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HB109 - AN ACT relating to swimming pools and declaring an emergency.
Kevin Jackson, Randall Bridges, Joshua Branscum
Last updated 6 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to define terms, to establish lifeguard requirements for Class A and Class B pools, to allow swimming coaches or instructors providing instruction to count as lifeguards, to allow Class A and Class B pools to submit an alternative lifeguard staffing plan, to require that all Class A and Class B pools be equipped with an emergency shut-off switch that is accessible to lifeguards and other pool staff, to exempt single-family residences not used in connection with a home occupation or business, and to require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate administrative regulations; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
HB275 - AN ACT relating to misconduct in schools and school-sponsored activities.
James A. Tipton, Jared A. Bauman, Danny R. Bentley
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to prohibit a public school district or public charter school from entering a nondisclosure agreement relating to misconduct involving a minor or student; amend KRS 160.380 to define "abusive conduct"; require school district applicants to disclose being the subject of any allegations or investigations in the previous 12 months and consent to a reference check; require school districts to conduct reference checks; require nonpublic and public school districts to disclose any allegations or investigations related to abusive conduct of applicants; revise indemnification language to grant immunity for disclosures made about school employee conduct; require school districts to request all related information from public and nonpublic schools and the Education Professional Standards Board and require the schools and EPSB to provide the records; require requests for information to be satisfied in 10 working days instead of 10 days; require all public school personnel to submit to a state criminal background check every five years; require all school district applicants to list all schools of previous and current employment on the application; require a school district to internally report and investigate to completion all allegations of abusive conduct; require all records relating to an allegation of abusive conduct to be retained in an employee's personnel file unless the allegation is proven false; amend KRS 156.160 to direct the Kentucky Board of Education to include employment standards in the voluntary certification standards for private schools; make technical corrections; amend KRS 160.151 to define "certified nonpublic school"; require employees of certified nonpublic schools to submit to a national and state criminal background check and a CA/N check; require certified nonpublic school personnel to have a state criminal background check every five years; prohibit a certified nonpublic school from hiring a violent or felony sex crime offender; require a certified nonpublic school to conduct reference checks on all applicants; prohibit a certified nonpublic school from entering into a nondisclosure agreement related to misconduct involving a minor or student; amend KRS 156.095 to require the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a training related to sexual misconduct for employees to undergo every five years; make technical corrections; amend KRS 161.151 to conform.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB33 - AN ACT relating to railroad operations.
Kevin D. Bratcher, Ryan Dotson, Alan Gentry
Last updated 9 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 277 to require a crew of at least two persons during the operation of a train; provide exceptions; amend KRS 277.990 to include penalties for crews of less than two persons.
STATUS
Introduced
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
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
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
HB613 - AN ACT relating to local government.
Kevin D. Bratcher, Randall Bridges
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 67.160 to use gender-neutral language.
STATUS
Introduced
HB116 - AN ACT relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
Nima Kulkarni, Kevin D. Bratcher, Alan Gentry
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish a PFAS Working Group to research the effect that exposure to PFAS has on health outcomes in the Commonwealth; create new sections of Subchapter 10 of KRS Chapter 224 to define the terms "consumer product," "intentionally added," "PFAS," "product component," and "wastewater treatment facility"'; establish a reporting requirement for manufacturers that intentionally include PFAS in products manufactured for sale or distribution in the Commonwealth; establish a reporting requirement for PFAS releases in the Commonwealth by manufacturers that intentionally include PFAS in manufactured products.
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
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
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Kentucky district HD-029
COMMITTEES
Kentucky House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Kevin Bratcher is a life long resident of Louisville. He was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 2006. Bratcher currently serves on several committees such as the Judiciary Committee and the Transportation Committee. He also serves as Vice Chair of the Elections, Constitutional Amendments and Intergovernmental Affairs Committee. Bratcher graduated from the University of Louisville with a bachelor's degree in political science. Prior to becoming a state legislator, he worked in real estate and transportation. Bratcher and his wife have one daughter.read less
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