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SB160 - AN ACT relating to vital records.
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 186.010 to define "Electronic Verification of Vital Events system"; amend KRS 186.412 to require the Transportation Cabinet to electronically verify birth certificates which are presented as part of an operator's license application with states participating in the system; provide authority for Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to assist applicants; create a new section of KRS Chapter 213 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to maintain a digital archive of all certificates dated on or after January 1, 1947, in possession of the state registrar.
STATUS
Introduced
SB161 - AN ACT relating to the siting of cellular antenna towers.
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 100.987 to prohibit a planning unit, legislative body, or fiscal court that has adopted planning and zoning regulations from approving the siting of a cellular antenna tower capable of providing fifth generation mobile communications service if it is within 1,640 feet of any inhabitable building or any outdoor space where 10 or more people gather; amend KRS 278.650 to prohibit the commission from approving the siting of a cellular antenna tower capable of providing fifth generation mobile communication service if it is within 1,640 feet of any inhabitable building or any outdoor space where 10 or more people gather.
STATUS
Introduced
SB147 - AN ACT relating to adult-oriented businesses and declaring an emergency.
Lindsey Tichenor, Jay Williams, Gary M. Boswell
Last updated 7 months ago
13 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
SB165 - AN ACT relating to the privacy of Social Security numbers.
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to remove requirements for using a Social Security number as an identifier.
STATUS
Introduced
SB267 - AN ACT relating to information on emergency use drugs and declaring an emergency.
Adrienne E. Southworth, Lindsey Tichenor, Greg Elkins
Last updated 7 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS 217.005 to 217.215 to require that any person who administers an unapproved drug, devise, or biologic that has been approved for emergency use by the secretary of the United States Food and Drug Administration provides information to the individual receiving the unapproved drug, devise, or biologic; prohibit any person from requiring an individual to have an unapproved drug, devise, or biologic administered to him or her; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Introduced
SB172 - AN ACT relating to voting leave.
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 relating to voting leave for employees; define terms; require employers to grant employees reasonable leave from work to vote; prohibit employers from discriminating against employees who request leave to vote; require employers to post relevant provisions of this Act on workplace premises; permit a person or class of persons to bring a civil action for violations of this Act; amend KRS 337.990 to establish penalties for violations; amend KRS 118.015 to define terms; amend KRS 118.995 to establish penalties for violations.
STATUS
Introduced
SB130 - AN ACT relating to discriminatory practices by state agencies.
Adrienne E. Southworth, Casey Chambers Armstrong, Karen Berg
Last updated 7 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to make it unlawful for a state agency to discriminate against a person based on his or her access to electronic means to obtain benefits or gain access to public buildings; provide that the Act may be cited as the Digital Identification Act.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB180 - AN ACT relating to violations of privacy.
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 454 to restrict use of facial recognition technology and biometric identifiers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to create a cause of action for use of facial recognition technology or biometric identifiers; create new sections of KRS Chapters 6, 13B, 23A, 24A, and 29A to prohibit use of facial recognition technology as evidence; propose a new section of the Kentucky Rules of Evidence to make evidence gained from use of facial recognition inadmissible.
STATUS
Introduced
SB182 - AN ACT relating to conditions of employment.
Steve West, Shelley Frommeyer, John Schickel
Last updated 8 months ago
6 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
SB179 - AN ACT relating to violations of privacy.
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Create new section of KRS Chapter 411 to create a cause of action for introduction of an identification device.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Kentucky district SD-007
COMMITTEES
Kentucky Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Adrienne E. Southworth is a member of the Green Party. She ran for New York House of Representatives District 19 in 2018 and 2020. Adrienne holds a Master of Education degree. She has worked as a special education teacher. She is a community organizer on multiple social justice issues from environmental concerns to education equality. Adrienne is passionate about issues like criminal justice reform, improving public education, addressing income inequality, combating climate change through a Green New Deal, and reforming the democratic process with ranked choice voting. She supports Medicare for All.read less
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Kentucky Senate from Kentucky
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