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HB194 - AN ACT relating to workplace violence against healthcare workers.
Kimberly Poore Moser, Stephanie A. Dietz, Danny R. Bentley
Last updated 9 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 508.025 to expand assault in the third degree to include causing or attempting to cause physical injury to a person employed by or under contract with a health clinic, doctor’s office, dental office, long-term care facility, hospital, or hospital-owned affiliate if the event occurs in or on the premises of a health clinic, doctor’s office, dental office, long-term care facility, hospital, or hospital-owned affiliate.
STATUS
Passed
HB274 - AN ACT relating to the practice of pharmacy.
Danny R. Bentley, Shane Baker, John C. Blanton
Last updated 9 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 315.010 and 315.205 to permit pharmacists to administer vaccines to children five years of age or older pursuant to prescriber-approved protocols with the consent of a parent or guardian.
STATUS
Passed
HB256 - AN ACT relating to the promotion of stronger homes to resist losses due to catastrophic weather events and making an appropriation therefor.
Michael Pollock
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates a new section of Subtitle 2 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish the Strengthen Kentucky Homes Program, to establish purpose, to create the Strengthen Kentucky Homes Program fund, and to require that the commissioner of insurance promulgate administrative regulations to implement and administer program; creates new sections of Subtitle 13 of KRS Chapter 304 to require that property insurance companies provide a premium discount or rate reduction for properties that that have been certified as complying with any applicable FORTIFIED Home or FORTIFIED multifamily construction standards under certain circumstances, to permit the insurance commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations to establish standard discount amounts, targets, or benchmarks for coverage, to require property insurance companies to offer an optional rider, endorsement, or supplemental policy provision to upgrade non-FORTIFIED single-family dwellings under certain circumstances, to provide that Sections 2 and 3 of the Act apply to insurance policies and contracts issued or renewed on or after March 1, 2026, to provide when submissions are required for premium discounts or rate reductions and the optional rider, endorsement, or supplemental policy provision under Sections 2 and 3 of the Act, and to provide that the Act may be cited as the Strengthen Kentucky Homes Act; APPROPRIATION.
STATUS
Passed
HB220 - AN ACT relating to step therapy protocols.
Amy Neighbors, Danny R. Bentley, Derek Lewis
Last updated 10 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 304.17A-163 to permit insurers to require insureds to try biosimilar biological products prior to providing coverage for the equivalent branded prescription drug under certain circumstances; and makes findings and establishes intent of Act.
STATUS
Passed
HB5 - AN ACT relating to crimes and punishments.
Jared A. Bauman, Shane Baker, Danny R. Bentley
Last updated 9 months ago
50 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 532 to define "violent felony" and enhance sentencing for a person convicted of a third violent felony; prohibit probation, parole, or other form of release for a person who commits a crime using a weapon that is stolen, defaced, loaded with restricted ammunition, or otherwise violates state law; amend KRS 610.070 to require a parent, legal guardian, or custodian to be present at court proceedings involving a child in the juvenile justice system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 610 to establish penalty; amend KRS 507.020 to expand offense of murder; amend KRS 507.030 to expand offense of manslaughter in the first degree; amend KRS 507.040 to expand offense of manslaughter in the second degree; amend KRS 218A.1412 to provide increased penalties for certain trafficking offenses; create a new section of KRS Chapter 515 to create a new offense of carjacking; amend KRS 512.020 and 512.030 to lower the threshold for criminal mischief in the first degree to $500; amend KRS 149.410, 506.160, and 525.220 to conform; amend KRS 520.050 to enhance promoting contraband to a Class B felony if the dangerous contraband is fentanyl, carfentanil, or a fentanyl derivative; amend KRS 16.220 to allow purchase of a confiscated firearm by a person who bids under the condition that they not take possession of the firearm, but instead leave it with the Department of Kentucky State Police for destruction; prohibit government agencies from purchasing the firearm; make technical corrections; create new sections of KRS Chapters 511, 198A, and 65 to establish the offense of criminal street camping and provide exceptions; amend KRS 503.080 to conform; amend KRS 202C.050 to reduce requirements to find a person subject to involuntary commitment pursuant to KRS Chapter 202C; amend KRS 186.417 to include felony offenders released from county jails and local correctional facilities among those who may be issued personal identification cards or operator's licenses under certain conditions; amend KRS 431.510 to define terms; prohibit any charitable bail organization from posting bail in excess of $5,000; prohibit any charitable bail organization from posting bail for any offense of domestic violence and abuse or dating violence and abuse, and for any offense under a civil court order or warrant under KRS 222.430 to 222.437; establish that any bond ordered forfeited following a new criminal offense shall be distributed to the victim of the new offense; require publication of records and annual reporting to the General Assembly; create new section of KRS Chapter 507 to create the offense of murder of a first responder and establish penalties; amend KRS 506.010 to conform; amend KRS 532.025 to include the murder of first responders as an aggravating circumstance for the death penalty; amend KRS 532.036 to allow restitution following a conviction for Murder of a first responder; amend KRS 439.320 to provide that members of the Parole Board shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor, that panels of the board shall consist of not less than three and not more than six members, and that all members of the panel must agree on a decision or the matter shall be referred to the full board; amend KRS 439.330 to require that parole be granted upon a two-thirds vote of the full board; amend KRS 433.236 to limit liability for shopkeepers; amend KRS 439.3401 to add a person who has been convicted of or entered a plea of guilty to a Class B felony violation of KRS 520.050 to the definition of "violent offender" and to include carjacking and attempted murder in the list of violent offenses; amend KRS 508.075 and 508.078, relating to terroristic threatening, to include any workplace or any gathering of 3 or more persons; amend KRS 524.040 to include harassing communications as conduct constituting intimidation of a participant in the legal process; amend KRS 439.340 to allow the Parole Board to order participation in a specific violence reduction program as a condition of parole; amend KRS 533.030 to allow a court to require participationin a specific violence reduction program as a condition of probation or conditional discharge; amend KRS 403.763 and 456.180 to enhance a second or subsequent violation of an order of protection within a five-year period to a Class D felony; amend KRS 500.080 to include family members, members of an unmarried couple, and persons in a dating relationship, in application of a particular definition of serious physical injury; amend KRS 514.020 to reduce the time required to establish prima facie evidence of theft by deception of rented or leased property that is not returned to the owner from 10 days to four days; amend KRS 196.031 to require the annual report to also include the percentage of offenders who commit new offenses within two years; amend KRS 520.095 to enhance fleeing or evading police in the first degree to a Class C felony; provide that the defendant shall not be released on probation, shock probation, conditional discharge, or parole until he or she has served at least 50 percent of the sentence imposed; amend KRS 520.100 to enhance fleeing or evading police in the second degree to a Class D felony; amend KRS 532.110 to provide sentences for two or more felony sex crimes shall run consecutively; provide that the defendant shall not be released on probation, shock probation, conditional discharge, or parole until he or she has served at least 50 percent of the sentence imposed; amend KRS 158.155 to require school employees to report certain enumerated crimes to law enforcement; repeal KRS 512.040, which establishes the crime of criminal mischief in the third degree and KRS 158.154, which deals with discipline in schools; EFFECTIVE, in part, August 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HR45 - A RESOLUTION expressing support for the State of Israel and the Israeli people and condemning the violent events on October 7, 2023.
Daniel Grossberg, Chad Aull, Shane Baker
Last updated 11 months ago
81 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
HB356 - AN ACT relating to fire protection.
Amy Neighbors, Michael Lee Meredith, Michael Pollock
Last updated 11 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 75.450 to allow nonprofit fire departments to increase their fees charged when responding to fires or other emergencies at properties that are not subscribers, and specify that in the case of a fire or other emergency in which more than one department responds, that the jurisdictional fire department may charge up to $1,500 to the nonmember or nonsubscriber and any other responding fire departments may charge up to $500.
STATUS
Introduced
HB280 - AN ACT relating to delivery services.
Michael Pollock
Last updated 9 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Creates a new section of Subtitle 39 of KRS Chapter 304 to establish certain rights of insurers relating to injury or losses that occur during a delivery available period or delivery service period; creates a range of sections in KRS Chapter 365 to establish definitions, to establish insurance requirements for delivery network companies and delivery network drivers during delivery available periods and delivery service periods, to establish disclosure requirements for delivery network companies, and to establish construction clauses relating to existing insurance laws and delivery or transport of goods laws; and provides that the Act applies to policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB371 - AN ACT relating to mine subsidence insurance.
D. Wade Williams, Jonathan Dixon, Jacob D. Justice
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 304.44-030 to increase the maximum total insured value to be reinsured by the administrator per structure from $300,000 to $500,000, to allow the administrator to establish a different maximum total insured value reinsured per structure when certain requirements are met, to allow an insurer to implement a the maximum total insured value established by the administrator any time after receiving notice, to require that the commissioner of insurance promulgate a regulation to establish a process for notice to insurers, and to increase the coverage amount for living expenses from $25,000 to $50,000; amends KRS 304.44-050 to conform; and applies to policies issued or renewed on or after January 1, 2025; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB341 - AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote.
Michael Lee Meredith, Killian Timoney, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 11 months ago
39 Co-Sponsors
Propose to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons who are not citizens of the United States from being allowed to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
STATUS
Engrossed
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Representative from Kentucky district HD-051
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