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HB179 - AN ACT relating to insurance for loss of income and declaring an emergency.
Samara Rae Heavrin, Stephanie A. Dietz, Chad Aull
Last updated 9 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 304.3-110 to authorize life and health insurers to transact disability income and paid family leave insurance, and to make technical corrections; creates new sections of Subtitle 5 of KRS Chapter 304 to define “disability income insurance” and “paid family leave insurance” and to specify how each is to be classified and filed; amends KRS 304.9-030 to include paid family leave insurance in life and health lines of authority; establishes Subtitle 53 of KRS Chapter 304 and creates new sections thereof to regulate paid family leave insurance, to establish paid family leave insurance requirements, authorized scope of benefits, disclosure requirements, and authorized limitations, and to authorize the insurance commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations to enforce Subtitle 53 of KRS Chapter 304; creates short title; and amends KRS 304.17A-005, 304.18-010, and 304.36-030 to conform; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
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
HB194 - AN ACT relating to workplace violence against healthcare workers.
Kimberly Poore Moser, Stephanie A. Dietz, Danny R. Bentley
Last updated 9 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 508.025 to expand assault in the third degree to include causing or attempting to cause physical injury to a person employed by or under contract with a health clinic, doctor’s office, dental office, long-term care facility, hospital, or hospital-owned affiliate if the event occurs in or on the premises of a health clinic, doctor’s office, dental office, long-term care facility, hospital, or hospital-owned affiliate.
STATUS
Passed
HR35 - A RESOLUTION recognizing the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States of America and Ireland.
Killian Timoney, Patrick Flannery, Jim Gooch
Last updated 12 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Recognize the 100th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States of America and Ireland.
STATUS
Introduced
HB7 - AN ACT relating to autonomous vehicles.
Josh Bray, David Meade, Steve Bratcher
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Creates various sections of KRS Chapter 186 to establish a regulatory framework for the operation of fully autonomous vehicles on public highways, to define terms, to establish requirements for autonomous vehicles and automated driving systems, to provide that from the effective date of the Act until July 31, 2026, any fully autonomous vehicle for which the declared gross weight is more than 62,000 pounds shall be required to have an appropriately credentialed human driver in the vehicle to monitor the automated driving system and intervene if necessary, to require submission of a law enforcement interaction plan with the Transportation Cabinet and the Kentucky State Police, to identify required elements of the plan, to establish requirements for proof of insurance or self-insurance in the amount of $1 million for death or bodily injury and property damage for personal and commercial fully autonomous vehicles, to require titling and registration of fully autonomous vehicles, to establish the Transportation Cabinet as the sole agency responsible for administering statutes and regulations regarding fully autonomous vehicles, and to limit the regulatory authority of local governments in regard to the operation of fully autonomous vehicles; amends KRS 186.410 to establish that, when an automated driving system is installed and engaged on a motor vehicle, the owner of a fully autonomous vehicle shall be considered operator of the vehicle for the purpose of assessing compliance with traffic or motor vehicle laws, and that the automated driving system is considered to be licensed to operate the vehicle; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to exempt fully autonomous vehicles designed to be operated exclusively by an automated driving system from any vehicle equipment requirements of KRS 189.020 to KRS 189.205 that relate to vehicle operation by a human driver; amends KRS 189.635 to establish responsibility for the filing of accident reports and notification of law enforcement after accidents involving fully autonomous vehicles; amends KRS 281.010 to define terms relating to the operation of fully autonomous vehicles as motor carriers; amends KRS 281.630 to establish that any administrative regulations promulgated by the department that apply only to a human driver shall not apply to a fully autonomous vehicle; amends KRS 281.655 to establish minimum insurance requirements for fully autonomous vehicles operating under a certificate issued under KRS Chapter 281 in the amount of $1 million for death or bodily injury and property; and amends KRS 281.764, effective August 1, 2026, to require only the lead vehicle in a truck platoon to have a human driver behind the wheel; EFFECTIVE, in part, August 1, 2026.
STATUS
Passed
HB325 - AN ACT relating to a name change for a minor.
Killian Timoney, Chad Aull, Alan Gentry
Last updated 11 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 401.020 to require a court to conduct a hearing and consider the best interests of a child when one parent refuses or is unable to execute a petition for a name change for a minor child.
STATUS
Introduced
HB108 - AN ACT relating to English language learners.
Kevin Jackson, Tina Bojanowski, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 12 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 158.6455 to create a tiered implementation of English language learners into the accountability system.
STATUS
Introduced
HB222 - AN ACT relating to tax incentives for first-time home buyers.
Killian Timoney, Kimberly Banta, Kevin D. Bratcher
Last updated 12 months ago
19 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section in KRS Chapter 141 to define terms; establish a tax deduction for contributions made to an eligible savings account by a first-time home buyer and allow an exclusion from income for any interest earned from an eligible savings account of a first-time home buyer effective for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, but before January 1, 2035; require the Department of Revenue to report to the Legislative Research Commission and the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue; amend KRS 141.019 and 131.190 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
HB248 - AN ACT relating to reinstatement of police and fire department employees.
Killian Timoney, Ruth Ann Palumbo, Chad Aull
Last updated 9 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 95.440 to remove the requirement that a person shall be eligible for reinstatement to a police or fire department only within one year following separation from employment.
STATUS
Passed
HR45 - A RESOLUTION expressing support for the State of Israel and the Israeli people and condemning the violent events on October 7, 2023.
Daniel Grossberg, Chad Aull, Shane Baker
Last updated 11 months ago
81 Co-Sponsors
Affirm Kentucky's support for the State of Israel and the Israeli people and condemn the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas.
STATUS
Passed
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