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SB181 - AN ACT relating to sexual extortion.
Julie Adams, Lindsey Tichenor
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 531 to establish the crime of sexual extortion as a felony; provide for enhancements to penalties; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a civil cause of action for sexual extortion; amend KRS 17.500 to include sexual extortion in the definition of "sex crime"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require superintendents of local school districts to notify students in grades 4 and above and parents and guardians of all students of the crime of sexual extortion; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to require local school boards to display posters in schools with the definition of sexual extortion and contact information for entities offering assistance to victims; amend KRS 164.2518 to require postsecondary institutions to display posters with the definition of sexual extortion and contact information for entities offering assistance to victims in residence halls, classroom buildings, and student centers.
STATUS
Introduced
SB156 - AN ACT relating to poultry sales.
Adrienne E. Southworth, Lindsey Tichenor
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 217.125 to exempt poultry producers that slaughter and process less than 20,000 birds per year from permit and processing requirements.
STATUS
Introduced
SB133 - AN ACT relating to the emergency powers of the Governor.
Adrienne E. Southworth, Lindsey Tichenor
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 39A.010 to remove potential, threatened, or impending occurrences from enumerated emergency management system items; amend KRS 39A.020 to define "executive action" to include all orders and guidelines, including industry-specific or agency specific guidelines related to a declared emergency; amend KRS 39A.030 to remove hazards from list of enumerated items that the emergency management program is responsible; amend KRS 39A.050 to limit the powers of the Division of Emergency Management; amend KRS Chapter 39A.070 to prohibit the director of the Division of Emergency Management from promulgating administrative regulations or from issuing orders and directives, but allow the director to issues standards, rules, procedures, guidance, or recommended practices; allow the director to request increased readiness activities, implementation of local emergency operations plans, or the mobilization or deployment of trained forces of state or local government; allow the director to make recommendations to the Governor and the General Assembly; amend KRS 39A.090 to limit the effect of any promulgated administrative regulation issued by the Governor related to an emergency or disaster that restricts in-person meeting or imposes mandatory quarantine or isolation requirements to 30 days; amend KRS 39A.100 to remove certain emergency powers from the Governor; repeal KRS 39A.190 and 118.027.
STATUS
Introduced
SB137 - AN ACT relating to certificate of need.
Jay Williams, Lindsey Tichenor
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216B to require that when a certificate of need for a health service or health facility is considered orphaned the need for the health service or health facility shall be presumed, an application by a new entity must be granted a nonsubstantive review, and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services may not receive consideration of opposition from any previous entity that had been granted a certificate of need.
STATUS
Introduced
SR218 - A RESOLUTION opposing the United States' participation in the World Health Organization Pandemic Agreement.
Lindsey Tichenor, Shelley Frommeyer, Robert M. Mills
Last updated 6 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Oppose the United States' participation in the World Health Organization's Pandemic Agreement.
STATUS
Passed
SB295 - AN ACT relating to vaccines.
Lindsey Tichenor, Steve West, Gary M. Boswell
Last updated 6 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 214 to prohibit a requirement for any individual to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, modified ribonucleic acid (modRNA) vaccine, or messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine for the purposes of student enrollment, employment, or medical treatment in the Commonwealth.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB315 - AN ACT relating to terrorist activity and declaring an emergency.
Lindsey Tichenor
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to direct school districts and public schools to act to protect Jewish students from credible threats of violence or violence motivated by antisemitism; prohibit a school district, public school, or student organization from providing material support or resources to a designated terrorist organization; provide that if a school determines that an affiliated student organization has provided material support or resources, the school district shall notify law enforcement and defund and disband the student organization; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to direct public postsecondary education institutions to act to protect Jewish students from credible threats of violence or violence motivated by antisemitism; provide that an institution or a student or faculty organization registered or affiliated with the institution shall not provide material support or resources to a designated terrorist organization; provide that if an institution determines that an affiliated student or faculty organization has provided material support or resources, the school district shall notify law enforcement, defund the student or faculty organization, and terminate the student or faculty organization's registration or affiliation with the institution; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to provide that when there is an allegation that unlawful conduct is targeting an individual or group based on any actual or perceived connection to any aspect of Jewish identity, the relevant authorities shall also consider whether the alleged unlawful discriminatory conduct or practice was motivated by antisemitic intent; create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to provide that any foreign alien who endorses or espouses terrorist activity in violation of the Immigration and Nationality Act shall be subject to immediate arrest and deportation, EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Introduced
SB305 - AN ACT relating to certificate of need.
Jay Williams, John Schickel, Shelley Frommeyer
Last updated 7 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 216B.020 to add various health facilities and services to the list of health facilities and services that are exempt from certificate of need requirements; amend KRS 216B.065 to exempt various health facilities and services from acquisition of facilities or major medical equipment notification and certificate of need requirements; amend KRS 216.380 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
SCR189 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Foster Care and Adoption Efficiency Task Force.
David Yates, Denise Harper Angel, Casey Chambers Armstrong
Last updated 7 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Establish the Foster Care and Adoption Efficiency Task Force to examine the foster care system, evaluate timeframes and guidelines once a child comes into state custody, review barriers to foster care homes, and review funding to foster care placements; establish task force membership; require the task force to submit any findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
SB314 - AN ACT relating to state sovereignty.
Lindsey Tichenor, Shelley Frommeyer
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 61 to prohibit any rule, regulation, tax, fee, or any other mandate issued by the World Health Organization, United Nations, World Economic Forum, or any other international organization from having jurisdiction within Kentucky, or any of its political subdivisions or municipalities.
STATUS
Introduced
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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