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SB75 - AN ACT relating to the control of vehicular traffic.
John Schickel, Steve West, Gary M. Boswell
Last updated 12 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 56.580 to prohibit closing portions of Capital Avenue in Frankfort; provide exceptions for emergency personnel.
STATUS
Introduced
SB103 - AN ACT relating to freestanding birthing centers.
Shelley Frommeyer, John Schickel, Julie Adams
Last updated 12 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to define "freestanding birthing center"; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to promulgate updated administrative regulations to establish licensure standards for freestanding birthing centers, including requiring accreditation by the Commission for the Accreditation of Birth Centers, compliance with the American Association of Birth Centers' Standards for Birth Centers, and consistent plans for transfer and safe transport to a hospital as needed, and to delineate medical malpractice insurance requirements for centers; exempt a center with no more than four beds from certificate-of-need requirements for establishing and licensing a freestanding birthing center; state intent not to limit or expand liability of a center or health care provider or facility; add requirement for medical malpractice insurance for freestanding birthing centers; prohibit abortions in freestanding birthing centers; amend KRS 216B.015 to include freestanding birthing centers in the definition of "health facility"; amend KRS 216B.020, 196.173, 211.122, 211.647, 211.660, 213.046, 214.155, 214.565, 214.567, 214.569, 216.2920, and 216.2970 to conform; provide that the Act may be cited as the Mary Carol Akers Birth Centers Act.
STATUS
Introduced
SB32 - AN ACT relating to driving under the influence of marijuana.
Johnnie L. Turner, Lindsey Tichenor
Last updated 12 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 189A.005 to define "marijuana concentration"; amend KRS 189A.010 to create a per se limit for a marijuana concentration measured by a blood test; create presumption that a person is not under the influence if the marijuana concentration is less than four; amend KRS 189A.050, 189A.070, 189A.090, 189A.240, and 189A.410 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
SB21 - AN ACT relating to taxation and declaring an emergency.
Matthew D. Deneen, Lindsey Tichenor
Last updated 12 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 132.810 to remove the requirement that totally disabled persons filing for the homestead exemption apply annually and only require a person to reapply if the disability status of the person changes; create a new section of KRS Chapter 140 to sunset inheritance and estate taxes; repeal KRS 140.130 and 140.140 to conform; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Introduced
SB7 - AN ACT relating to KEES scholarships for students attending noncertified schools.
Mike Wilson, Damon Thayer, Gary M. Boswell
Last updated 11 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 164.7874 to include an equivalent score on the Classic Learning Test as a KEES supplemental amount; define "eligible noncertified school graduate"; amend definitions of "KEES award," "KEES award maximum," and " KEES base amount" for an eligible noncertified school graduate; amend KRS 164.7879 to establish an equivalent grade point average for eligible noncertified school graduates based on the graduate's ACT score; amend KRS 164.7884 to conform.
STATUS
Engrossed
SR76 - A RESOLUTION paying homage to Mrs. Coretta Scott King, the architect of the King legacy, and lifelong human rights activist for social change and peace.
Shelley Frommeyer, Lindsey Tichenor
Last updated 11 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Adjourn paying homage to Mrs. Coretta Scott King, the architect of the King legacy, and lifelong human rights activist for social change and peace.
STATUS
Passed
SB10 - AN ACT proposing to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the election of state officers.
Christian McDaniel, Shelley Frommeyer, Rick Girdler
Last updated 11 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Propose to amend Section 95 of the Constitution of Kentucky to hold the election of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Treasurer, Auditor of Public Accounts, Attorney General, Secretary of State, and Commissioner of Agriculture, Labor and Statistics in even-numbered years, every four years, beginning after the November 2027 election; provide transitional calendar; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB77 - AN ACT relating to elections.
Adrienne E. Southworth, Lindsey Tichenor
Last updated 12 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 117.275 to establish that a voter tally be conducted; include additional requirements for the certification of election results; amend KRS 117.066 and 117.355 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
SB24 - AN ACT relating to Medicaid managed care.
Stephen L. Meredith, Danny Carroll, Donald Douglas
Last updated 11 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to limit the number of managed care organizations contracted by the Department for Medicaid Services to no more than three; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB6 - AN ACT relating to postsecondary institutions.
Mike Wilson, Gary M. Boswell, Donald Douglas
Last updated 10 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; provide that a student or employee of a public postsecondary education institution shall not be penalized, discriminated against, or receive any adverse treatment due to the individual's refusal to support or endorse any divisive concept; provide that a student or employee of a public postsecondary education institution shall not be required to endorse a specific ideology or political viewpoint to be eligible for hiring, contract renewal, tenure, promotion, or graduation and prohibit an institution from inquiring into the individual's political or social viewpoints; provide that any person aggrieved by a violation of this Act has a cause of action against the institution for damages and costs of no less than $1,000 and no more than $100,000 per violation; waive sovereign, governmental, and qualified immunity; require the job duties of any individual employed in a diversity, equity, and inclusion role to include the promotion of intellectual diversity; provide that nothing in the section shall be interpreted to infringe upon designated rights of an institution's ability to comply with state or federal law or accreditation standards; require each public postsecondary education institution to conduct a survey in 2025 and 2027 of the institution's students and employees to assess the campus climate with regard to diversity of thought and the respondents' comfort level in speaking freely on campus, regardless of political affiliation or ideology.
STATUS
Engrossed
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Senator from Kentucky district SD-006
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