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HCR31 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging local governments to facilitate the creation of long-term recovery groups prior to the occurrence of disasters.
Myron B. Dossett, Walker Wood Thomas, John C. Blanton
Last updated 9 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Urge local governments to facilitate the creation of long-term recovery groups prior to the occurance of disasters.
STATUS
Introduced
HB93 - AN ACT relating to the establishment of the Kentucky Healthy Farm and Food Innovation Board and making an appropriation therefor.
Myron B. Dossett, Chad Aull, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 9 months ago
8 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 246 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Healthy Farm and Food Innovation Board and specify membership; set forth the duties of the Kentucky Healthy Farm and Food Innovation Board; establish the healthy farm and food innovation fund; amend KRS 18A.115 to exempt the Kentucky Healthy Farm and Food Innovation Board from a classified service designation; APPROPRIATION.
STATUS
Introduced
HB407 - AN ACT relating to comprehensive universities.
David Meade, Deanna L. Frazier Gordon, Shane Baker
Last updated 7 months ago
34 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Eastern Kentucky University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in osteopathic medicine.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB449 - AN ACT relating to local boards of education.
Steve Riley, Myron B. Dossett, Kevin Jackson
Last updated 5 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 160.170 to amend the oath of office for local board of education members to be consistent with the requirements set forth in KRS 160.180; amends KRS 160.180 to provide alternative methods for a candidate for a board of education to evidence the candidate’s completion of twelfth grade, to provide that a member of a board of education shall be subject for removal from office pursuant to KRS 415.050 and 415.060 if the member is convicted of a felony, performs acts of malfeasance, or willfully misuses public property or funds, to provide the Office of Education Accountability the duty and responsibility of investigating current board of education members for allegations of prohibited conduct, to require local board members to take one hour of open meetings and open records training within their first twelve months of service and once every four years thereafter, and to remove designated training specifications; and amends KRS 160.570 to remove the limitation on the number of depositories a school district can use.
STATUS
Passed
HB400 - AN ACT relating to veterinary medicine programs at comprehensive universities.
Richard Heath, Steven Jack Rudy, Shane Baker
Last updated 7 months ago
55 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
Engrossed
HB86 - AN ACT relating to interment in state veterans' cemeteries.
Billy Wesley, Chad Aull, Steve Bratcher
Last updated 7 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 40.315 to expand interment eligibility in Kentucky state veterans' cemeteries to include eligible National Guard and Reserve service members and their families.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB169 - AN ACT relating to emergency medical preparedness of schools.
Ruth Ann Palumbo, Kimberly Poore Moser, Chad Aull
Last updated 5 months ago
31 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 158.162 to require that local boards of education maintain a portable automated external defibrillator in a public, readily accessible, well-marked location in all school buildings, including elementary school buildings, and at school-sanctioned athletic practices and competitions, and to require that an annual report on compliance with portable automated external defibrillator requirements be submitted to the Kentucky Department of Education; and amends KRS 158.1622 to expand the School AED Fund to expand the medical devices the fund can be used to purchase to include medical devices to diagnose, prevent, or treat a medical condition that is harmful to student athletes.
STATUS
Passed
HB769 - AN ACT relating to alternative teacher certification programs.
Myron B. Dossett, Walker Wood Thomas
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 161.048 to allow for alternative teacher certification through a state-approved local training program provided by a local district, group of districts, or educational cooperative; permit participation in the training program for those possessing a bachelor's or graduate degree, or working towards a degree in a program of study preparatory to teacher certification; require a bachelor's degree and a passing score in the content-area assessment prior to seeking certification; remove requirement of an offer of employment to participate in training program; define terms of eligibility for issuance of one year provisional certificate; amend KRS 161.049 and KRS 156.101 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
HB770 - AN ACT relating to unemployment tax audits.
Myron B. Dossett
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 341.190 to provide that employer information requests include a particularized explanation for the request and is not overly broad, unduly burdensome, or outside the scope of permissible requests; amend KRS 341.990 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
HB501 - AN ACT relating to Senate confirmation of appointees.
Myron B. Dossett
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend various sections of the Kentucky Revised Statutes to require Senate confirmation in accordance with KRS 11.160 for all appointments or reappointments made by the Governor to boards, commissions, committees, and councils.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Kentucky district HD-009
COMMITTEES
Kentucky House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Myron B. Dossett is a Republican member of the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing District 49. He was first elected to the chamber in 2018. Dossett was born in Madisonville, Kentucky and operates a family funeral home business. Prior to his election to the state House, Dossett served locally on the Hopkins County Board of Education and the Hopkins County Fiscal Court. He has also served on various other local boards and agencies over the years. Dossett graduated from the University of Louisville with a bachelor's degree in business administration.read less
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