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HB326 - AN ACT relating to public contracts.
John C. Blanton, Chad Aull, Danny R. Bentley
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapters 45A, 56, and 65 to require that state and local contracts contain a provision that any iron, steel, aluminum, or manufactured goods used in all state and local projects be manufactured in the United States unless a waiver is granted; amend KRS Chapters 45A.343, 45A.352, 65.027, 162.070, 164A.575, 176.070, 176.080, and 424.260 to conform; provide that Section 1 to 3 may be cited as the Kentucky Buy American Act.
STATUS
Introduced
HB445 - AN ACT relating to the retirement of fossil fuel-fired electric generating units.
Tom Odell Smith, Danny R. Bentley, John C. Blanton
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 278.264 to prohibit the Public Service Commission from approving the retirement of a fossil fuel-fired electric generating unit unless the commission finds that the utility has no undepreciated investment in the unit and that the costs to operate the unit are greater than the revenue that it generates.
STATUS
Introduced
HCR68 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the establishment of the Kentucky Housing Task Force.
Randall Bridges, Jason Michael Nemes, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 6 months ago
47 Co-Sponsors
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Housing Task Force to study, review, and provide policy recommendations on how to address the housing shortage in the Commonwealth; require the task force to meet at least monthly during the 2024 Interim; outline task force membership; require the task force to submit its findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB694 - AN ACT relating to one-time payments to school district employees and making an appropriation therefor.
Chris Fugate, Scott Lewis, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 7 months ago
53 Co-Sponsors
Direct local school districts to provide a one-time payment of $2,000 to certified employees, excluding superintendents, in each year of the 2024-2026 biennium, and a one-time payment of $1,000 to classified employees in each year of the 2024-2026 biennium; appropriate $153 million from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund in each year of the 2024-2026 biennium to the Department of Education to provide the payments; APPROPRIATION.
STATUS
Introduced
HJR121 - A JOINT RESOLUTION declaring the Commonwealth of Kentucky a sanctuary state from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's overreaching regulatory actions on fossil fuel-fired power plants.
Jim Gooch, D. Wade Williams, John C. Blanton
Last updated 7 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Declare that the Commonwealth of Kentucky is a sanctuary state from the United States Environmental Protection Agency's overreaching regulatory actions on fossil fuel-fired power plants; provide that air quality standards for permits for fossil fuel-fired power plants are not subject to federal regulation; provide that the Energy and Environment Cabinet holds sole jurisdiction for environmental regulation; prohibit state agencies from collecting fines or penalties for any violations of federal requirements as they apply to fossil fuel-fired power plants.
STATUS
Introduced
HB524 - AN ACT relating to the establishment of a grant program to promote investments in Kentucky businesses, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
John C. Blanton, Tom Odell Smith
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of Subchapter 20 of KRS Chapter 154 to establish the Kentucky Rural Jobs Act of 2024; allow the Cabinet for Economic Development to begin accepting applications from entities seeking approval as a growth fund; allow no more than $50 million of grants to be awarded as state matching capital for investments in growth businesses; establish the rural jobs development fund; appropriate $50 million in fiscal year 2024-2025 to the Rural Jobs Development Fund; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Rural Jobs Act of 2024; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Introduced
HB523 - AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.
John C. Blanton, Tom Odell Smith
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 341.350 to change the number of verifiable work search activities from five to two and the number of applications for employment or interviewing for employment from three to one.
STATUS
Introduced
HB551 - AN ACT relating to cold cases.
Keturah Herron, John C. Blanton, Lisa Willner
Last updated 6 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to allow law enforcement agencies to contract with retired peace officers to assist with homicide cold cases.
STATUS
Passed
HB490 - AN ACT relating to pharmaceutical drug price discrimination.
D. Wade Williams, Danny R. Bentley, John C. Blanton
Last updated 8 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 315 to define terms, prohibit discrimination against 340B covered entities by pharmaceutical manufacturers, and authorize the Attorney General to investigation violations.
STATUS
Introduced
HB592 - AN ACT relating to motor vehicle dealers.
Tom Odell Smith, John C. Blanton
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 190.046 to establish that the compensation of a dealer for vehicles with a federal classification of seven or higher by a manufacturer, component manufacturer, or distributor shall not be less than the amount charged to retail customers for nonwarranty work or the dealer acquisition cost of parts or service.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Kentucky district HD-092
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Kentucky House
BIRTH
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John C. Blanton is a Republican member of the Mississippi State Senate, representing District 17. Blanton was first elected to the chamber in 2011. He currently serves as Chairman of the Appropriations Committee. Blanton's professional experience includes working as a real estate broker. He earned his B.S. from the University of Southern Mississippi. Blanton and his wife, LouAnne, have two children.read less
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