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HCR60 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) Task Force.
Timothy Truett, Scott Lewis, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 11 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) Task Force to study the various components of the SEEK formula, evaluate whether changes are necessary to the base, tiers, or add-ons to maintain the original goal of SEEK; outline task force membership; require the task force to submit any findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024
STATUS
Introduced
HB166 - AN ACT relating to sudden unexpected death in epilepsy.
Jason Michael Nemes, Danny R. Bentley, Alan Gentry
Last updated 9 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define “SUDEP,” to update autopsy requirements, to require the Vital Statistics Branch to forward a copy of the death certificate to the North American SUDEP Registry if sudden unexpected death in epilepsy is found to be the cause or the suspected cause of death, and to provide that the Act may be cited as Jami’s Law.
STATUS
Passed
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
HB258 - AN ACT relating to the torture of a dog or cat.
Susan Tyler Witten, Ryan Dotson, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 9 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 525.135 to define “serious physical injury or infirmity” and to redefine “torture,” to provide that torture of a dog or cat is a Class D felony in every instance and that each act may constitute a separate offense, and to provide what does not constitute torture of a dog or cat.
STATUS
Passed
HB159 - AN ACT relating to immunity from criminal liability for health care providers.
Jason Michael Nemes, Patrick Flannery, Danny R. Bentley
Last updated 9 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 311 to define “health care provider” and “health services,” and to establish that health care providers providing health services are immune from criminal liability for harm arising from a health services-related act or omission other than gross negligence or wanton, willful, malicious, or intentional misconduct.
STATUS
Passed
HB47 - AN ACT relating to restoring religious liberty.
Steve Rawlings, Shane Baker, Josh Calloway
Last updated 12 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 446.350 to define "government" and "substantially burden"; outline relief that may be sought if statute is violated; apply to laws adopted before or after enaction of this statute; include severability clause; waive sovereign, governmental, and qualified immunity.
STATUS
Introduced
HB161 - AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.
Joshua Branscum, Derrick W. Graham, George A. Brown
Last updated 11 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Establishes that a candidate who has filed nomination papers on or before January 5, 2024, and whose precinct name or number has changed since November 8, 2023, due to reapportionment and precinct establishment shall not be disqualified based solely on precinct name or number designation; RETROACTIVE to November 8, 2023; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
HB178 - AN ACT relating to wrongful conviction compensation and making an appropriation therefor.
Jason Michael Nemes, Kimberly Banta, Danny R. Bentley
Last updated 12 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a cause of action for a person who was wrongfully convicted of a felony in the Commonwealth; establish the wrongful conviction compensation fund; APPROPRIATION.
STATUS
Introduced
HB155 - AN ACT relating to disposition of property and declaring an emergency.
Stephanie A. Dietz, Jason Michael Nemes, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 11 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 403.190 to state that criminal misconduct against the other spouse may be considered in the disposition of marital property; provide that a spouse who is convicted of committing a felony against the other spouse shall not be entitled to claim retirement or life insurance as marital property; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB43 - AN ACT relating to fire protection.
John F. Hodgson, Jared A. Bauman, Kevin D. Bratcher
Last updated 9 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Creates a new section of KRS 75.100 to 75.260 to require a fire protection district, volunteer fire department district, or subdistrict to host a public hearing and provide notice of the hearing when making a change to fire protection services involving communications, firefighting resources, or water supply that will likely downgrade fire service ratings.
STATUS
Passed
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Representative from Kentucky district HD-033
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