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HB450 - AN ACT relating to the protection of minors.
Nicolas Wilson, Josh Calloway, Shane Baker
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; prohibit social media companies from allowing minors to create accounts without parental consent; provide means for establishing age and providing parental consent; prohibit retention of personal information obtained through consent process; require social media companies to provide parents with means for account supervision; authorize the Attorney General to enforce through administrative and judicial action; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a private civil cause of action for creation of minor social media account without consent or retention of personal information obtained through consent process.
STATUS
Introduced
HB53 - AN ACT relating to elections and making an appropriation therefor.
John F. Hodgson, Adam Bowling, Steve Bratcher
Last updated 6 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 117.001 to remove the definition of “risk-limiting audit” and to remove language from the defined term of “voting machine” or “machine” regarding a direct recording electronic voting machine; amends KRS 117.383 to require that the Secretary of State or his or her designee randomly select at least one ballot scanner and one race tabulated on that scanner for a hand-to-eye recount, to require that the hand-to-eye recount be performed by each county board of elections or its designee, and to establish the process for the hand-to-eye recount; appropriates to the State Board of Elections $1.2 million in fiscal year 2024-2025 and $1.2 million in fiscal year 2025-2026 to reimburse each county clerk up to $5,000 for actual expenses incurred for each election in which the clerk conducts a hand-to-eye recount; and amends 117.295 to conform; APPROPRIATION.
STATUS
Passed
HB44 - AN ACT relating to elections.
John F. Hodgson, Emily Callaway, Josh Calloway
Last updated 5 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 30A.145 to require that the Administrative Office of the Courts prepare, on the first Tuesday of each month, a list of all persons who were excused from jury duty for not being a United States citizen; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 116 to require the Secretary of State, in cooperation with the State Board of Elections, to issue a comprehensive status report regarding voter registration records cleanup and maintenance on or before July 1 of each year, to establish information to be included in the report, to require that the report be issued to the Legislative Research Commission and made available to the public on the Secretary of State’s and board’s official websites, to require that persons be contacted about their voter registrations only by mail, and to provide that anomalies and discrepancies may be reported via a publicly available web link; amends KRS 116.113 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services provide a lifetime copy of the Kentucky death records to the board on or before July 1 each year, and to require that the board remove from voter registration records the name of a person who has been excused from jury duty for not being a United States citizen; amends KRS 116.0452 to conform; and creates a new section of KRS Chapter 117 to prohibit a ranked-choice voting method.
STATUS
Passed
HB49 - AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of medical professionals and declaring an emergency.
Steve Rawlings, Shane Baker, Josh Calloway
Last updated 9 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to ensure federal law relating to emergency medical treatment and the collection of evidence is not overridden; define terms; prohibit discrimination against medical care providers who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant providers the right not to participate in or pay for services that violate their conscience; exempt providers from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit the State Board of Medical Licensure from reprimanding medical practitioners and require the board to provide complaints it has received to medical practitioners; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations; provide that the Act may be cited as the Healthcare Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Introduced
HCR60 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Support Education Excellence in Kentucky (SEEK) Task Force.
Timothy Truett, Scott Lewis, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 8 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
HB315 - AN ACT relating to vegetation around railroad crossings and declaring an emergency.
Nancy J. Tate, Kimberly Banta, Danny R. Bentley
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require railroad companies to destroy or remove obstructive vegetation upon and within the geographical bounds of its right-of-way at each intersection with a public road or highway; require the Transportation Cabinet to destroy or remove obstructive vegetation when a railroad company fails to do so; require the railroad company to reimburse the Transportation Cabinet for costs of the removal; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Introduced
HB821 - AN ACT relating to the selection and oversight of Article V convention commissioners.
Jennifer Henson Decker, Matt Lockett, Bobby Wayne McCool
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 6 providing for the selection and oversight of Article V commissioners if an Article V Convention is called and the Commonwealth is a participant; define terms; require the General Assembly to pass a resolution naming five commissioners to represent the Commonwealth in the convention; include in the resolution the commission, limitations, and allow the General Assembly to provide additional instructions; direct requirements for the commissioners; require the commissioners to execute an oath and the oath be filed with the Secretary of State; provide that a commissioner may be recalled or removed at any time for any reason by a joint resolution of the General Assembly, or if the General Assembly is not in session, recalled or suspended by the advisory committee; provide that a commissioner vacancy shall be filled by the advisory committee's selection of an interim commissioner until such time as a vote by the General Assembly shall select a permanent replacement; provide for commissioner allowances, compensation, and gift limitations; provide the duties and responsibilities of the delegation; provide quorum requirements and votes required for a decision of the delegation; establish an advisory committee; provide for membership and administration of the advisory committee; permit a commissioner to consult with the advisory committee the impact of prospective actions; require the advisory committee to respond to requests for advice by a commissioner; require the advisory committee to notify the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate if it has reason to believe that a commissioner has exceeded the scope of his or her authority; require the advisory committee to notify the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President of the Senate, if it recalls or suspends a commissioner.
STATUS
Introduced
HB357 - AN ACT relating to firearms.
Derek Lewis, Michael Lee Meredith, Adam Bowling
Last updated 6 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Creates new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to prohibit certain entities from requiring, incentivizing, or assigning a merchant category code that distinguishes a firearms retailer from other retailers, to prohibit keeping or causing to be kept any list, record, or registry of private firearm ownership, to require that the Attorney General enforce provisions, and provide that the Act may be cited as the Second Amendment Privacy Act.
STATUS
Passed
HB820 - AN ACT relating to reporting fines and fees.
Jennifer Henson Decker, Stephanie A. Dietz, Kimberly Poore Moser
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 27A to define terms; require the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) to develop and maintain a statewide database and searchable public website that contains information on state and local fines and fees assessed in criminal cases and civil enforcement actions; require governmental entities to submit an annual report to the AOC on fines and fees assessed; require the director of the AOC to publish an annual report and submit the report to the Legislative Research Commission, Attorney General, and Governor by November 30 of each year; provide penalties for a governmental entity that does not submit the information required to the AOC; allow the Auditor of Public Accounts to perform a financial audit of records related to revenue assessed and collected through fines and fees and require a copy of the audit report to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission, Attorney General, Governor, and director of AOC; provide that data and reports compiled under the Act are subject to public inspection under the Kentucky Open Records Act; provide that the Act may be cited as the Fines and Fees Reporting Act; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2026.
STATUS
Introduced
HB304 - AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.
Shane Baker, James A. Tipton, Josh Calloway
Last updated 8 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 158.191 to ensure parental rights and involvement by requiring notification within two business days of specific events; require a district to adopt procedures that both encourage students to speak with parents and require facilitation of the discussion with parents; forbid a district or school from adopting policies that keep any student information confidential from parents or refuse information requested by a parent with specific exceptions; forbid a district from requiring school personnel or students to use nonconforming pronouns for any individual instead of just students, establish the type of mental health services that the section does not prohibit a district from seeking for students; amend KRS 158.1415 to prohibit a child in any grade level from receiving instruction on a specific topic a parent has provided written notice to the school asserting an objection due to religious or moral beliefs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish a cause of action for violations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit a disciplinary action or adverse employment action for an employee informing a parent of specific information about a student or declining to use a pronoun or title inconsistent with the individual's biological sex; amend KRS 158.193 to establish that a school employee may participate in voluntary, student-initiated, student-led prayer when invited to do so; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Kentucky district HD-058
COMMITTEES
Kentucky House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Jennifer Henson Decker is from South Dakota. She earned her BS in Nursing from South Dakota State University in 1993. She currently works as a Registered Nurse. Ms. Decker served on the Canton School Board from 2005 to 2012. She is active in community organizations including Relay for Life and the American Legion. In 2014, she was elected to the South Dakota House of Representatives to represent District 10.read less
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