SB10 - AN ACT proposing to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the election of state officers.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Christian McDaniel, Shelley Frommeyer, Rick Girdler
Last updated 8 months ago10 Co-Sponsors
Propose to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky to hold the election of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics in even-numbered years, every four years, beginning after the November 2027 election; provide transitional calendar; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB196 - AN ACT relating to optional retirement benefits for hazardous duty employees participating in the County Employees Retirement System's hybrid cash balance plans.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Christian McDaniel
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Create a new section of KRS 78.510 to 78.852 to create an elective alternative benefit program that employers participating in the County Employees Retirement System (CERS) may adopt for employees in hazardous positions with a membership date after January 1, 2014, in the hybrid cash balance plan (Tier 3 benefits); provide that, if an employer participating in CERS makes a one-time election to provide an alternative benefit program, those eligible employees in hazardous positions may elect, in lieu of Tier 3 benefits, to participate in the alternative benefit program within one year of attaining or otherwise having 10 or more years in a hazardous position; provide that employees opting into the alternative benefit program who meet the requirements of a career hazardous employee receive Tier 3 benefits up to entering the alternative benefit program and an annual lifetime retirement benefit calculated as 2.25% of final compensation for each year of service in the alternative benefit program for participation between 20 and 25 years or 2.5% of final compensation for each year of service in the alternative benefit program for participation for 25 years or more; require that the annual actuarial valuation conducted by the CERS board include an assessment of the funding levels, unfunded liability, and actuarially required employer contribution rates for the alternative benefit program and require the CERS board to make adjustments to the alternative benefit program if it falls below 90% funded or if the employer contribution rate for the program is projected to exceed 16% of pay; require employers opting into the alternative benefit program to pay any additional actuarial costs to fund the program without any funding from employers who do not participate in the alternative benefit program; limit the alternative benefit program to Tier 3 members in CERS; provide that the General Assembly may alter the alternative program benefits, define terms for purposes of the alternative benefit program; amend KRS 78.5516 to provide that eligible employees who elect to participate in the alternative benefit program shall not contribute or be considered as contributing to the hybrid cash balance plan or receive employer pay credits, but shall receive interest credits based on their accumulated account balance in the hybrid cash balance plan; amend KRS 78.635 to require CERS employers participating in the alternative benefit program to pay an additional employer contribution to fund the program; amend KRS 78.510, 78.640, and 78.784 to conform; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
SR144 - A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Paul Martin Rose.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Robert Stivers
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Paul Martin Rose.
STATUS
Passed
SR143 - A RESOLUTION honoring Ohio Valley Wrestling and celebrating the success of the television documentary "Wrestlers."
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
David Yates
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Recognize and honor Ohio Valley Wrestling and the producers of the Netflix documentary "Wrestlers."
STATUS
Passed
SB208 - AN ACT relating to neglect and abuse.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 600.020 to separate the definitions of "abused child" and "neglected child"; amend the definition of "physical injury" to include the requirement that it is likely to cause death or disfigurement or impairment of an organ; amend KRS 620.040 and 620.050 to require that interviews of any party by the cabinet must be recorded and retained for five years; amend KRS 620.072 to remove "neglect"; amend KRS 625.090 to remove "neglect" as a basis for a termination of parental rights; amend various KRS sections to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR195 - A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the L.G. Frazier Memorial Bridge in Floyd County.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Johnnie L. Turner
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate the L.G. Frazier Memorial Bridge on Kentucky Route 122 in Floyd County.
STATUS
Introduced
SB348 - AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapon licenses.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Brandon D. Smith
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 237.140 to require retired peace officers to complete the firearms qualification to a carry a concealed deadly weapon once every five years.
STATUS
Introduced
SB382 - AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
David Yates
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Establish KRS Chapter 245, relating to adult use cannabis, to administer its cultivation, processing, transportation, sale, use, taxation, and licensing; define terms; establish the Adult Use Cannabis Control Board and its membership, procedures, powers, and duties; direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration and enforcement of the chapter; set up advisory committees appointed by the board; create the Department of Cannabis Control within the Public Protection Cabinet for the oversight of cannabis operations and to provide administrative support for the board; establish various one-year business licenses under the chapter; grant administrative hearings under KRS Chapter 13B to appeal a license denial or revocation; forbid an employer from discriminating against applicants or employees who use cannabis outside of working hours as long as the use does not affect job performance; prohibit a person under the age of 21 from purchasing, possessing, consuming, or using cannabis; establish a revolving account called the cannabis fund to collect cannabis licensing fees, fines, excise taxes, and any other funds; form the Social Impact Council as a public agency authorized to distribute moneys from the cannabis fund; set council membership, procedures, powers, and duties; amend KRS 2.015 to require a person to be 21 years of age or older to purchase cannabis and its products and accessories; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to authorize local governments to levy up to a 5% license fee on the gross receipts of a retailer or microbusiness; allow overlapping local governments to agree to levy a combined license fee, with set fee amounts absent an agreement; create new sections of KRS Chapter 138 to define terms; impose an initial excise tax rate of 9% on the first sale or transfer of harvested cannabis; allow the Adult Use Cannabis Control Board to set the excise tax rate in each subsequent year; establish excise tax reporting, collection, and liability; amend KRS 138.870 and 260.850 to exclude adult use cannabis from the definitions of "controlled substance," "marijuana," "hemp," and "hemp products"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A and amend KRS 218A.010, 218A.1421, 218A.1422, 218A.1423, and 218A.500 to exempt licensed adult use cannabis activities from criminal marijuana offenses; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow a person to petition the court to expunge the person's misdemeanor marijuana convictions; amend KRS 431.079 to exclude the expungement petition from the certification of eligibility requirement; amend KRS 131.1815 to notify the Adult Use Cannabis Control Board if a cannabis licensee is a delinquent taxpayer; amend KRS 600.020 to include cannabis offenses in the list of juvenile status offenses; amend KRS 12.020 to add the governmental entities created in KRS Chapter 245 to the list of executive branch government bodies; set initial terms for members of the Adult Use Cannabis Control Board and Social Impact Council; apply the excise tax beginning on July 1, 2025, and allow cannabis sales beginning on July 1, 2026; Section 35 of Act, relating to expungement, is RETROACTIVE; APPROPRIATION.
STATUS
Introduced
SR256 - A RESOLUTION recognizing June 14, 2024, as Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants (KyCPA) Appreciation Day in Kentucky to commemorate the Society's 100 year anniversary.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Amanda Mays Bledsoe
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Recognize June 14, 2024, as Kentucky Society of Certified Public Accountants Appreciation Day and commemorate the Society on its 100 year anniversary.
STATUS
Passed
SB312 - AN ACT relating to telecommunicators.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Robin L. Webb
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Create a new section within KRS 15.530 to 15.590 to create the Public Safety Telecommunicator Work Group to develop a new delivery format for the public safety telecommunicator academy; amend KRS 15.530 to define "public safety telecommunicator" and "public safety telecommunicator academy," and remove the "CJIS" and "non-CJIS" designations; amend KRS 15.540 to allow an agency seeking to hire a telecommunicator 90 days to certify the eligibility of an applicant to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council, require training regarding the Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS); amend KRS 15.560 to require all telecommunicators to complete the academy within six months of their hire date; remove disparate requirements for CJIS and non-CJIS telecommunicators; amend KRS 15.565 to remove disparate requirements for CJIS and non-CJIS certification, require all telecommunicators to complete CJIS in-service training recognized by the Kentucky State Police CJIS Services Agency; amend KRS 15.590 to remove distinction of CJIS and non-CJIS telecommunicator academy and recognize the public safety telecommunicators academy in its place; EFFECTIVE, in part, July 1, 2026.
STATUS
Introduced
SR252 - A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Hassel Justice.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Phillip Wheeler
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Hassel Justice.
STATUS
Passed
SB4 - AN ACT relating to sick leave for members of the Teachers' Retirement System and declaring an emergency.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jimmy Higdon, Damon Thayer
Last updated 7 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 161.155 to specify that sick leave payments made to certified school employees who began participating in the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) prior to January 1, 2022, and who retire from TRS on or after July 1, 2024, shall be limited to the sick leave accrued by the employee as of June 30, 2024, plus no more than 10 additional sick leave days accrued each fiscal year thereafter; provide that the 10 additional days eligible for payment shall not include personal leave, emergency leave, or other forms of non-sick leave balances; require each school district to annually report sick leave balances to TRS beginning with the fiscal year ending June 30, 2024 and specify contents of the report; amend KRS 161.152 and 161.154 to further clarify that emergency leave and personal leave shall not be converted to sick leave under KRS 161.155; amend KRS 161.400 to require TRS to annually report in the annual actuarial valuation the total liabilities and costs of the sick leave program created by KRS 161.155; amend KRS 161.623 to allow school districts to convert excess sick leave accrued annually in excess of 10 days specified by the bill to service credit in TRS the school district pays the cost of conversion; amend KRS 161.643 to include new sick leave reporting requirements in the annual statutory reporting requirements for TRS employers; provide that the Auditor of Public Accounts shall perform a special audit of the sick leave program to ensure sick leave balances are being reported correctly to TRS and specify that TRS shall pay the costs of the audit; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR250 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring the life of Roy Franklin Whitt.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Phillip Wheeler
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Honor the life of Roy Franklin Whitt.
STATUS
Introduced
SB241 - AN ACT relating to transportation.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jimmy Higdon
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 186.230 and 186.120 to conform to gender-neutral language.
STATUS
Introduced
SR249 - A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in recognition of Conservation Officer Sergeant Rufus Cravens.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Greg Elkins
Last updated 5 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Adjourn in recognition of Conservation Officer Sergeant Rufus Cravens.
STATUS
Passed