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HCR51 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Autism in Education Task Force.
Mike Clines, D. Wade Williams, Jared A. Bauman
Last updated 9 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Establish the Autism in Education Task Force; establish duties and membership; direct the task force to study autism supports and services provided to K-12 students by Kentucky public schools.
STATUS
Engrossed
HR57 - A RESOLUTION urging Governor Andy Beshear to express support for Governor Greg Abbott and the State of Texas in their efforts to secure the border.
Richard Heath, Rebecca Raymer, Jared A. Bauman
Last updated 11 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Urge Governor Andy Beshear to express support for Governor Greg Abbott and the State of Texas in their efforts to secure the border.
STATUS
Introduced
HB243 - AN ACT relating to child support.
Amy Neighbors, Stephanie A. Dietz, Jared A. Bauman
Last updated 12 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 403.211 to add that a child support action may be filed any time following conception; add that a child support action may be filed in the county where the mother resides; amend KRS 403.212 to change the term "obligated parent" to "obligor"; establish that child support shall be retroactive to the date of the filing of a motion for support; amend KRS 406.021 to include that paternity may be determined in accordance with KRS 406.011 or by prenatal genetic testing or postnatal genetic testing; amend KRS 406.011 to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to advise all pregnant women who utilize public assistance and encourage pregnant women to initiate child support proceedings as early as possible.
STATUS
Introduced
HB441 - AN ACT relating to law enforcement.
Jared A. Bauman, Kevin D. Bratcher
Last updated 11 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 16.070 to require the Kentucky State Police to establish a local headquarters in the most populous county in the Commonwealth.
STATUS
Introduced
HB388 - AN ACT relating to local government and declaring an emergency.
Jason Michael Nemes, Ken Fleming, Jared A. Bauman
Last updated 9 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to provide that members of local boards, commissions, committees, and other bodies created by or appointed by consolidated local governments have geographic diversity; amends KRS 67C.103 to require that the election of council members in a consolidated local government be nonpartisan; amends KRS 67C.105 to require that the election of a mayor in a consolidated local government be nonpartisan; amends KRS 67C.111, regarding incorporation and annexation of cities in a county containing a consolidated local government, to adjust the number of signatures required in a petition for mandatory action, to prohibit a mayoral veto of the consolidated local government council, and to prohibit a city in a county containing a consolidated local government from annexing commercial real estate, as defined, primarily for the purpose of obtaining occupational license, net profits, or gross receipts taxes revenue unless the annexation is consented to by each property owner in the area to be annexed; amends KRS 67C.147, relating to urban service taxing districts in consolidated local governments, to require that the consolidated local government reimburse fire districts operating under KRS Chapter 75 that made emergency medical runs within the area of the urban service tax district, to index that reimbursement to the increase in the consumer price index, to prohibit a consolidated local government from charging a fire district for any expenses it did not charge the district prior to January 1, 2024, and to establish graduated percentages of internal funding for the urban service district for the services it provides from 85 percent to 100 percent running from 2025 to 2034, with increases in the percentage every three years; amends KRS 67C.321, relating to disciplinary procedures of police officers in consolidated local governments, to allow for a pre-disciplinary hearing and establishes procedures; amends KRS 67C.323, relating to disciplinary procedures of police officers in consolidated local governments and disciplinary review by the board, to stipulate that executive session discussions be without the parties to the appeal; amends KRS 67C.326, relating to complaints regarding consolidated local government police officers, to define “citizen,” “complaint,” “disciplinary action,” “interrogation,” and “misconduct,” to make technical changes, to establish procedures for hearings for an officer accused of misconduct by individuals within the officer’s department or by citizens, to set conditions for notices of interrogation of the police officer and requirements for written reports of the alleged incident leading to the complaint, to expand written notice from 72 hours to 12 days for notice to a police officer of a hearing and for the review of documents, to stipulate that the board, rather than an appointing authority, legislative body, or other body as designated by the Kentucky Revised Statutes, has the duty to subpoena for witnesses and the production of documentary evidence, to stipulate that officers who have been suspended without pay and who are found not guilty are reinstated with full back pay and benefits, to allow the hearing to be conducted in a closed session unless the police officer requests otherwise, to specify that the provisions of the section do not affect rights given to the police officer by statute, ordinance, or agreement, to permit a consolidated local government to investigate and charge an officer, to allow the suspension or reassignment of a police officer during an investigation and pending the final disposition of charges, to establish the Property Valuation Review Commission to review assessments in a county containing a consolidated local government, to ensure that the assessments are consistent and uniform, to provide for appointments by the mayor from recommendations of various entities, to require that the commission report to the Legislative Research Commission, the mayor and metro council of the consolidated local government, and the Finance and Administration Cabinet no later than December 31, 2024, to prohibit consolidated local governments from amending their land development code zoning classifications in their land development code to change permitted, conditional, or any other uses involving residential uses or change the characteristics of those uses that could increase the allowable density of residential units per acre or any other unit describing land size or inhabitants of any residential units in any zoning district classifications within the prescribed time limits from the effective date of the Act and prior to April 15, 2025, and to require the mayors of consolidated local governments to conduct a review of planning and zoning statutes relative to consolidated local governments and the governments’ needs relative to housing and their land development code; amends KRS 117.125 to conform; and amends KRS 177.360 to direct consolidated local governments to establish procedures to prioritize projects undertaken with county road aid funds; Sections 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, and 10 EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025; EMERGENCY, in part.
STATUS
Passed
HR45 - A RESOLUTION expressing support for the State of Israel and the Israeli people and condemning the violent events on October 7, 2023.
Daniel Grossberg, Chad Aull, Shane Baker
Last updated 11 months ago
81 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
HB140 - AN ACT relating to hunting and fishing licenses and declaring an emergency.
Mark Hart, Jared A. Bauman, Emily Callaway
Last updated 12 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 150.170 to remove the requirement that resident owners of farmlands must own five or more acres of land in order to be exempt from sport hunting and sport fishing license requirements when hunting or fishing on their own farmlands; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Introduced
HB65 - AN ACT relating to postincarceration supervision.
Kimberly Banta, Jared A. Bauman, John F. Hodgson
Last updated 12 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 532.043 to provide that a person convicted of felony attempt to commit a felony offense under KRS Chapter 510 or a felony offense under KRS 531.310 to 531.370 relating to the sexual exploitation of minors, shall be subject to postincarceration supervision; amend KRS 532.060 to provide that a person convicted of felony attempt to commit a felony offense specified in KRS Chapter 510, a felony offense under KRS 529.100 relating to human trafficking when involving commerical sexual activity, or KRS 531.310 to 531.370 shall be subject to postincarceration supervision.
STATUS
Introduced
HB142 - AN ACT relating to products that contain nicotine.
Mark Hart, Steve Riley, Shane Baker
Last updated 9 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Repeals, reenacts, and amends KRS 438.345 as a new section of KRS Chapter 158; requires local boards of education to adopt policies that penalize students for possessing alternative nicotine products, tobacco products, or vapor products and lists penalties; requires school districts to report annually to the Kentucky Department of Education; requires the department to report to the Legislative Research Commission the number of nicotine-related behavior incidents in schools and the number requiring medical intervention; requires schools to provide evidence-based age-appropriate nicotine prevention and cessation information to all students at the beginning of the school year and access to materials throughout the school year; requires a school to provide nicotine cessation information upon the first incident, requires a school to provide disciplinary action in accordance with the district’s code of acceptable behavior upon the second incident, and allows for in-school or out-of-school suspension and the opportunity to complete a nicotine education program for the third and subsequent incidents; authorizes the department, regional educational cooperatives, and local boards of education to identify and apply for grant opportunities relating to nicotine; and requires by August 1, 2024, that the department, after consultation with the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, post nicotine awareness information
STATUS
Passed
HB135 - AN ACT relating to solid waste management service companies.
Jared A. Bauman
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 109 to define “confidential business information” and to provide that no county or waste management district shall compel the production or submission of confidential business information from a solid waste management service company.
STATUS
Passed
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