SB182 - AN ACT relating to conditions of employment.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Steve West, Shelley Frommeyer, John Schickel
Last updated 11 months ago6 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to require employers that mandate employee immunization to allow exceptions based on religious belief or medical contraindication; provide sample form for employee affirmation; establish which health care providers can support a medical exemption; require notice of exemptions; establish civil cause of action for violations and a claim under workers' compensation; amend KRS 344.040 to make it an unlawful practice for employers to require immunizations as a condition of employment from employees who hold sincere religious beliefs against immunization or for whom immunization would be harmful to his or her health; make technical corrections.
STATUS
Introduced
SB111 - AN ACT relating to coverage for the treatment of stuttering.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Whitney H. Westerfield, Reginald Thomas
Last updated 9 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 18A.225, 164.2871, 205.522, 205.6485, and 304.17C-125 to require limited health service benefit plans, Medicaid, self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the speech therapy coverage requirement and to make technical amendments; creates a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health insurance coverage for speech therapy as a treatment for stuttering; provides that various sections apply to health insurance policies, certificates, plans, or contracts issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025; establishes the construction of Section 1 for purposes of federal law and requires state officials to comply; and requires the Department of Insurance and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval, if necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB243 - AN ACT relating to animal fighting.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Greg Elkins
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 525.125 to define "animal fight"; provide that a person is guilty of cruelty to animals in the first degree when he or she knowingly causes an animal to engage in an animal fight, participates in the organization or operation of an animal fight, is present at an animal fight, or allows a minor to attend an animal fight; provide that falconry authorized by a valid permit and hunting license shall not constitute a violation of this section; provide that cruelty to animals in the first degree is a Class A misdemeanor if a person is present at an animal fight or allows a minor to attend an animal fight; require the court to forfeit the animal that is the subject of the violation, terminate or limit a person's ability possess animals, and transfer the animal to the original owner or the county animal control officer; amend KRS 515.130 and 436.610 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
SR296 - A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Michael Edward Berry to the Kentucky State Fair Board.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Julie Adams
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Confirm the appointment of Michael Berry to the Kentucky State Fair Board for a term expiring June 5, 2027.
STATUS
Introduced
SB142 - AN ACT relating to paid parental leave.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Amanda Mays Bledsoe, Shelley Frommeyer, Casey Chambers Armstrong
Last updated 10 months ago9 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS 18A.005 to 18A.200 to provide an employee of the Commonwealth a paid leave of absence of up to four weeks for the birth, surrogacy, or adoption of a child, or up to two weeks for the placement of a child in foster care or kinship care; establish requirements; amend KRS 18A.025 and 18A.110 to conform.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB212 - AN ACT relating to education technology.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to prohibit a school district from entering into an agreement with providers of digital instruction services that allows the provider to collect, share, or use data not directly related to the function of the service; amend KRS 158.060 to establish limits to student screen time during the instructional day, regardless of instructional model.
STATUS
Introduced
SB167 - AN ACT relating to public school students' communication skills.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lindsey Tichenor, Mike Wilson, George Maxwell Wise
Last updated 9 months ago5 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 156.160 to require that cursive writing be included as a course of study in all elementary schools beginning in the 2025-2026 school year; and amends KRS 158.6453 to distinguish basic handwriting or penmanship from the definition of “writing."
STATUS
Passed
SR320 - A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Ryan Grell to the Board of Physicians and Advisors.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Julie Adams
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Confirm the appointment of Ryan Grell to the Board of Physicians and Advisors.
STATUS
Introduced
SB147 - AN ACT relating to adult-oriented businesses and declaring an emergency.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Lindsey Tichenor, Jay Williams, Gary M. Boswell
Last updated 10 months ago13 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 231 to express the findings of the General Assembly relating to adult-oriented businesses and the need for regulation; define terms; establish distance parameters for the location of adult-oriented businesses in proximity to identified entities and locations; establish transition provisions for existing businesses; affirm the authority of local governmental units to supplement regulation of adult-oriented businesses; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Engrossed
SJR164 - A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Jim and Mary Jo Sharpe Memorial Bridge in Pulaski County.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Rick Girdler, Robert Stivers
Last updated 11 months ago2 Co-Sponsors
Designate the Jim and Mary Jo Sharpe Memorial Bridge in Pulaski County and erect appropriate signage.
STATUS
Introduced
SB193 - AN ACT relating to the Animal Control Advisory Board.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Julie Adams
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Repeal, reenact, and amend KRS 258.117 to reduce the number of board appointees from each nominating organization from two to one; add one member to be selected from a list submitted by Kentucky Animal Action; provide that on the effective date of the Act, the Animal Control Advisory Board shall be dissolved and reconstituted, and that all new members shall be appointed; provide for the staggering of initial appointments.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB228 - AN ACT relating to public protection.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Rick Girdler
Last updated 11 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 75.160 to include gender-neutral language.
STATUS
Introduced
SB202 - AN ACT relating to conditions of supervision.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Gerald A. Neal
Last updated 10 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 439.340 to allow the Parole Board to order participation in a specific violence reduction program as a condition of parole; amend KRS 533.030 to allow a court to require participation in a specific violence reduction program as a condition of probation or conditional discharge.
STATUS
Engrossed
SCR189 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Foster Care and Adoption Efficiency Task Force.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
David Yates, Denise Harper Angel, Casey Chambers Armstrong
Last updated 10 months ago9 Co-Sponsors
Establish the Foster Care and Adoption Efficiency Task Force to examine the foster care system, evaluate timeframes and guidelines once a child comes into state custody, review barriers to foster care homes, and review funding to foster care placements; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit any findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB158 - AN ACT relating to settlements with minors and declaring an emergency.
Kentucky - 2024 Regular SessionIntroduced by
Rick Girdler
Last updated 9 months ago1 Co-Sponsor
Amends KRS 387.278, relating to certain settlements with minors, to establish provisions relating to the opening of restricted accounts and issuance of annuities on behalf of minors entering into settlements; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
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