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HB331 - AN ACT relating to firearms.
Lisa Willner, Keturah Herron, Chad Aull
Last updated 8 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; allow law enforcement officers to petition a court to issue an extreme risk protection order when a respondent poses a present danger of causing serious physical injury to themselves or others through purchasing, possessing, or receiving a firearm; establish procedures for the filing, review, hearing, termination, or renewal of the petition and orders; provide court processes and evidentiary standards; allow entry of the orders into law enforcement systems; prescribe issuance and service procedures for resulting protection orders; establish procedures for the surrender, storage, transfer, and return of firearms; establish penalties; create new sections of KRS Chapter 16 to direct the Kentucky State Police to establish the Kentucky Voluntary Do Not Sell Firearms List to prohibit the possession, sale, or transfer of firearms to individuals who voluntarily request to be added the list; prescribe procedures for application for entry and removal from the list; establish penalties; amend KRS 16.220 to direct proceeds of an auctioned firearm confiscated pursuant to a protective order to go to the firearm owner; amend KRS 237.110 to exclude persons subject to an extreme risk protection order from eligibility for a license to carry a concealed weapon; amend KRS 431.015 to allow warrantless arrest for violation of an extreme risk protection order; amend 431.076 to allow expungement of records of dismissed petitions.
STATUS
Introduced
HB420 - AN ACT relating to the regulation of cannabis and making an appropriation therefor.
Rachel Roberts, Keturah Herron, Chad Aull
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Establish KRS Chapter 245, relating to adult use cannabis, to administer its cultivation, processing, transportation, sale, use, taxation, and licensing; define terms; establish the Adult Use Cannabis Control Board and its membership, procedures, powers, and duties; direct the board to promulgate administrative regulations for the administration and enforcement of the chapter; set up advisory committees appointed by the board; create the Department of Cannabis Control within the Public Protection Cabinet for the oversight of cannabis operations and to provide administrative support for the board; establish various one-year business licenses under the chapter; grant administrative hearings under KRS Chapter 13B to appeal a license denial or revocation; forbid an employer from discriminating against applicants or employees who use cannabis outside of working hours as long as the use does not affect job performance; prohibit a person under the age of 21 from purchasing, possessing, consuming, or using cannabis; establish a revolving account called the cannabis fund to collect cannabis licensing fees, fines, excise taxes, and any other funds; form the Social Impact Council as a public agency authorized to distribute moneys from the cannabis fund; set council membership, procedures, powers, and duties; amend KRS 2.015 to require a person to be 21 years of age or older to purchase cannabis and its products and accessories; create a new section of KRS Chapter 65 to authorize local governments to levy up to a 5% license fee on the gross receipts of a retailer or microbusiness; allow overlapping local governments to agree to levy a combined license fee, with set fee amounts absent an agreement; create new sections of KRS Chapter 138 to define terms; impose an initial excise tax rate of 9% on the first sale or transfer of harvested cannabis; allow the Adult Use Cannabis Control Board to set the excise tax rate in each subsequent year; establish excise tax reporting, collection, and liability; amend KRS 138.870 and 260.850 to exclude adult use cannabis from the definitions of "controlled substance," "marijuana," "hemp," and "hemp products"; create new sections of KRS Chapter 218A and amend KRS 218A.010, 218A.1421, 218A.1422, 218A.1423, and 218A.500 to exempt licensed adult use cannabis activities from criminal marijuana offenses; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow a person to petition the court to expunge the person's misdemeanor marijuana convictions; amend KRS 431.079 to exclude the expungement petition from the certification of eligibility requirement; amend KRS 131.1815 to notify the Adult Use Cannabis Control Board if a cannabis licensee is a delinquent taxpayer; amend KRS 600.020 to include cannabis offenses in the list of juvenile status offenses; amend KRS 12.020 to add the governmental entities created in KRS Chapter 245 to the list of executive branch government bodies; set initial terms for members of the Adult Use Cannabis Control Board and Social Impact Council; apply the excise tax beginning on July 1, 2025, and allow cannabis sales beginning on July 1, 2026; Section 35 of Act, relating to expungement, is RETROACTIVE; APPROPRIATION.
STATUS
Introduced
HB180 - AN ACT relating to public utilities.
Lisa Willner, Jason Michael Nemes, Kevin D. Bratcher
Last updated 9 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to create winter and summer temperature standards for disconnection of service by retail electric and gas utilities; allow resumption of disconnection only after a 72-hour period during which the temperature standard is exceeded; establish a certificate of need for persons who are at risk if utility service is disconnected that can be provided by a physician, physician assistant, community-based service organization, or faith-based service organization; prohibit disconnection of service on holidays and weekends and before 8 a.m. and after 5 p.m. on weekdays; allow for reconnection of service for partial payment with a payment plan; require waiver of termination fees, reconnection fees, and late fees for customers having obtained a certificate of need; require utility to make reasonable effort towards reestablishing service for a customer terminated after having obtained a certificate of need but no more than 24 hours after repayment is commenced; require separate, written notice 14 days prior to a disconnection to residential household; require that notice be distinguishable from the regular billing notices; establish font size and typeset for material to be printed on the notice; require a hardship reconnection order for persons at risk who have had service terminated by the utility after meeting specific repayment requirements; require the Public Service Commission to issue an order setting forth any applicable rules and procedures.
STATUS
Introduced
HB355 - AN ACT relating to occupational safety and health.
Alan Gentry, Tina Bojanowski, Adrielle Camuel
Last updated 8 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Repeal KRS 338.062, relating to occupational safety and health standards.
STATUS
Introduced
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
HB181 - AN ACT relating to termination of residential leases.
Lisa Willner, George A. Brown, Beverly Chester-Burton
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 383 to permit a tenant to terminate a lease or rental agreement if he or she is seeking relocation due to a recent mental or physical health emergency; require the tenant to pay any rent due prorated to the effective date of termination; relieve the tenant from liability for any other rent or fees resulting from the termination.
STATUS
Introduced
HB391 - AN ACT relating to civil rights.
Keturah Herron, Lisa Willner, Chad Aull
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Repeal and reenact KRS 344.010 to define various terms; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.100 and 344.110 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 342.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation and advertisements therefor, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, 344.370, 344.380, and 344.680, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain housing, real estate, and other financial transactions, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.367, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain insurance sales, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.400, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain credit transactions, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; make various technical amendments; amend KRS 18A.095 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
HB460 - AN ACT relating to the prevention of physical harm.
Ken Fleming, Lisa Willner, Chad Aull
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to define terms; establish requirements for individuals in crisis to voluntarily request inclusion on a list that prohibits the purchase or possession of firearms for specified periods and to voluntarily commit their firearms to law enforcement for safe storage or permanent surrender; provide processes for individuals to be removed from the list upon request and to have a surrendered firearm returned; establish confidentiality requirements and the exclusion of list and surrender records from the Open Records Act; establish protocols for law enforcement agencies to accept, manage, and maintain the required documentation and the safe storage of firearms; establish penalties for noncompliance; establish liability protections for good-faith conduct associated with requirements; require the Department of Kentucky State Police to annually report statistical data to the Legislative Research Commission; direct the Justice and Public Safety Cabinet and the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to seek grant funding to provide a statewide public education and awareness campaign on the voluntary list and firearm surrender programs.
STATUS
Introduced
HCR68 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the establishment of the Kentucky Housing Task Force.
Randall Bridges, Jason Michael Nemes, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 6 months ago
47 Co-Sponsors
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Kentucky Housing Task Force to study, review, and provide policy recommendations on how to address the housing shortage in the Commonwealth; require the task force to meet at least monthly during the 2024 Interim; outline task force membership; require the task force to submit its findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Engrossed
HR37 - A RESOLUTION urging the United States Congress to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the government pension offset and the windfall elimination provision.
William Lee Lawrence, Timothy Truett, Ryan Dotson
Last updated 9 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Urge the United States Congress to amend Title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the government pension offset and the windfall elimination provision.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Kentucky district HD-035
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Kentucky House
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Unfortunately I am not able to access the full text of the biography from the link provided. However, here is a brief summary: Lisa Willner is a Democratic member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing District 35. She was first elected in 2018. Willner has focused on issues such as public education, health care access, LGBTQ rights, and criminal justice reform. She is an advocate for increasing teacher pay and school funding. Prior to serving in the legislature, Willner worked as a public school teacher and administrator. She also served on the Jefferson County Board of Education. Willner earned a bachelor's degree in English and holds a master's degree in education. She lives in Louisville with her wife and two daughters. I aimed to provide a concise summary of the key details in just under 500 characters. Let me know if you need any clarification or have additional requests!read less
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