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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 7 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
SJR175 - A JOINT RESOLUTION facilitating the deployment of broadband internet service to unserved and underserved citizens in the Commonwealth and declaring an emergency.
Damon Thayer, Donald Douglas, Lindsey Tichenor
Last updated 7 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Directs the Public Service Commission to promulgate emergency administrative regulations on utility pole attachments for broadband service providers that will address the backlog of pole attachment requests; establishes parameters for preventing delays and backlogs of requests; requires the Public Service Commission to open a docket to receive comments and requests from affected parties; and requires the Public Service Commission to issue a quarterly report to the Legislative Research Commission beginning September 30, 2024; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
SB28 - AN ACT relating to practice of podiatry.
Stephen L. Meredith, Donald Douglas
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 311.380 to add definitions; amend KRS 311.400 to add the scope of practice for podiatric residents and podiatric assistants; amend KRS 311.420 to add qualifications to acquire a podiatry license; and amend KRS 311.480 to include podiatric resident and assistant licenses to the licenses the Board of Podiatry can deny, refuse to renew, suspend, place on probation, or revoke; amend KRS 311.410 to conform.
STATUS
Vetoed
SB325 - AN ACT relating to state government.
Damon Thayer, Robert Stivers, Donald Douglas
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 18A.035 to add gender-neutral language.
STATUS
Introduced
SB2 - AN ACT relating to student safety.
George Maxwell Wise, Matthew D. Deneen, Donald Douglas
Last updated 7 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 156.095 to require schools to provide suicide prevention awareness twice a year and an opportunity for any student who missed the suicide prevention awareness lesson to receive the lesson at a later time, and to make conforming changes; amends KRS 156.501 to remove existing cost-sharing provisions for the registered nurse required to be employed by the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE); creates a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define terms, to establish a framework for employment of Kentucky guardians in schools, to specify qualifications of a guardian, to specify that a local board of education is immune from civil or criminal liability in all claims arising out of any action of a guardian, and to specify that guardians shall have the immunities of police officers; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require KDE to gather and compile data, coordinate training, and monitor the numbers and types of mental health professionals in schools; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to create the School Mapping Data Program administered by the Center for School Safety and to outline requirements of school mapping data; amends KRS 158.441 to specify required certifications in the definition of “school resource officer” (SRO); amends 158.4414 to allow school districts to hire a guardian until a certified SRO is available as required, to allow a district with an SRO to hire guardians to provide additional school safety and security measures, and to require that the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council update and maintain SRO training; amends KRS 158.4416 to define terms, to specify that at least 60 percent of a school counselor’s time be spent providing direct services, to make conforming changes, to require the trauma-informed team to compile their activities to be used in the creation of the comprehensive school improvement plan and to submit the information to KDE, and to require KDE to annually summarize and submit the information to the state board and the Legislative Research Commission; amends KRS 158.442 to require that the Center for School Safety implement a system to certify guardians to school districts, to authorize the center to employ an individual to provide oversight of the guardian program if funds are available, and to authorize the center to administer and oversee the school mapping program; amends KRS 158.443 to conform; amends KRS 158.4451 to require that the Office of Homeland Security maintain and update the anonymous reporting tool, to require that each school district make available an anonymous reporting tool, and to provide for an alternative anonymous reporting tool; amends KRS 158.162 to allow secondary locking mechanisms in schools, and to require that school councils or principals include school mapping data, if available, in their emergency plans; amends KRS 158.4412 to require that the local school district’s safety coordinator maintain a current copy of school mapping data; and amends KRS 61.637 and 78.5540 to conform.
STATUS
Passed
SB29 - AN ACT relating to property and casualty insurance and declaring an emergency.
Brandon Jackson Storm, Rick Girdler, Matthew D. Deneen
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Creates a new section of Subtitle 20 of KRS Chapter 304 to prohibit assignments under a property or casualty insurance policy; amends KRS 304.14-250 to conform; amends KRS 304.20-060 to insert definitions, to modify coverage required for the repair or replacement of damaged motor vehicle glass, and to prohibit requiring an insured’s use of a particular motor vehicle glass repair shop; amends KRS 304.39-320 to modify the credit that an underinsured motorist insurer is entitled to when providing underinsured motorist coverage; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to regulate motor vehicle glass repair shop trade practices relating to motor vehicle insurance claims, to establish remedies for violation of the section, and to authorize enforcement of the section by the Attorney General; and provides that this Act applies to insurance policies issued or renewed on or after the effective date of the Act; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
SB239 - AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of medical professionals and declaring an emergency.
Donald Douglas, Stephen L. Meredith, Lindsey Tichenor
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to ensure federal law relating to emergency medical treatment and the collection of evidence is not overridden; define terms; prohibit discrimination against medical care providers who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant providers the right not to participate in or pay for services that violate their conscience; exempt providers from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit the State Board of Medical Licensure from reprimanding medical practitioners and require the board to provide complaints it has received to medical practitioners; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations; provide that the Act may be cited as the Healthcare Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Engrossed
SR167 - A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Jessie "Jess" J. Adkins.
Phillip Wheeler, John Schickel, Julie Adams
Last updated 7 months ago
36 Co-Sponsors
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Jessie "Jess" J. Adkins.
STATUS
Passed
SR222 - A RESOLUTION honoring University of Kentucky golfer Laney Frye upon the occasion of her being named the winner of the prestigious 2023 Edith Cummings Munson Award.
Donald Douglas
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Honor University of Kentucky golfer Laney Frye upon her being names the winner of the prestigious 2023 Edith Cummings Munson Award.
STATUS
Passed
SR208 - A RESOLUTION recognizing March 18, 2024, as Natural Gas Utility Worker Appreciation Day in Kentucky.
Donald Douglas
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Recognize March 18, 2024, as Natural Gas Utility Worker Appreciation Day in Kentucky.
STATUS
Passed
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