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HCR79 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION relating to the establishment of a Workforce Innovation Task Force to complete a study of current education and workforce development programs and provide recommendations on how to provide effective workforce development programs to facilitate the training and employment of historically untapped workforce populations in the Commonwealth.
Nima Kulkarni, Matthew R. Koch
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Workforce Innovation Task Force to conduct a review of current education and workforce development programs and provide recommendations on how to provide effective workforce development to facilitate the training and employment of historically untapped workforce populations in the Commonwealth; require the task force to meet at least three times before the submission of its findings and recommendations; require the task force to submit its findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024; provide that the Legislative Research Commission has authority to alternatively assign the issues identified by the recommendations to the appropriate committee or subcommittee.
STATUS
Introduced
HB553 - AN ACT relating to the Kentucky rural veterinary student loan repayment program and making an appropriation therefor.
Matthew R. Koch, Chad Aull, Steve Bratcher
Last updated 6 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Establishes the Kentucky Rural Veterinary Medicine Student Loan Repayment Program for an eligible livestock practitioner who engages in veterinary medicine in an underserved rural area or veterinary shortage area for five consecutive years; allows a livestock practitioner in an underserved rural area to practice mixed animal medicine with a minimum of 30 percent work dedicated to livestock; defines “underserved rural area” as a city having a population of less than 25,000 and lying more than 20 miles from a city having a population of more than 50,000; authorizes the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to promulgate administrative regulations; sets forth program eligibility requirements; authorizes the authority to award loan repayment benefits to applicants selected by the Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Selection Committee; establishes compliance requirements; creates the rural veterinary care trust fund; establishes purposes of the fund; and requires a report to the Legislative Research Commission, Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue, and Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture; APPROPRIATION.
STATUS
Passed
HB562 - AN ACT relating to dietitians.
Ruth Ann Palumbo, Matthew R. Koch
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 310 to enact and enter into the Dietitian License Compact with all other jurisdictions that legally join in the compact; declare the purpose of the compact; define terms; establish participation requirements for states that wish to participate in the compact; recognize a licensure privilege and establish requirements; set requirements for transferring a home state license; designate home state licensure for active members of the military; establish penalties and adverse actions against a licensee; establish a joint government agency, create membership rules, establish voting requirements, and permit the government agency to establish rules and perform duties; require the compact commission to create a data system and outline the requirements; permit the executive and judicial branches within each state to enforce the compact; establish dispute resolution and outline termination procedures; establish a severability clause.
STATUS
Introduced
HB621 - AN ACT relating to the State Fair Board.
Richard Heath, Daniel A. Fister, Jonathan Dixon
Last updated 6 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 247.140 to add the North American Championship Rodeo and the National Farm Machinery Show’s Championship Tractor Pull to the list of shows and expositions owned and operated by the State Fair Board.
STATUS
Passed
HB630 - AN ACT relating to research doctoral programs at Western Kentucky University.
Michael Lee Meredith, Kevin Jackson, Robert B. Duvall
Last updated 7 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Western Kentucky University to offer up to five research doctoral degree programs.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Kentucky district HD-072
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Kentucky House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Matthew R. Koch is from Watertown, Wisconsin. He received his bachelor's degree in political science and history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Koch served on the Jefferson County Board of Supervisors from 2016-2020, where he focused on strengthening the county's fiscal health. He owns a small business helping other small businesses with financial planning and payroll services. Koch is active in the community, serving on the boards of the Watertown Area Chamber of Commerce and the Watertown Regional Medical Center Foundation. He lives in Watertown with his wife and two daughters.read less
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