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SB143 - AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote.
Jason G. Howell, Gary M. Boswell, Donald Douglas
Last updated 9 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Proposes to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons who are not citizens of the United States from being allowed to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and provides ballot language and submission to voters for their ratification or rejection.
STATUS
Passed
SB125 - AN ACT relating to off-highway vehicles.
Phillip Wheeler, Johnnie L. Turner, Donald Douglas
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 189.281 to extend the ability for local governments to start off-highway vehicle (OHV) pilot programs to July 1, 2027, and to expand the definition of “local government” to include any local government that operates a public OHV trail system.
STATUS
Passed
SB55 - AN ACT relating to fishing in privately-owned lakes and ponds.
Gary M. Boswell, Donald Douglas, Shelley Frommeyer
Last updated 12 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 150.170 to allow a bona fide resident landowner and other authorized persons to take fish from any lake or pond located on the owner's property without procuring a sport fishing license.
STATUS
Introduced
SB20 - AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Matthew D. Deneen, Donald Douglas, Damon Thayer
Last updated 9 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 635.020 to provide that a child 15 years of age or older who is charged with a Class A, B, or C felony involving the use of a firearm shall be transferred to Circuit Court to be tried as an adult, to provide that the Commonwealth’s attorney may transfer the child back to District Court after consulting with the county attorney, to provides that the Circuit Court may transfer the child back to District Court if the Circuit Court finds that fewer than two of the factors listed in KRS 640.010 favor keeping the child in Circuit Court, and to provide that a child who has been convicted of a Class A, B, or C felony involving the use of a firearm shall not be eligible for probation or conditional discharge in a proceeding consistent with KRS 640.030.
STATUS
Passed
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 9 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
SB151 - AN ACT relating to relative and fictive kin caregivers.
Julie Adams, Matthew D. Deneen, Casey Chambers Armstrong
Last updated 9 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 620.140 to allow a child to submit to the District Court the names of possible relative or fictive kin caregivers with whom the child could be placed if the court removes the child from his or her home; and amends KRS 620.142 to establish when a relative or fictive kin caregiver can apply to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to be certified as a child-specific foster home.
STATUS
Passed
SB189 - AN ACT relating to veterinary medicine programs at comprehensive universities.
Jason G. Howell, Robert M. Mills, Jared K. Carpenter
Last updated 11 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Murray State University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in veterinary medicine.
STATUS
Introduced
SR217 - A RESOLUTION recognizing Friday, April 19, 2024, as Education and Sharing Day.
Greg Elkins
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Recognize April 19, 2024, as Education and Sharing Day.
STATUS
Passed
SB309 - AN ACT relating to contracts for the improvement of real estate.
Greg Elkins
Last updated 10 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 371.160 to increase the threshold for the creation of escrow accounts for real estate improvement contracts from $500,000 to $2,000,000.
STATUS
Introduced
SB295 - AN ACT relating to vaccines.
Lindsey Tichenor, Steve West, Gary M. Boswell
Last updated 9 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to prohibit a requirement for any individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, modified ribonucleic acid (modRNA) vaccine, or messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine for the purposes of student enrollment, employment, or medical treatment in the Commonwealth.
STATUS
Engrossed
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