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SR94 - A RESOLUTION honoring the 20th Black History Celebration and recognizing that Black history is American history.
Gerald A. Neal, Julie Adams, Casey Chambers Armstrong
Last updated 8 months ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Honor the 20th Black History Celebration and recognize that Black history is American history.
STATUS
Introduced
SB261 - AN ACT relating to state employee health insurance.
Michael Nemes
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 18A.225 to exclude from the definition of "employee" any employer that ceases participation in the state employee health insurance plan from participating in the plan in the future; require minimal participation duration for all benefits administered by the Personnel Cabinet pursuant to KRS 18A.205 to 18A.2287; require health insurance coverage for state employees to provide minimum value that pays over 60 percent of the total cost of in-network medical services, provide minimal essential coverage as defined in 26 U.S.C. sec. 5000A(f), and not discriminate in favor of highly compensated individuals as prohibited by 26 U.S.C. sec. 105(h); require any carrier bidding to offer health care coverage to employees to rate all employees as a single entity; require any premium due for vision coverage, if in excess of a premium amount contributed by an employer to be paid by the employee; delete references to regional contracts for state employee health insurance; specify that no provision of KRS Chapter 304, the insurance code, shall apply to the public employee health insurance program for public employees unless otherwise authorized; amend KRS 18A.2254 to add health savings accounts as a waiver funding option and provide that the type of account available for waiver funding each year shall be at the discretion of the Personnel Cabinet; permit the Personnel Cabinet to make available the quarterly report of the status of the health insurance trust fund to either the Governor, the Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue, or the Kentucky Group Health Insurance Board, upon request; amend KRS 18A.226 to expand the membership of the Kentucky Group Health Insurance Board; require the board, upon request, to submit an annual report to the Governor, the General Assembly, or the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; repeal 18A.2255, relating to the Advisory Committee of State Health Insurance Subscribers.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB266 - AN ACT relating to automated online activity.
Brandon D. Smith, Stephen L. Meredith, Robert M. Mills
Last updated 6 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 367 to define terms; prohibit a bot from communicating or interacting with another person in Kentucky online with the intent to mislead the other person about its artificial identify for the purpose of knowingly deceiving the person about the content of the communication in order to incentivize a purchase or sale of goods or services in a commercial transaction; provide that a violation of the Act is a deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce; prohibit a private right of action.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB130 - AN ACT relating to discriminatory practices by state agencies.
Adrienne E. Southworth, Casey Chambers Armstrong, Karen Berg
Last updated 6 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to make it unlawful for a state agency to discriminate against a person based on his or her access to electronic means to obtain benefits or gain access to public buildings; provide that the Act may be cited as the Digital Identification Act.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB189 - AN ACT relating to veterinary medicine programs at comprehensive universities.
Jason G. Howell, Robert M. Mills, Jared K. Carpenter
Last updated 8 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Murray State University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in veterinary medicine.
STATUS
Introduced
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
SCR142 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION directing the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Efficient and Effective School District Governance Task Force.
Lindsey Tichenor, Matthew D. Deneen, Michael Nemes
Last updated 7 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Direct the Legislative Research Commission to establish the Efficient and Effective School District Governance Task Force; outline task force duties; require the task force to submit any recommendations and changes the task force may adopt by December 1, 2024; establish membership; require the task force to meet at least twice per month; require the Legislative Research Commission to provide needed staff and to determine meeting locations; authorize the commission to enter into contracts for consultants to assist the task force in its duties.
STATUS
Introduced
SB20 - AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Matthew D. Deneen, Donald Douglas, Damon Thayer
Last updated 5 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 635.020 to provide that a child 15 years of age or older who is charged with a Class A, B, or C felony involving the use of a firearm shall be transferred to Circuit Court to be tried as an adult, to provide that the Commonwealth’s attorney may transfer the child back to District Court after consulting with the county attorney, to provides that the Circuit Court may transfer the child back to District Court if the Circuit Court finds that fewer than two of the factors listed in KRS 640.010 favor keeping the child in Circuit Court, and to provide that a child who has been convicted of a Class A, B, or C felony involving the use of a firearm shall not be eligible for probation or conditional discharge in a proceeding consistent with KRS 640.030.
STATUS
Passed
SB366 - AN ACT relating to forensic lab technicians.
Johnnie L. Turner, Brandon Jackson Storm, Gary M. Boswell
Last updated 7 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 16 to require the Department of Kentucky State Police to provide for training for forensic lab technicians; require any forensic lab technician that completes training provided for by the department to remain employed with the department for at least five years; provide that if a forensic lab technician does not remain employed with the department for at least five years shall be required to repay training costs incurred by the department.
STATUS
Introduced
SB369 - AN ACT relating to the Education and Labor Cabinet reorganization.
Michael Nemes
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 151B.015 to establish the Division of Program Policy and Support within the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation; establish the Department for Disability Determination Services and its divisions in the Education and Labor Cabinet; amend KRS 12.020 to conform.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Kentucky district SD-038
COMMITTEES
Kentucky Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Michael Nemes is a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing District 38. He was first elected to the chamber in 2016. Nemes serves as the chair of the House Committees on Committees and Economic Development and Workforce Investment. He is a member of various committees: Appropriations and Revenue; Elections, Constitutional Amendments, and Intergovernmental Affairs; Judiciary; Small Business and Information Technology; and Tourism and Outdoor Recreation. He previously served in the Kentucky House from 2013 to 2014. Nemes earned his B.A. in political science from Transylvania University in 2005. His professional experience includes working as a business development associate for Luckett & Farley Architects and as legislative aide to Kentucky state Senator Julie Denton.read less
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