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SB75 - AN ACT relating to the control of vehicular traffic.
John Schickel, Steve West, Gary M. Boswell
Last updated 9 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 56.580 to prohibit closing portions of Capital Avenue in Frankfort; provide exceptions for emergency personnel.
STATUS
Introduced
SB127 - AN ACT relating to aerospace infrastructure, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Brandon Jackson Storm, Danny Carroll, Amanda Mays Bledsoe
Last updated 6 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establishes the Kentucky Aerospace, Aviation, and Defense Investment Fund Advisory Committee; establishes the membership of the committee; establishes the Kentucky aerospace, aviation, and defense investment fund to be administered by the Council for Postsecondary Education for the purpose of funding public and private partnerships to provide aviation training scholarships and aviation and aerospace equipment grants; requires that the portion of the fund expended toward the council’s administrative costs shall not exceed 0.5 percent of all gross moneys in the fund or $75,000 annually, whichever is less; directs the council to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out this Act; requires those administrative regulations to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission for comment prior to filing; requires advisory committee members to abstain from voting on a matter involving a conflict of interest; requires that the council shall reserve at least 65 percent of all net moneys in the fund for partnership proposals between aviation and aerospace programs and aviation and aerospace industry partners to provide aviation training scholarships to Kentucky residents enrolled in aviation and aerospace programs; directs the council to prioritize accepting partnerships to proposals targeted to reduce the workforce demand of a specific eligible aviation or aerospace credential the council determines to be among the highest in demand in the Commonwealth; directs that a partnership shall require a written partnership contract and establishes the minimum contract requirements; directs that disbursements of moneys from the fund to support aviation training scholarships be made directly to an aviation program pursuant to the terms of the partnership contract; requires that an aviation program that enters a partnership contract solicit, accept, and review aviation training scholarship applications submitted by students enrolled in the aviation program; directs that an aviation training scholarship issued by an aviation program pursuant to a partnership contract be made directly to a recipient pursuant to a written scholarship contract between the recipient and the aviation program, and sets minimum contract requirements; directs that a grantor may place restrictions upon a contribution to the fund requiring specific criteria for an aviation training scholarship or scholarships funded by the grantor’s dedicated funds; directs that the aviation training scholarship contract grant the aviation program, the Commonwealth, or the aviation industry partner the authority to initiate recoupment proceedings for the recovery of the total amount of all aviation training scholarships awarded to an individual who fails to complete the terms of a scholarship contract; directs that the council reserve up to 35 percent of all net moneys in the fund for aviation equipment partnership contracts between public aviation training programs and aviation industry partners to provide aviation and aviation equipment grants; requires that an aviation equipment partnership require a written partnership contract between a public aviation program, aviation industry partner, and the council, and establishes minimum contract requirements; directs the council to collaborate with the advisory committee to select proposals for partnership contracts; directs that the council may prioritize designated contracts; provides that the council shall require the public aviation program to submit proof that the entire amount of the aviation equipment grant is invested in the maintenance, acquisition, or lease of aviation or aviation training equipment used by students enrolled in a public aviation training program; requires the council to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission, and establishes minimum report requirements; sunsets the bill on June 30, 2030; and provides that this Act may be cited as the Aerospace Education Reinvestment Opportunity (AERO) Act; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
SB70 - AN ACT relating to charitable donor intent protection.
Phillip Wheeler, Gary M. Boswell, Danny Carroll
Last updated 6 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 273 to define terms, to establish that charitable organizations that accept contributions pursuant to an endowment agreement must abide by the terms of the agreement, to establish that a donor or a donor’s legal representative may bring a civil action against a charitable organization that violates the terms of the agreement, to limit relief to declaratory and injunctive, and to prohibit seeking a judgment awarding monetary damages.
STATUS
Passed
SR53 - A RESOLUTION commemorating and honoring the life of F. Preston Farmer.
Brandon Jackson Storm
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Commemorate and honor the life of F. Preston Farmer.
STATUS
Passed
SB16 - AN ACT relating to agricultural key infrastructure assets.
John Schickel, Rick Girdler, Brandon Jackson Storm
Last updated 5 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 511.100 to add commercial food manufacturing or processing facility, animal feeding operation, and concentrated animal feeding operation to the definition of “key infrastructure assets,” to penalize those who operate an unmanned aircraft system, video recording device, audio recording device, or photography equipment on or above the assets without consent, to penalize those who record or distribute unauthorized images or material of a concentrated animal feeding operation, animal feeding operation, or commercial food manufacturing or processing facility, and to allow a federal, state, or local government law enforcement, regulatory officer or employee, or electric, water, or natural gas utility company to operate any unmanned aircraft system, video or audio recording device, or photography equipment on or above a concentrated animal feeding operation, animal feeding operation, or commercial food manufacturing or processing facility without consent of the owner or authorized representative of the facility for legitimate business purposes; and establishes a Class B misdemeanor for violations.
STATUS
Passed
SR54 - A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Brian Carter House.
Brandon Jackson Storm
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Brian Carter House.
STATUS
Passed
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
SB10 - AN ACT proposing to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the election of state officers.
Christian McDaniel, Shelley Frommeyer, Rick Girdler
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Propose to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky to hold the election of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics in even-numbered years, every four years, beginning after the November 2027 election; provide transitional calendar; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
STATUS
Engrossed
SR77 - A RESOLUTION expressing support for the State of Israel and the Israeli people and condemning the violent events on October 7, 2023.
Lindsey Tichenor, Gary M. Boswell, Danny Carroll
Last updated 8 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Affirm Kentucky's support for the State of Israel and the Israeli people and condemn the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas.
STATUS
Passed
SR112 - A RESOLUTION honoring the work of the Kentucky Main Street Program and its participating communities.
Robin L. Webb, Steve West, Jared K. Carpenter
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Honor the work of the Kentucky Main Street Program and its participating communities.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Kentucky district SD-021
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Kentucky Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Brandon Jackson Storm is running as a Republican candidate for Texas State House, District 14. Storm has served as a Field Artillery Officer in the U.S. Army. Storm is the owner of a real estate investing company focused on providing housing for moderate and low income families. He also owns several small businesses in the District 14 area. Storm's priorities if elected are supporting small businesses, expanding school choice options, securing the border, and defending conservative values. He lives in Granbury.read less
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Kentucky Senate from Kentucky
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