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HB179 - AN ACT relating to insurance for loss of income and declaring an emergency.
Samara Rae Heavrin, Stephanie A. Dietz, Chad Aull
Last updated 9 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 304.3-110 to authorize life and health insurers to transact disability income and paid family leave insurance, and to make technical corrections; creates new sections of Subtitle 5 of KRS Chapter 304 to define “disability income insurance” and “paid family leave insurance” and to specify how each is to be classified and filed; amends KRS 304.9-030 to include paid family leave insurance in life and health lines of authority; establishes Subtitle 53 of KRS Chapter 304 and creates new sections thereof to regulate paid family leave insurance, to establish paid family leave insurance requirements, authorized scope of benefits, disclosure requirements, and authorized limitations, and to authorize the insurance commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations to enforce Subtitle 53 of KRS Chapter 304; creates short title; and amends KRS 304.17A-005, 304.18-010, and 304.36-030 to conform; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
HB86 - AN ACT relating to interment in state veterans' cemeteries.
Billy Wesley, Chad Aull, Steve Bratcher
Last updated 11 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 40.315 to expand interment eligibility in Kentucky state veterans' cemeteries to include eligible National Guard and Reserve service members and their families.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB394 - AN ACT proposing to amend the Constitution of Kentucky relating to redistricting.
Lindsey Burke, Chad Aull, George A. Brown
Last updated 11 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish a Citizens Redistricting Commission; require that the commission consist of 13 members randomly selected by the Secretary of State; require the commission to adopt a redistricting plan for state Senatorial, state Representative, and Congressional Districts; grant the commission exclusive authority to adopt plans, seek experts and legal counsel, conduct hearings and meetings, purchase software and equipment, hire staff and consultants, and any other activity necessary in its preparation of redistricting plans; permit the General Assembly to create or amend laws to assist the commission in performance of its duties, but prohibit the General Assembly from creating or amending laws that would alter the number of votes required to adopt a plan, alter the selection process of commissioners, or otherwise prevent the commission from performing its constitutional duties with respect to redistricting; require the commission to conduct at least 12 public hearings throughout the state to inform the public about the redistricting process and solicit information from the public about potential plans; require at least 10 commissioners to vote to adopt a plan; require the commissioners to rank submitted plans by preference if the commission cannot obtain the required votes to adopt a plan; require the Secretary of State to publish adopted plans and any supporting materials; provide that a plan becomes law 60 days after publication; prohibit any body other than the commission from adopting redistricting plans; allow the Supreme Court of Kentucky to review challenges to plans and remand any plan to the commission that fails to comply with constitutional of other requirements; propose to amend Section 33 of the Constitution of Kentucky to require the Citizens Redistricting Commission to redistrict the plans every 10 years; provide ballot language; submit to voters for their ratification or rejection.
STATUS
Introduced
HB395 - AN ACT relating to redistricting.
Lindsey Burke, Chad Aull, George A. Brown
Last updated 11 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 5 to establish the Citizens Redistricting Commission; define terms; require the commission be composed of 13 members who meet certain requirements and submit applications; require the Secretary of State to mail random applications for commissioner and make applications for commissioner available on its website; require the Secretary of State to randomly select commissioners from pools of qualifying applicants; establish commissioner pay, conditions, powers, and duties; require commissioners' terms correlate with obligations of each census cycle; establish the conditions, powers, and duties of the commission; require the commission to draft redistricting plans for legislative and congressional districts, with parameters prescribed; establish standards to be followed by the commission for commissioners who develop plans; provide for penalties and fine upon conviction of persons attempting to influence, or commissioners attempting to influence, the duties of the commission; require the Secretary of State to publish adopted redistricting plans and provide that plans become law 60 days after publication; amend KRS 5.005 to replace the Legislative Research Commission with the Citizens Redistricting Commission as authorized intervenors in any action challenging the constitutionality of any legislative district; repeal KRS 5.031; include severability clause;
STATUS
Introduced
HB344 - AN ACT relating to housing discrimination.
Lindsey Burke, Sarah Stalker, Chad Aull
Last updated 11 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 344.010 to define "source of income"; amend KRS 344.360, 344.367, and 344.370 to prohibit housing discrimination based on an individual's source of income.
STATUS
Introduced
HB90 - AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor.
Rachel Roberts, George A. Brown, Beverly Chester-Burton
Last updated 12 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Establish KRS Chapter 245, relating to adult use cannabis, to administer its cultivation, processing, transportation, sale, use, taxation, and licensing; define terms; establish the Adult Use Cannabis Control Board and its membership, procedures, powers, and duties; direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration and enforcement of the chapter; set up advisory committees appointed by the board; create the Department of Cannabis Control within the Public Protection Cabinet for the oversight of cannabis operations and to provide administrative support for the board; establish various one-year business licenses under the chapter; grant administrative hearings under KRS Chapter 13B to appeal a license denial or revocation; forbid an employer from discriminating against applicants or employees who use cannabis outside of working hours as long as the use does not affect job performance; prohibit a person under the age of 21 from purchasing, possessing, consuming, or using cannabis; establish a revolving account called the cannabis fund to collect cannabis licensing fees, fines, excise taxes, and any other funds; form the Social Impact Council as a public agency authorized to distribute moneys from the cannabis fund; set council membership, procedures, powers, and duties; amend KRS 2.015 to require a person to be 21 years of age or older to purchase cannabis and its products and accessories; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to authorize local governments to levy up to a 5% license fee on the gross receipts of a retailer or microbusiness; allow overlapping local governments to agree to levy a combined license fee, with set fee amounts absent an agreement; create new sections of KRS Chapter 138 to define terms; impose an initial excise tax rate of 9% on the first sale or transfer of harvested cannabis; allow the Adult Use Cannabis Control Board to set the excise tax rate in each subsequent year; establish excise tax reporting, collection, and liability; amend KRS 138.870 and 260.850 to exclude adult use cannabis from the definitions of "controlled substance," "marijuana," "hemp," and "hemp products"; create new sections of KRS 218A and amend KRS 218A.010, 218A.1421, 218A.1422, 218A.1423, and 218A.500 to exempt licensed adult use cannabis activities from criminal marijuana offenses; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow a person to petition the court to expunge the person's misdemeanor marijuana convictions; amend KRS 431.079 to exclude the expungement petition from the certification of eligibility requirement; amend KRS 131.1815 to notify the Adult Use Cannabis Control Board if a cannabis licensee is a delinquent taxpayer; amend KRS 600.020 to include cannabis offenses in the list of juvenile status offenses; amend KRS 12.020 to add the governmental entities created in KRS Chapter 245 to the list of executive branch government bodies; set initial terms for members of the Adult Use Cannabis Control Board and Social Impact Council; apply the excise tax beginning on July 1, 2025, and allow cannabis sales beginning on July 1, 2026; Section 35 of Act, relating to expungement, is RETROACTIVE; APPROPRIATION.
STATUS
Introduced
HB19 - AN ACT relating to the operation of a motor vehicle.
Mary Beth Imes, Danny R. Bentley, Beverly Chester-Burton
Last updated 11 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 189.930, to expand the requirement to move over or slow down when approaching an emergency or public safety vehicle to include any disabled vehicle displaying a warning signal.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB189 - AN ACT relating to school meals at low-income schools and making an appropriation therefor.
Chad Aull, Scott Lewis, Danny R. Bentley
Last updated 12 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Proud School Match Program; direct the Department of Education to reimburse an eligible school district $0.33 for every meal reimbursed by the community eligibility provision at the paid rate; require a school district that receives a reimbursement to develop and implement a Kentucky Proud school plan to identify and purchase available Kentucky-grown agricultural products and to optimize food usage; direct the Kentucky Board of Education to promulgate administrative regulations necessary to carry out this section; provide that the section shall be null and void if the community eligibility provision is terminated by the United States Department of Agriculture; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Proud School Match Act; APPROPRIATION.
STATUS
Introduced
HB72 - AN ACT relating to cannabis.
Nima Kulkarni, George A. Brown, Beverly Chester-Burton
Last updated 12 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make possession of a personal use quantity of cannabis exempt from civil or criminal penalty; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "cannabis," "personal use quantity of cannabis," and "cannabis accessory"; amend KRS 218A.1422 regarding cannabis possession to conform; amend KRS 218A.1423 regarding cannabis cultivation to conform; amend KRS 218A.500 regarding drug paraphernalia to exempt personal use cannabis accessories; amend KRS 218A.1421 regarding cannabis trafficking to exempt personal use quantities; amend KRS 138.872 to exclude personal use quantities from the cannabis stamp tax; amend KRS 218A.410 and 533.030 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of certain convictions relating to cannabis and to apply expungement retroactively; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
HB20 - AN ACT relating to a cost-of-living increase to the retirement benefits for retired state employees, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Ruth Ann Palumbo, Chad Aull, Tina Bojanowski
Last updated 12 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Appropriate $227 million, $17 million, and $17 million in fiscal year 2024-2025 to the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority to fund a one-time two percent cost-of-living adjustment effective July 1, 2024, for Kentucky Employees Retirement System nonhazardous and hazardous duty recipients, and for State Police Retirement System recipients, respectively; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Introduced
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