy Beshear to support Texas Governor Greg Abbott in securing the Texas border.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Johnnie L. Turner, Lindsey Tichenor, Gary M. Boswell
Last updated 8 months ago13 Co-Sponsors
Call upon Governor Andy Beshear to support Texas Governor Greg Abbott in securing the Texas border.
STATUS
Introduced