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SJR120 - A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the establishment of the Public Bank Task Force.

Kentucky - 2024 Regular Session

Introduced by
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 11 months ago

1 Co-Sponsor

Direct the creation of the Public Bank Task Force to study the establishment of one or more public banks in Kentucky; outline task force duties and members; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2024 Interim and to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024; require the executive branch to assist the task force.

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SB2 - AN ACT relating to student safety.

Kentucky - 2024 Regular Session

Introduced by
George Maxwell Wise, Matthew D. Deneen, Donald Douglas
Last updated 9 months ago

7 Co-Sponsors

Amends KRS 156.095 to require schools to provide suicide prevention awareness twice a year and an opportunity for any student who missed the suicide prevention awareness lesson to receive the lesson at a later time, and to make conforming changes; amends KRS 156.501 to remove existing cost-sharing provisions for the registered nurse required to be employed by the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE); creates a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms, to establish a framework for employment of Kentucky guardians in schools, to specify qualifications of a guardian, to specify that a local board of education is immune from civil or criminal liability in all claims arising out of any action of a guardian, and to specify that guardians shall have the immunities of police officers; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require KDE to gather and compile data, coordinate training, and monitor the numbers and types of mental health professionals in schools; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to create the School Mapping Data Program administered by the Center for School Safety and to outline requirements of school mapping data; amends KRS 158.441 to specify required certifications in the definition of “school resource officer” (SRO); amends 158.4414 to allow school districts to hire a guardian until a certified SRO is available as required, to allow a district with an SRO to hire guardians to provide additional school safety and security measures, and to require that the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council update and maintain SRO training; amends KRS 158.4416 to define terms, to specify that at least 60 percent of a school counselor’s time be spent providing direct services, to make conforming changes, to require the trauma-informed team to compile their activities to be used in the creation of the comprehensive school improvement plan and to submit the information to KDE, and to require KDE to annually summarize and submit the information to the state board and the Legislative Research Commission; amends KRS 158.442 to require that the Center for School Safety implement a system to certify guardians to school districts, to authorize the center to employ an individual to provide oversight of the guardian program if funds are available, and to authorize the center to administer and oversee the school mapping program; amends KRS 158.443 to conform; amends KRS 158.4451 to require that the Office of Homeland Security maintain and update the anonymous reporting tool, to require that each school district make available an anonymous reporting tool, and to provide for an alternative anonymous reporting tool; amends KRS 158.162 to allow secondary locking mechanisms in schools, and to require that school councils or principals include school mapping data, if available, in their emergency plans; amends KRS 158.4412 to require that the local school district’s safety coordinator maintain a current copy of school mapping data; and amends KRS 61.637 and 78.5540 to conform.

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SB317 - AN ACT relating to commercial rights to the use of names, voices, and likenesses.

Kentucky - 2024 Regular Session

Introduced by
Whitney H. Westerfield, Reginald Thomas
Last updated 10 months ago

2 Co-Sponsors

Create a new section of KRS Chapter 365 to define terms; establish property rights in every individual's name, voice, or likeness; establish how those property rights may be transferred or terminated; provide for liability, enforcement, and damages resulting from violation of those property rights.

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SB170 - AN ACT relating to local boards of education.

Kentucky - 2024 Regular Session

Introduced by
Lindsey Tichenor
Last updated 11 months ago

1 Co-Sponsor

Amend 160.210 to establish new numbers for membership of a local board of education based on district enrollment; require the Kentucky Board of Education to determine the required number of members every 10 years; provide for the election of additional members and for the reduction of membership; require local boards of education to report new electoral divisions to the Kentucky Board of Education and the Legislative Research Commission; amend KRS 160.160 to establish a one year term for chair and vice chair of the local board of education; require superintendents to submit reports on closed personnel investigations to the local board of education for the purposes of policy oversight and evaluation of the superintendent's performance; amend KRS 160.180 to require open records and open meetings training for local board members and make conforming changes, permit the hiring of relatives of a local board member; amend KRS amend KRS 160.190, 160.200, 160.380, 116.200, and 160.042 to conform; require the Kentucky Board of Education to implement Section 1 of this Act by December 31, 2024; require superintendents to submit reports on previous personnel investigations closed during the superintendent's contract to the local board of education within 30 days of the effective date of this Act.

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SJR194 - A JOINT RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to designate Big Bone Lick State Historic Site as a national historical park and directing the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet to work in conjunction with the United States Congress and the United States Department of the Interior to facilitate in this endeavor.

Kentucky - 2024 Regular Session

Introduced by
Jay Williams, Shelley Frommeyer, John Schickel
Last updated 10 months ago

3 Co-Sponsors

Urge the United States Congress and the Kentucky Congressional delegation to designate Big Bone Lick State Historic Site as a national historical park; direct the Kentucky Tourism, Arts and Heritage Cabinet to work in conjunction with the United States Congress and the United States Department of the Interior to facilitate this designation.

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SB92 - AN ACT relating to the transportation of students and declaring an emergency.

Kentucky - 2024 Regular Session

Introduced by
David Yates
Last updated about 1 year ago

1 Co-Sponsor

Amend KRS 156.153 to permit school districts to use district-owned and district-leased passenger transportation vehicles to transport students to and from school under an alternative transportation plan approved by the Kentucky Department of Education; provide that vehicles shall be operated by an employee of local school district that is licensed to operate a motor vehicle within the Commonwealth; provide that the Kentucky Department of Education shall promulgate administrative regulations to establish minimum standards and specifications for an alternative transportation plan; amend KRS 160.380 to require the driver of any non-school bus passenger vehicle authorized to transport students to and from school pursuant to the alternative transportation plan submit to an annual national and state criminal background check and clear CA/N check; amend KRS 156.990 to provide that an individual who operates a school bus or other district-owned or district-leased vehicle to transport a student or students without a valid, active license to operate that motor vehicle within the Commonwealth shall be guilty of a Class D felony; EMERGENCY.

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SJR120 - A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the establishment of the Public Bank Task Force.

SR78 - A RESOLUTION commemorating and honoring the life and accomplishments of Dr. J. W. Patterson.

SR75 - A RESOLUTION honoring Senator Gerald Neal for receiving the Keepers of the Dream Freedom Award.

SB2 - AN ACT relating to student safety.

SB317 - AN ACT relating to commercial rights to the use of names, voices, and likenesses.

SB124 - AN ACT relating to minimum staffing requirements for long-term care facilities.

SB356 - AN ACT relating to riverports and making an appropriation therefor.

SB170 - AN ACT relating to local boards of education.

SB92 - AN ACT relating to the transportation of students and declaring an emergency.

SB327 - AN ACT relating to insurance.

SR275 - A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Christopher Lee Deglow to the Parole Board.

SR282 - A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Alex Boone to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees.

SB80 - AN ACT relating to elections.

SB87 - AN ACT relating to jury sentencing.