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SR133 - A RESOLUTION commending Kappa Alpha Psi, Inc. on the historic milestone of 113 years of community activism and brotherhood, and recognizing February 13, 2024, as Kappa Alpha Psi Day in Kentucky.
Gerald A. Neal
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Recognize February 13, 2024, as Kappa Alpha Psi Day in Kentucky.
STATUS
Passed
SB293 - AN ACT relating to hate crimes.
Gerald A. Neal
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Repeal and reenact KRS 532.031 to define "gender identity or expression"; list the actions that qualify as hate crimes; list the actual or perceived characteristics a person must have in order to qualify as a victim of a hate crime; outline penalties for a person guilty of a hate crime; set forth criteria for seeking an enhanced sentence; amend KRS 15.334 and to add characteristics of a victim to be considered when determining the cause of a crime; add requirement that officers receive training on hate crimes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to permit a civil action where the victim of a hate crime suffers damages regardless of the outcome of any criminal proceeding; establish recovery for the victim; amend KRS 17.1523 to add characteristics of a victim to be considered when determining the cause of a crime; amend KRS 15.440 to require that a unit of government shall possess a written policy and procedures manual related to hate crimes in order to receive funds from the Law Enforcement Foundation Program fund; repeal KRS 49.320 relating to victim of hate crime deemed victim of criminally injurious conduct.
STATUS
Introduced
SB292 - AN ACT relating to elections.
Gerald A. Neal
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 117.085 to provide convenience of the voter as a basis for absentee voting; amend KRS 117.076 to permit any qualified voter the ability to vote in-person absentee during normal business hours on any of the 12 working days and two Saturdays before an election; amend KRS 117.066 to require that each county board of elections petition for and use a vote center on election day.
STATUS
Introduced
SB97 - AN ACT relating to a sales and use tax exemption for diapers.
Casey Chambers Armstrong, Julie Adams, Karen Berg
Last updated 10 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "clothing" and "diaper"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt all diapers from the sales and use tax.
STATUS
Introduced
SJR138 - A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the establishment of the Homestead Exemption Task Force.
Denise Harper Angel, Gerald A. Neal
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Direct the creation of the Homestead Exemption Task Force to study the expansion of the homestead exemption; outline task force duties and members; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2024 Interim and to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024; require the executive branch to assist the task force.
STATUS
Introduced
SB145 - AN ACT relating to healthcare.
Julie Adams, Gerald A. Neal, Brandon Jackson Storm
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
.Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to allow health facilities or health care providers enrolled in the Kentucky Medicaid program to submit a current or prospective employee to a check of the child abuse and neglect or adult abuse registries maintained by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, and to require the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations; and amends KRS 209.032 to direct the cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations to establish a process of notification by which the cabinet shall notify a vulnerable adult services provider if a prospective or current employee has appealed a substantiated finding of adult abuse, neglect, or exploitation.
STATUS
Passed
SR255 - A RESOLUTION recognizing March 2024 as Kentucky Women's History Month throughout the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Robin L. Webb, Denise Harper Angel, Casey Chambers Armstrong
Last updated 7 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Recognize March 2024 as Kentucky Women's History Month in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
STATUS
Passed
SCR189 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Foster Care and Adoption Efficiency Task Force.
David Yates, Denise Harper Angel, Casey Chambers Armstrong
Last updated 9 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Establish the Foster Care and Adoption Efficiency Task Force to examine the foster care system, evaluate timeframes and guidelines once a child comes into state custody, review barriers to foster care homes, and review funding to foster care placements; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit any findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB301 - AN ACT relating to assisted reproduction.
Casey Chambers Armstrong, David Yates, Karen Berg
Last updated 9 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to state that there shall be no criminal liability against a provider engaged in assisted reproduction who meets the professional standard of care.
STATUS
Introduced
SB202 - AN ACT relating to conditions of supervision.
Gerald A. Neal
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 439.340 to allow the Parole Board to order participation in a specific violence reduction program as a condition of parole; amend KRS 533.030 to allow a court to require participation in a specific violence reduction program as a condition of probation or conditional discharge.
STATUS
Engrossed
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