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HB378 - AN ACT relating to state symbols.
Alan Gentry, Cherlynn Stevenson, Tina Bojanowski
Last updated 6 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 2.091 to designate coal as the official rock of Kentucky; amends KRS 2.092 to designate Kentucky agate as the official gemstone of Kentucky; and amends KRS 2.094 to designate calcite as the official mineral of Kentucky.
STATUS
Passed
HB38 - AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty.
James A. Tipton, Tina Bojanowski, George A. Brown
Last updated 9 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030, relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses, to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 533.010, relating to probation, to prohibit probation for a person sentenced to life without parole or life without parole for 25 years; amend KRS 640.010 to define terms; amend KRS 640.040, relating to penalties for juveniles convicted of felony offenses, to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, and 532.100 to conform; repeal KRS 431.213, 431.2135, 431.218, 431.220, 431.223, 431.224, 431.240, 431.250, 431.260, 431.270, 507A.060, 532.025, 532.075, 532.130, 532.135, 532.140, 532.300, 532.305, and 532.309.
STATUS
Introduced
HB3 - AN ACT relating to human trafficking.
Suzanne Miles, David Meade, Matt Lockett
Last updated 6 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to permit the Attorney General to establish a working group to study and discuss human trafficking in the Commonwealth; amends KRS 15.706 to include forced labor in reporting data on human trafficking from the Prosecutors Advisory Council; amends KRS 176.415 to require that the Department of Highways post signs or window clings containing contact information for assistance for victims of human trafficking; amends KRS 183.075 to require that airports post signs or window clings containing contact information for assistance for victims of human trafficking, to establish penalties for noncompliance, and to require that penalties be paid to the human trafficking victims fund; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 219 to require that hotels post signs or window clings containing contact information for assistance for victims of human trafficking, to establish penalties for noncompliance, and to require that penalties be paid to the human trafficking victims fund; amends KRS 281.767 to require that truck stops and bus stations post signs or window clings containing contact information for assistance for victims of human trafficking, to establish penalties for noncompliance, and to require that penalties be paid to the human trafficking victims fund; amends KRS 529.110 to expand the definition of promoting human trafficking; amends KRS 529.140 to conform; and amends KRS 620.029 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services include additional information regarding human trafficking in its annual report to the Legislative Research Commission.
STATUS
Passed
HB700 - AN ACT relating to the protection of mothers and their children.
Jason Michael Nemes, Nancy J. Tate, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 7 months ago
31 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of Subtitle17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers and any exchange to provide a special enrollment period for pregnant individuals; specify requirements for coverage; require group plan insurers to provide notice of special enrollment rights; amend KRS 304.17A-145 to require health benefit plans that provide coverage for dependents to provide coverage for maternity care; amend KRS 304.17A-220 and 194A.099 to conform with the special enrollment requirement; amend KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health plan and self-insured state postsecondary education institution group health plans to comply with the special enrollment and maternity coverage requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 194A to define terms and provide for the payment of coverage premiums to eligible individuals; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid coverage for maternity services; amend KRS 205.592 to allow the Medicaid income limit for certain women and children to be increased under certain circumstances; amend KRS 205.6485 to require Kentucky Children's Health Insurance Program to provide maternity coverage; amend KRS 164.2847 to provide for a waiver of tuition and mandatory fees for a child conceived and born as a result of sexual assault; amend KRS 164.2849 to declare the interests of the Commonwealth in protecting the unborn and supporting a child conceived and born as a result of sexual assault within established parameters; amend KRS 199.011 to define a child conceived and delivered as a result of sexual assault; amend KRS 199.473 to waive certain fees related to adoption proceedings; amend KRS 199.502 to include a conviction for specified criminal acts for an adoption without consent of the biological living parents; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199 to establish entitlement to nonrecurring adoption expenses under specified circumstances; amend KRS 199.894 to define terms; create a new section of KRS 199.892 to 199.8996 to establish the Child Care Assistance Program and establish eligibility requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to direct the Cabinet to provide informational material on benefits available to a victim of sexual assault and a child conceived as a result of the sexual assault; amend KRS 216B.400 to establish requirements for receipt of specified benefits related to sexual assault that results in pregnancy; create a new section of KRS Chapter 49 to establish benefits available to a child born as a result of sexual assault; amend KRS 49.310 to conform; amend KRS 625.090 to add a conviction or guilty plea to any degree of rape, sexual abuse, or sexual misconduct as a basis to terminate parental rights; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver if potential cost defrayment or loss of federal funds is identified; provide that the Act may be cited as the Love Them Both Act; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
HCR124 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION relating to the establishment of the Penal Code Reform Task Force.
Daniel B. Elliott, Jason Michael Nemes
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to create the Penal Code Reform Task Force; establish membership; require report to the Legislative Research Commission.
STATUS
Introduced
HB725 - AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Jared A. Bauman, Jason Michael Nemes
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 526 to establish a framework for law enforcement wiretaps compliant with federal Title III requirements (18 U.S.C. sec. 2510 et. seq.); repeal and reenact, amend, and repeal various KRS sections to conform; repeal KRS 526.060, which establishes the crime of divulging illegally obtained information; repeal KRS 526.070, which establishes exceptions to the crime of eavesdropping.
STATUS
Introduced
HB829 - AN ACT relating to medicinal cannabis and declaring an emergency.
Jason Michael Nemes, Patrick Flannery, Beverly Chester-Burton
Last updated 5 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 12.020 and KRS 194A.030 to establish the Office of Medical Cannabis, the Division of Enforcement and Compliance, and the Division of Licensure and Access within the Cabinet for Health and Family Services; amends KRS 218A.202 to make a technical correction; amends KRS 218B.010 to revise definitions of terms related to the medicinal cannabis program; amends KRS 218B.020 to add a pharmacist appointed by the Kentucky Board of Pharmacy to be confirmed by the Senate to the membership of the Board of Physicians and Advisors and to require the board to assist the cabinet in developing a Medicinal Cannabis Advisory Pamphlet; amends KRS 218B.035 to prohibit the use or consumption of marijuana by vaping while on any form of public transportation or in any public place; amends KRS 218B.045 to require each local board of education, each board of directors of a public charter school, and the governing body of each certified nonpublic school to establish policies related to the use of medicinal cannabis by a pupil who is a registered qualified patient on school property by December 1, 2024, and to establish basic standards for school policies related to medicinal cannabis; amends KRS 218B.050 to establish that a medicinal cannabis practitioner shall believe a patient is likely to receive safe and effective therapeutic or palliative relief from the use of medicinal cannabis before providing the patient with a written certification for the use of medicinal cannabis; amends KRS 218B.055 to require that an application for a registry identification card be accompanied by a written certification for the use of medicinal cannabis issued not more than 60 days prior to the date of application; amends KRS 218B.060 to delete provisions related to a provisional registration receipt system; amends KRS 218B.065 to make a technical correction; amends KRS 218B.070 to require a medical cannabis practitioner to make certain notifications to the cabinet; amends KRS 218B.090 to require that the cabinet prioritize the review of cannabis business licensure applications submitted by an individual or entity who is an existing Kentucky hemp business in good standing with the Kentucky Department of Agriculture and to establish that a cannabis business licensed by the cabinet must comply with local government zoning and cannabis business regulations; amends KRS 218B.100 to establish the investigation and inspection powers of the Office of Medical Cannabis; amends KRS 218B.110 to establish requirements for dispensaries to provide cardholders with a copy of the Medicinal Cannabis Advisory Pamphlet and to prohibit licensed dispensaries from opening to the public or dispensing medicinal cannabis to cardholders prior to January 1, 2025; amends KRS 218B.130 to establish when a local government may act to prohibit cannabis business operations, to make technical corrections, to require that a proposal for a petition to allow cannabis business operations inside the territory of a local government that has prohibited cannabis business operations be initiated by a person or group of persons who have been registered to vote in the affected territory for at least 12 months prior to submitting the proposal, to require that a petition be signed by at least 10 percent of registered voters in the affected territory, and to require a local government that acts to prohibit cannabis business operations in its territory to provide notification of the action to the cabinet; amends KRS 218B.140 to delete the requirement that the cabinet collaborate with the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, the Kentucky Board of Nursing, and the Kentucky Center for Cannabis to establish a definition of a daily supply, 10-day supply, and 30-day supply of medicinal cannabis and the amount of raw plant material that medicinal cannabis products are equivalent to, and to require that the cabinet develop a Medicinal Cannabis Advisory Pamphlet and an adverse drugs effects reporting system; amends KRS 218B.150 to establish that property and casualty insurance carriers shall not be required to reimburse a person for costs associated with the use of medicinal cannabis; and amends 2023 Ky. Acts ch. 146 (2023 SB 47), sec. 42, to establish a new effective date of July 1, 2024, for KRS 139.480, 218A.1421, 218A.1422, 218A.1423, 218B.015, 218B.030, 218B.090, 218B.095, 218B.100, 218B.105, 218B.110, 218B.115, 218B.120, 218B.125, and 218B.155; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
HB64 - AN ACT relating to menstrual discharge collection devices.
Kimberly Banta, Tina Bojanowski, Stephanie A. Dietz
Last updated 9 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "menstrual discharge collection devices"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of menstrual discharge collection devices; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HCR81 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Efficient and Effective School District Governance Task Force.
Ken Fleming, Jason Michael Nemes, Jared A. Bauman
Last updated 5 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Directs the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Efficient and Effective School District Governance Task Force; outlines task force duties; requires the task force to submit any recommendations and changes the task force may adopt by December 1, 2024; establishes membership; requires the task force to meet at least twice per month; and requires the Legislative Research Commission to provide needed staff and authorizes the commission to enter into contracts for consultants to assist the task force in its duties.
STATUS
Passed
HB509 - AN ACT relating to access to the records and meetings of public agencies.
John F. Hodgson, David W. Osborne, Jason Michael Nemes
Last updated 6 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS 61.870 to 61.884, the Open Records Act, to require a public agency to furnish an officer, employee, board member, or commission member an agency email account; define terms; allow the governing body of a public agency or its appointing authority to identify, in writing, the names of specific personnel that do not require the use of an agency-furnished email account; allow a public agency to issue an email address through a third-party provider if a public is incapable of issuing an agency-furnished email account; prohibit an employee or a member of a board, commission, or public agency from using an email account other than an agency-furnished or agency-designated email account; provide that an employee or member of a board, commission, or public agency who uses an email account other than an agency-furnished or agency-designated email account is subject to discipline or removal, as appropriate; amend KRS 61.870 to amend the definition of "public record"; amend KRS 61.848 to specify that any formal action taken by a public agency that does not comply with KRS 61.840, relating to conditions placed on public attendance at meetings, are voidable by a court of competent jurisdiction; make technical corrections; amend various other sections to conform.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Kentucky district HD-033
COMMITTEES
Kentucky House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Jason Michael Nemes is a Republican member of the Kentucky State House representing District 33. Nemes earned his bachelor's degree from Xavier University in 2007. He went on to receive his J.D. from the University of Kentucky College Of Law in 2010. Nemes is an attorney. He previously worked as Legislative Director & General Counsel for the Kentucky Speaker of the House. Nemes is a member of the Louisville, Kentucky and American Bar Associations.read less
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