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SB82 - AN ACT relating to elections.
Adrienne E. Southworth, Lindsey Tichenor
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 117.125 to include additional requirements for voting systems; amend KRS 117.175 to include additional instructions for voter instruction cards; amend KRS 117.383 to require the State Board of Elections to include a voter notification program to notify a voter of the effect of casting multiple votes for a single office on a paper ballot; amend KRS 67C.103, 117.155, and 117.205 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
SB80 - AN ACT relating to elections.
Adrienne E. Southworth, Lindsey Tichenor, Mike Wilson
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 117.001 to remove from the definition of "proof of identification" a student or employee identification document used to confirm a voter's identity; and amend KRS 117.228 to remove a credit or debit card as a secondary form of identification to confirm a voter's identity.
STATUS
Introduced
SR97 - A RESOLUTION recognizing January 27, 2024, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
Adrienne E. Southworth, Lindsey Tichenor, Shelley Frommeyer
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Recognize January 27, 2024, as International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
STATUS
Introduced
SR73 - A RESOLUTION recognizing Leland "Lee" Smith of the Kentucky State Police Facilities Security Division on the occasion of his retirement.
Donald Douglas, Stephen L. Meredith, Jared K. Carpenter
Last updated 8 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Recognize Leland "Lee" Smith of the Kentucky State Police Facilities Security Division on the occaision of his retirement.
STATUS
Passed
SB91 - AN ACT providing funding and establishing conditions for state government agencies and institutions, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Jimmy Higdon, Matthew D. Deneen, Greg Elkins
Last updated 5 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Delete original provisions; amend enacted 2024 RS HB 1, HB 6, and HB 265 to provide additional appropriations and provisions for various programs and projects; make stand-alone supplemental appropriations; establish various conditions for supplemental appropriations; amend KRS 45A.100 to increase the threshold for small purchases by the Finance and Administration Cabinet, state institutions of higher education, and the legislative branch of government; amend KRS 45A.190 to increase the performance bond threshold for certain construction contracts to conform; amend KRS 56.491 to increase the threshold for approval required for certain capital construction projects; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
SB19 - AN ACT relating to a motor vehicle usage tax for active duty service members.
Matthew D. Deneen, Lindsey Tichenor
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 138.460 to provide a tax credit to active duty members of the Armed Forces for taxes paid to another state which are substantially identical to the taxes paid in this state, whether or not the other state grants a similar credit.
STATUS
Introduced
SB93 - AN ACT relating to education.
Stephen L. Meredith, Gary M. Boswell, Donald Douglas
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 161.164 to prohibit that a local school district or public charter school from requiring a statement, pledge, or oath, other than to uphold general and federal law, the United States Constitution, and the Constitution of Kentucky, as a part of any recruitment, hiring, employment, promotion, disciplinary, or evaluation process; create a new section of KRS Chapter 160 to define terms; prohibit public school districts and schools from expending any resources or funds to purchase membership in, or goods and services from, any organization that discriminates on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or religion; to prohibit public school districts and schools from expending any resources or funds on diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging or political or social activism; prohibit public school districts from engaging in diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging; provide a limited exception for compliance with state or federal law; amend KRS 158.4416 to strike all references to trauma-informed approach; amend KRS 158.4414 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
SB61 - AN ACT relating to elections.
John Schickel, Gary M. Boswell, Michael Nemes
Last updated 9 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 117.076 to eliminate no-excuse in-person absentee voting; provide that excused in-person absentee voting shall be conducted during normal business hours for at least 13 working days before an election; amend KRS 117.085 and 117.086 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
SB37 - AN ACT relating to open records.
Adrienne E. Southworth, Lindsey Tichenor
Last updated 9 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS 61.870 to 61.884, the Open Records Act, to require officers, employees, and official custodians of public agencies to complete specified open records training; require official custodians to complete open records training every two years so long as they remain the official custodian; require the Attorney General to provide open records training to officers, employees, and official custodians of public agencies, but allow public agencies to provide their own training if the training would qualify as open records training and is approved by the Attorney General; require the training to be in a live format, but permit training to be performed remotely; amend KRS 61.870 to define "open records training"; amend KRS 61.876 to require every public agency to submit to the Attorney General contact information for its official custodian; require the Attorney General to maintain a database and publish on its website the contact information of each official custodian; amend KRS 15.257 to require the Attorney General to distribute information regarding any amendment to the Open Meetings or Open Records Acts to all official; require official custodians to disseminate the information provided by the Attorney General to employees of their respective agencies; amend KRS 61.872 to conform; make technical corrections.
STATUS
Introduced
SR77 - A RESOLUTION expressing support for the State of Israel and the Israeli people and condemning the violent events on October 7, 2023.
Lindsey Tichenor, Gary M. Boswell, Danny Carroll
Last updated 8 months ago
22 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
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Kentucky district SD-006
COMMITTEES
Kentucky Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Lindsey Tichenor is from Iowa. She earned her B.A. in Political Science and History from the University of Northern Iowa in 2012. After graduation, Lindsey joined Teach for America and taught middle school social studies in the Rio Grande Valley. In 2017, Lindsey returned home to Iowa to take a job with the University of Northern Iowa's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Education. Lindsey lives in Waterloo with her husband Zach, daughter Harper, and dogs Millie & Walter. In her free time, Lindsey enjoys reading, traveling, watching documentaries, and spending time with family.read less
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