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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
HB777 - AN ACT relating to government contracts and declaring an emergency.
Shawn McPherson, Kimberly Banta, Chad Aull
Last updated 6 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 45A.030 to expand the definition of "contract"; amend KRS 45A.035 to require promulgation of administrative regulations to establish policies regarding timely payments under contracts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to establish timely payment penalty and procedures; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB158 - AN ACT relating to dyslexia.
Tina Bojanowski, Lisa Willner, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 9 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 158.307 to require rather than allow local boards of education to develop policy on dyslexia; require rather than allow the policy to include listed items; amend KRS 164.304 to require postsecondary institutions offering teacher preparation programs to include instruction on dyslexia by the 2025-2026 school year, rather than the instruction being contingent on funding availability.
STATUS
Introduced
HB463 - AN ACT relating to the protection of children using social media.
Stephanie A. Dietz, Kimberly Banta, Josh Calloway
Last updated 7 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; specify what entities are subject to this Act; require digital service providers to register the age of the user; specify the duties of digital services providers relating to agreements with minors; require digital service providers to develop internal controls to prevent minors from being exposed to obscene matter, create parental monitoring tools, prevent advertising certain goods and services to minors, and provide information related to algorithms and content promotion; provide that digital service providers are not required to disclose trade secrets; provide exceptions for when a digital service provider may share a minor's personally identifying information; require digital service providers to develop a commercially reasonable method for verifying caregivers; require digital service providers to create a method for a minor's verified caregiver to gain access to a minor's personally identifying information; provide that the Department for Community Based Services has authority over the powers of a verified caregiver for minors in its custody; provide that a violation of the Act is a deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce; provide that a parent or guardian has a private right of action for violations.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB222 - AN ACT relating to tax incentives for first-time home buyers.
Killian Timoney, Kimberly Banta, Kevin D. Bratcher
Last updated 9 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
HB482 - AN ACT relating to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.
Stephanie A. Dietz, DJ Johnson, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 6 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 15.315 to add the chief of police of the Owensboro Police Department and the director of the Northern Kentucky Police and Sheriff's Training Center to the Kentucky Law Enforcement Council.
STATUS
Passed
HB308 - AN ACT relating to inheritance and estate taxes.
Matt Lockett, Steve Rawlings, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 140 to limit inheritance and estate taxes to deaths occurring before August 1, 2024; amend various sections of KRS Chapter 140 to include a sunset clause for taxes and deductions imposed within the chapter; repeal KRS 140.130 and 140.140, relating to levy and payment of estate tax.
STATUS
Introduced
HB212 - AN ACT relating to the mental health of first responders.
Billy Wesley, Kimberly Banta, Jared A. Bauman
Last updated 7 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 95A.292 to allow rescue squad members to participate in the Alan "Chip" Terry Professional Development and Wellness Program; and create a new section of KRS Chapter 39F to direct the Division of Emergency Management and the Kentucky Fire Commission to enter into an agreement to ensure that rescue squad members have access to the program.
STATUS
Engrossed
HCR111 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the School District Consolidation Task Force.
Killian Timoney, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish School District Consolidation Task Force; outline task force duties; require the task force to submit any recommendations and changes the task force may adopt by December 1, 2024; establish membership.
STATUS
Introduced
HB45 - AN ACT relating to privacy protection.
John F. Hodgson, John C. Blanton, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 7 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms related to automated license plate readers; establish limitations on use and sale of data captured by automated license plate readers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 183 to define terms and establish limitations on the use of an unmanned aircraft system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a cause of action for the unauthorized use of an unmanned aircraft system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a statute of limitations for an action filed for the unauthorized use of an unmanned aircraft system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define terms and establish limitations on "deep fakes"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a statute of limitations for an action filed for the unlawful dissemination of a deep fake; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define terms and establish limitations on the introduction of identification devices on or within the human body; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a statute of limitations for an action filed for introduction of an identification device; create a new section of KRS Chapter 519 to establish a criminal penalty for illegally disseminating a deep fake; amend KRS 508.152, relating to the unlawful use of tracking devices, to include the installation of a tracking device on the person or property of another without their consent and exempt parental tracking of minors from the prohibition.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Kentucky district HD-063
COMMITTEES
Kentucky House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Kimberly Banta is running as a Republican candidate for Indiana State Senate District 25. She was born on August 23, 1971 in Evansville, Indiana. Banta earned her Bachelor's degree in Education from Indiana State University in 1993. After college, Banta worked as a teacher and coach. She later served on the Warrick County School Board for 12 years. In 2010, Banta won election to the Indiana House of Representatives. She has servedDistrict 63 in the state legislature since 2011 focusing on education issues.read less
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