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SB216 - AN ACT relating to elections.
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 117.001 to define "prevailing time"; amend KRS 117.087 to require the processing, review, and counting of absentee ballots begin at 8 a.m. on the day of any primary, regular election, or special election day and prohibit sharing election results with any person until 6 p.m. prevailing time; amend KRS 117.076 and 117.275 to prohibit sharing election results with any person until 6 p.m. prevailing time.
STATUS
Introduced
SB217 - AN ACT relating to geoengineering.
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Create new sections of Subchapter 1 of KRS Chapter 224 to make findings and declarations regarding the dangers of atmospheric polluting activities and the Commonwealth's authority to prohibit geoengineering; define terms; prohibit geoengineering; require the Department for Environmental Protection to issue a notice to any federal agency that has approved geoengineering activities that those activities cannot be lawfully carried out in the Commonwealth; require the department to prohibit foreign states or international bodies that engage in geoengineering from engaging in any atmospheric activities over the Commonwealth; require the department to publish quarterly notices in newspapers of general circulation and on its website to encourage the public to monitor and report geoengineering activities; allow individuals to submit evidence of geoengineering to the department; require any local or state official to report any information regarding suspected geoengineering activity to the department within 24 hours; require the department to investigate reports of excessive electromagnetic radiation or fields caused by humans; amend KRS 224.99-010 to make knowingly engaging in geoengineering a Class D felony and subject to a civil penalty of not less than $500,000.
STATUS
Introduced
SB105 - AN ACT relating to sales and use tax exemptions.
John Schickel, Danny Carroll, Matthew D. Deneen
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 139.480 to define "currency" and "bullion"; exempt currency and bullion from sales and use tax on or after August 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB200 - AN ACT relating to school calendars.
Damon Thayer, Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 158.070 to remove the variable student instructional year and require the student instructional year not begin prior to September 1; allow districts to extend the length of a student attendance day beyond seven hours with approval from the commissioner of education; establish proportional equivalence of district calendars with less than 170 student attendance days for the purposes of employment contracts, service credit, and funding.
STATUS
Introduced
SR207 - A RESOLUTION honoring and commending the Louisville Fire Department firefighters, Louisville Metro Police Department officers, and Louisville emergency medical services personnel involved in the recent rescue on the Clark Memorial Bridge.
Gerald A. Neal, David Yates, Julie Adams
Last updated 5 months ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Recognize and commend the Louisville Fire Department rescue squad that executed a rescue on the Clark Memorial Bridge, and the Louisville Metro Police and emergency medical services personnel that responded to the scene.
STATUS
Passed
SB300 - AN ACT relating to elections.
Damon Thayer, John Schickel, Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 7 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 117.066 to eliminate vote centers; amend KRS 117.001 and 117.383 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
SB235 - AN ACT relating to child welfare investigations.
Adrienne E. Southworth
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 620.030 to establish requirements for reports of alleged child dependency, abuse, or neglect.
STATUS
Introduced
SB236 - AN ACT relating to child-care centers.
Adrienne E. Southworth, Steve West
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 199.896 to establish licensure requirements for child-care centers; amend KRS 199.8962 to establish operational standards for child-care centers.
STATUS
Introduced
SB91 - AN ACT providing funding and establishing conditions for state government agencies and institutions, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Jimmy Higdon, Matthew D. Deneen, Greg Elkins
Last updated 5 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Delete original provisions; amend enacted 2024 RS HB 1, HB 6, and HB 265 to provide additional appropriations and provisions for various programs and projects; make stand-alone supplemental appropriations; establish various conditions for supplemental appropriations; amend KRS 45A.100 to increase the threshold for small purchases by the Finance and Administration Cabinet, state institutions of higher education, and the legislative branch of government; amend KRS 45A.190 to increase the performance bond threshold for certain construction contracts to conform; amend KRS 56.491 to increase the threshold for approval required for certain capital construction projects; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
SR167 - A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Jessie "Jess" J. Adkins.
Phillip Wheeler, John Schickel, Julie Adams
Last updated 5 months ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jessie "Jess" J. Adkins.
STATUS
Passed
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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