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HB381 - AN ACT relating to local school board student representatives.
Lisa Willner, Tina Bojanowski, Chad Aull
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to require each local school board to include at least one student representative; require each local school board to adopt a school board student representative policy, set minimum requirements for the school board student representative policy.
STATUS
Introduced
HB299 - AN ACT relating to the establishment of a grant database.
Ashley Tackett Laferty, Chad Aull, Pamela D. Stevenson
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Create new section of KRS Chapter 14 to define terms; require the Secretary of State to create a grant database that will be a central repository for all state grants; require agencies to report grant opportunities to the Secretary of State for inclusion in the grant database.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB185 - AN ACT relating to paramedic education and making an appropriation therefor.
Ashley Tackett Laferty, George A. Brown, Mark Hart
Last updated 9 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS 164.740 to 164.7891 to establish a coal-county paramedic scholarship to be administered by the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority (KHEAA); define terms; establish a fund in the State Treasury to be administered by KHEAA for providing coal county paramedic scholarships; APPROPRIATION.
STATUS
Introduced
HB134 - AN ACT relating to the taxation of retirement distributions.
Ashley Tackett Laferty, George A. Brown, Alan Gentry
Last updated 9 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 141.019 to increase the retirement distribution exclusion from $31,110 to $41,110 for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
HB416 - AN ACT relating to emergency medical services and making an appropriation therefor.
Mark Hart, Kevin D. Bratcher, Phillip Pratt
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 311A to create the EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund; specify the ambulance services and EMS professionals that are eligible to share in the distribution of the fund; provide that the Board of Emergency Medical Services shall administer the fund and may promulgate administrative regulations to facilitate its administration; authorize reimbursement for an EMS professional's out-of-pocket costs for mental health treatment for a diagnosed post-traumatic stress injury or post-traumatic stress disorder; provide for annual supplements to ambulance providers for each EMS professional it employs; amend KRS 42.190 and 136.392 to include the EMS Professionals Foundation Program fund to the premium surcharge.
STATUS
Introduced
HB415 - AN ACT relating to coverage for the care of children.
Pamela D. Stevenson, Josie Raymond, Cherlynn Stevenson
Last updated 8 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 304.17A-258 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for certain formulas; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require health benefit plans to provide coverage for breastfeeding support and equipment; amend KRS 205.522, 205.6485, 164.2871, and 18A.225 to require Medicaid, the Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program, self-insured employer group health plans provided by the governing board of a state postsecondary education institution, and the state employee health plan to comply with the coverage requirements for formulas and breastfeeding support and equipment; make technical amendments; amend KRS 205.560 to conform; provide that certain provisions apply to health benefit plans issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek federal approval if they determine that such approval is necessary; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
HB169 - AN ACT relating to emergency medical preparedness of schools.
Ruth Ann Palumbo, Kimberly Poore Moser, Chad Aull
Last updated 5 months ago
31 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 158.162 to require that local boards of education maintain a portable automated external defibrillator in a public, readily accessible, well-marked location in all school buildings, including elementary school buildings, and at school-sanctioned athletic practices and competitions, and to require that an annual report on compliance with portable automated external defibrillator requirements be submitted to the Kentucky Department of Education; and amends KRS 158.1622 to expand the School AED Fund to expand the medical devices the fund can be used to purchase to include medical devices to diagnose, prevent, or treat a medical condition that is harmful to student athletes.
STATUS
Passed
HB378 - AN ACT relating to state symbols.
Alan Gentry, Cherlynn Stevenson, Tina Bojanowski
Last updated 6 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 2.091 to designate coal as the official rock of Kentucky; amends KRS 2.092 to designate Kentucky agate as the official gemstone of Kentucky; and amends KRS 2.094 to designate calcite as the official mineral of Kentucky.
STATUS
Passed
HB494 - AN ACT relating to state symbols.
Cherlynn Stevenson, Samara Rae Heavrin, Daniel Grossberg
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to name and designate as the official pets of Kentucky domestic cats and dogs that reside in or have been adopted from Kentucky animal shelters or rescue organizations.
STATUS
Introduced
HB418 - AN ACT relating to agricultural districts.
Michael Pollock, Michael Lee Meredith, Cherlynn Stevenson
Last updated 6 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 262.850 to decrease the minimum number of acres to qualify as an agricultural district from 250 acres to 50 acres, to add cities that are within one mile of the agricultural district to the list of entities to be notified of the proposal, approval, and withdrawal of property from an agricultural district, and to allow a district board of supervisors to consider possible dissolution of an agricultural district if an owner’s withdrawal of property results in the remaining land no longer qualifying as agricultural land.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Kentucky district HD-088
COMMITTEES
Kentucky House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Cherlynn Stevenson was born in Detroit, MI. She received her B.S. degree in Economics from the University of Michigan in 1987. After graduation, Ms. Stevenson worked in the financial industry before starting her own consulting business in 2000. In 2010, Ms. Stevenson ran for Mayor of Detroit. Although unsuccessful in her bid, she continued being active in local politics. She serves on the boards of several Detroit nonprofits focused on education and job training. In 2018, Ms. Stevenson decided to run for U.S. Congress. Her platform focuses on rebuilding Detroit's economy, improving schools, and reducing crime. She believes her business background makes her well-qualified to serve in Congress.read less
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Kentucky House from Kentucky
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