SB153 - AN ACT relating to jurors.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Johnnie L. Turner, Phillip Wheeler, Gary M. Boswell
Last updated 10 months ago15 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 29A.080 to allow an individual age 70 or older to elect to be permanently excused from jury service; require this option to be prominently displayed at the top of the juror qualification form; require a prospective juror age 70 or older to complete only the entries for name, address, and date of birth on the juror qualification form; amend KRS 29A.090 to allow an automatic and permanent exemption from jury service for individuals age 70 or older.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB372 - AN ACT relating to towed vehicles.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jared K. Carpenter
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 186A.190 to allow for the disposal of involuntarily towed vehicles by a towing and storage company.
STATUS
Introduced
SCR187 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Health Care Disparities Task Force.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Stephen L. Meredith, Donald Douglas
Last updated 10 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Establish the Health Care Disparities Task Force; establish task force membership; require task force to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB232 - AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Whitney H. Westerfield
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Repeal and reenact KRS 162.060 to establish that local boards of education shall submit all plans for new public school buildings or additions or alterations of old buildings to the chief state school officer, but prohibit the Kentucky Department of Education from requiring prior approval of the district's plans; amend KRS 156.160 to provide for the approval and appeal process for a district's purchase or disposal of real property; amend KRS 157.420 conform; establish the requirements for a district facilities plan; amend KRS 157.440, 157.615, 157.620, 157.621, 157.622, 158.814, and 160.105 to conform; amend KRS 160.160 to allow use of estimates of the cost of a project by licensed architects or engineers for establishing the financing; remove the requirement for a district to obtain prior approval from the department for a mortgage or lien on a school building or for leasing a building; amend KRS 158.102 to remove minimum requirements for a school librarian; amend KRS 199.882 to include an employer directly paying for the child-care facilities and facility maintenance on behalf of a child-care provider in the definition of "contribution"; allow for the renewal of an emergency teaching certificate for the 2024-2025 school year; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB23 - AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to property exempt from taxation.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Michael Nemes, Donald Douglas, Matthew D. Deneen
Last updated 11 months ago6 Co-Sponsors
Propose to amend Section 170 of the Constitution of Kentucky to include in the homestead exemption for owners who are 65 years of age or older any increase in the valuation of the real property that is assessed after the later of the year the owner turned 65 or the year the owner purchased the property; apply the exemption to increases in valuation that occur after the date the amendment is ratified by the voters; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
STATUS
Engrossed
SJR140 - A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Public Service Commission to make all staffing, organizational, and administrative preparations necessary to be ready to discharge its regulatory duties relating to applications for the siting and construction of nuclear energy facilities in the Commonwealth.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Danny Carroll
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Directs the Public Service Commission to make all staffing, organizational, and administrative preparations necessary to be ready to discharge its regulatory duties relating to applications for the siting and construction of nuclear energy facilities, including but not limited to conducting a survey of nuclear regulatory staff in other states, contracting with personnel with expertise in nuclear regulatory matters to be available to assist immediately with any nuclear siting or construction applications that may be filed with the commission, providing for the training of existing staff on nuclear siting and construction issues, amending the administrative regulations promulgated by the commission to require that electric utilities consider all generation resources, including nuclear resources, when developing their triennial integrated resource plans, and reviewing all other administrative regulations promulgated by the commission to ensure that there are no impediments to the effective regulation of nuclear facilities or any obstructions to the development of the nuclear ecosystem in the Commonwealth.
STATUS
Passed
SR1 - A RESOLUTION honoring the extraordinary service of Senator Damon Thayer to the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon his retirement from the General Assembly.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Julie Adams, Casey Chambers Armstrong, Karen Berg
Last updated 9 months ago36 Co-Sponsors
Honor the extraordinary service of Senator Damon Thayer to the Commonwealth of Kentucky upon his retirement from the General Assembly.
STATUS
Passed
SR247 - A RESOLUTION recognizing April 18, 2024, as National Lineman Appreciation Day.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Shelley Frommeyer, Robert Stivers, Brandon D. Smith
Last updated 9 months ago6 Co-Sponsors
Recognize April 18, 2024, as National Lineman Appreciation Day.
STATUS
Passed
SB310 - AN ACT relating to agriculture.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jason G. Howell
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 246.285, relating to the Commissioner of Agriculture, to add gender-neutral language.
STATUS
Introduced
SB191 - AN ACT relating to postsecondary education funding and declaring an emergency.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
David P. Givens, Gerald A. Neal, Matthew D. Deneen
Last updated 9 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 164.092 to define “nontraditional age students,” to remove all references to “minority,” to require that any formula not include race-based metrics or targets, to increase the percentage of public university funding based on student success outcomes produced from 35 percent to 40 percent, to decrease the percentage of public university funding for student credit hours earned from 35 percent to 30 percent, to include in the Kentucky Community and Technical College System’s student success outcomes weighting for credentials aligned with the economic needs of the state and recognize credentials earned by nontraditional-age students, to require that the Council on Postsecondary Education (CPE) promulgate an emergency or amended administrative regulation to implement the amended funding formula, to require that the Postsecondary Education Working Group convene during the 2024 Interim for the sole purpose of considering how to define “underrepresented students” for the comprehensive funding model for the public postsecondary education system, to require that the recommendations be reported to the Governor and the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024, and to require that CPE distribute allocable resources based on first-generation college students receiving bachelor’s degrees and low-income students; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
SB354 - AN ACT relating to juvenile proceedings.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 610.070 to require open hearings in all juvenile cases; amend KRS 620.050 to remove immunity for persons acting in good faith and upon reasonable cause in relation to reports of child dependency, neglect, and abuse and participation in judicial proceedings; remove requirement of malice from the offense of false reporting; waive the sovereign immunity of the Commonwealth in order to provide a means for a person to bring an action against the Commonwealth, its agents, employees, or political subdivisions in relation to child dependency, neglect, and abuse matters.
STATUS
Introduced
SB352 - AN ACT relating to judicial authority.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 432.280 to remove the provision permitting a court or judge to proceed against a person by indictment for libel or slander relating to judicial conduct in court.
STATUS
Introduced
SB42 - AN ACT relating to wages.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Reginald Thomas, Gerald A. Neal
Last updated almost 1 year ago2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 337.010 to increase the applicable threshold of employees of retail stores and service industries from $95,000 to $500,000 average annual gross volume of sales for the employer; amend KRS 337.275 to incrementally raise minimum wage for employers to $15.00 an hour; include anti-preemption language permitting local governments to establish minimum wage ordinances in excess of the state minimum wage.
STATUS
Introduced
SR68 - A RESOLUTION honoring the life and memory of Pikeville native and lifelong public servant Eugene Welch Davis.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Phillip Wheeler
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Eugene Welch Davis.
STATUS
Passed
SB245 - AN ACT relating to government ethics.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to define "lobbyist", "public agency", and "public funds"; prohibit a public agency from spending public funds to employ or contract with a lobbyist or from using public funds to pay a nonprofit association or organization that primarily represents one or more public agencies or hires or contracts with an individual who is required to register as a lobbyist; allow a taxpayer or resident of an area served by a public agency to file an action for injunctive relief and to recover attorney's fees and costs incurred in bringing a successful action; amend KRS 11A.020 to prohibit a public servant from attempting to use his or her influence in any matter that would be under the purview of the legislative branch of state government; permit a public servant to respond to requests or information and to provide information and opinions about matters affecting the agency.
STATUS
Introduced
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