SB354 - AN ACT relating to juvenile proceedings.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 7 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 7 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 9 months 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 5 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 7 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
SB65 - AN ACT relating to deficient administrative regulations and declaring an emergency.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Steve West, Matthew D. Deneen
Last updated 5 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify three emergency administrative regulations relating to Medicaid services after those administrative regulations were found deficient during the 2023 legislative interim; and creates a new section of KRS Chapter 13A to nullify 201 KAR 23:170, relating to social workers, after that administrative regulation was found deficient during the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
SB86 - AN ACT relating to parole for violent offenders.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 439.3401 to change requirements for parole or credit on sentences for violent offenders; create a new section of KRS Chapter 197 to establish a specialized treatment program for violent offenders.
STATUS
Introduced
SR123 - A 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, Phillip Wheeler, Gary M. Boswell
Last updated 8 months ago25 Co-Sponsors
Call upon Governor Andy Beshear to support Texas Governor Greg Abbott in securing the Texas border.
STATUS
Passed
SR152 - A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in recognition and celebration of the artistic talents and achievements of Minnie Adkins, one of the best-known woodcarving artists in Kentucky, on her 90th birthday.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Robin L. Webb, Phillip Wheeler
Last updated 5 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Adjourn the Senate in recognition and celebration of Minnie Adkins' 90th birthday.
STATUS
Passed
SB262 - AN ACT relating to gun safety for children.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Gerald A. Neal
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 527 to prohibit the unlawful storage of a firearm; establish elements of the crime for recklessly allowing access to an unsecured firearm by a minor; establish the crime as a Class A misdemeanor unless a physical injury or death results, in which case it is a Class D felony; provide that the Act may be cited as the Baby Dre Gun Safety Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB134 - AN ACT relating to civil rights.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Gerald A. Neal, Reginald Thomas
Last updated 8 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 344.010 to include definitions for "sexual orientation" and "gender identity"; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.100 and 344.110 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 344.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, 344.370, 344.380, and 344.680, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain housing, real estate, and other financial transactions, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.367, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain insurance sales, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.400, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain credit transactions, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; make various technical amendments; amend KRS 18A.095 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
SR191 - A RESOLUTION honoring Dr. Ronald Berry on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Reginald Thomas
Last updated 7 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Adjourn in honor of Dr. Ronald Berry on the occasion of his 80th birthday.
STATUS
Failed
SB114 - AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 8 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 527.070 to modify the types of school facilities where weapons are prohibited; state that the prohibition of weapons on school grounds only applies when entrances to the school buildings display a sign indicating that unlawfully possessing a weapon in a school is a felony; remove the requirement that signs be prominently displayed indicating possessing a weapon in a school is prohibited; remove the provision that failure to post the signs indicating weapons are prohibited in schools shall not relieve a person of liability.
STATUS
Introduced
SB164 - AN ACT relating to building trade professions.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Shelley Frommeyer
Last updated 6 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 198B to allow articulation agreements between licensed proprietary schools and public school districts or state area technology centers to establish academic or training equivalencies needed to obtain licensure, and to require that the Department of Housing, Buildings and Construction recognize and honor the articulation agreements toward licensure in the professions regulated by the department, including electricians, plumbers, and HVAC.
STATUS
Passed
SR95 - A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Charles David Haydon.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Jimmy Higdon, David P. Givens, George Maxwell Wise
Last updated 5 months ago3 Co-Sponsors
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Charles David Haydon.
STATUS
Passed