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HB117 - AN ACT relating to professions and occupations.
Nima Kulkarni, George A. Brown, Beverly Chester-Burton
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 335B.010 to define terms related to licensing and public employment qualifications; amend KRS 335B.020 to narrow the class of offenses to which the chapter applies, to add consideration of the age of the person at the time the crime was committed, the evidence relevant to the circumstances of the crime, and evidence of rehabilitation in making licensure decisions; create a new section of KRS Chapter 335B to prohibit disqualifying individuals from pursing a professional license solely due to conviction that has been sealed or expunged, convictions older than five years unless the conviction falls under an exception, or a finding that the applicant lacks good character; amend KRS 335B.030 to require a hiring or licensing authority that denies an individual a professional license due to a prior conviction of a crime to notify the individual in writing of the specific offense that is the basis of the denial, the reasons the offense was determined to directly relate to the duties and responsibilities of the occupation and posed a reasonable threat to public safety, and that the applicant has a right to submit additional information within 30 days which the licensing authority is required to consider; create new sections of KRS Chapter 335B to allow a person with a prior conviction of a crime to request an initial determination regarding whether a prior conviction of crime would disqualify the individual from licensure and require that this initial determination is binding on the hiring or licensing authority; require each hiring or licensing authority to publish information on its website pertaining to applicants with a prior conviction of a crime; require each hiring or licensing authority that is authorized to consider the criminal conviction of an applicant to provide an annual report to the Legislative Research Commission; amend various sections of KRS Chapters 309, 317A, and 327 to conform; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
HB124 - AN ACT relating to employment.
Emily Callaway, Keturah Herron, Kevin D. Bratcher
Last updated 7 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 335B.010 to 335B.070 to require hiring and licensing authorities to establish an application process that gives persons convicted of a crime an opportunity to apply for a position of public employment or occupational license before pursuing training; amend KRS 335.020 to add criteria for hiring and licensing authorities to consider when determining if a conviction directly relates to the position of public employment or occupational license sought; amend KRS 335B.030 to require hiring or licensing authorities to request information and allow an applicant a hearing before making a determination of hiring for a position of public employment or granting an occupational license, and provide written findings of fact to the applicant upon determination.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB301 - AN ACT relating to school lunches.
Ashley Tackett Laferty, George A. Brown, Beverly Chester-Burton
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 160.345 to require a school council to adopt a policy requiring students to be assigned a lunch period of at least 30 minutes in length; amend KRS 158.153 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
HB153 - AN ACT relating to presidential elections.
Chad Aull, George A. Brown, Beverly Chester-Burton
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 118 to set forth the agreement among the states to elect the president by national popular vote; establish Article I to allow any state and D.C. to be a member of the agreement; establish Article II to provide that member states shall conduct a statewide popular vote for election of President and Vice President; establish Article III to specify the manner of appointing presidential electors in member states; establish Article IV to provide that the compact shall take effect when states cumulatively possessing a majority of the electoral votes enact the agreement and allow a state to withdraw from the agreement; establish Article V to set forth definitions of the compact.
STATUS
Introduced
HB431 - AN ACT relating to human trafficking.
Chad Aull, Beverly Chester-Burton, Daniel Grossberg
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 529.160 to allow a conviction to be vacated when a person's participation in the offense is determined to be the result of being a victim of human trafficking; RETROACTIVE.
STATUS
Introduced
HB412 - AN ACT relating to veterans.
Pamela D. Stevenson, Beverly Chester-Burton
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 40.050 to include gender-neutral language.
STATUS
Introduced
HB336 - AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to citizen ballot initiatives.
Josie Raymond, George A. Brown, Beverly Chester-Burton
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Propose to amend Section 29 of the Constitution of Kentucky to establish the initiative power of the people to propose laws and to enact or reject proposed initiatives at an election; establish procedures for initiatives, effect of adopted initiatives, and parameters for the subject of any initiative; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
STATUS
Introduced
HB274 - AN ACT relating to the practice of pharmacy.
Danny R. Bentley, Shane Baker, John C. Blanton
Last updated 6 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 315.010 and 315.205 to permit pharmacists to administer vaccines to children five years of age or older pursuant to prescriber-approved protocols with the consent of a parent or guardian.
STATUS
Passed
HB128 - AN ACT relating to a living wage.
Keturah Herron, George A. Brown, Alan Gentry
Last updated 9 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 337 to require any employer doing business in Kentucky that receives governmental incentives or subsidies to pay its employees a living wage.
STATUS
Introduced
HB391 - AN ACT relating to civil rights.
Keturah Herron, Lisa Willner, Chad Aull
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Repeal and reenact KRS 344.010 to define various terms; 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 342.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation and advertisements therefor, 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
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Kentucky district HD-044
COMMITTEES
Kentucky House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Beverly Chester Burton was born in Louisiana. She received her BBA from Southern University A&M College in 1972, and her JD from Southern University Law Center in 1975. Ms. Burton was in private practice as an attorney from 1975 to 2015. She served as an Assistant District Attorney for East Baton Rouge Parish from 1987 to 1992. From 1992 to 1996, she was a Judge in Baton Rouge City Court.read less
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