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HB575 - AN ACT relating to the acquisition of agricultural land.
Richard Heath, David Hale, Danny R. Bentley
Last updated 8 months ago
20 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 247 to define terms, prohibit a nonresident alien, foreign business, foreign agent, trustee, or fiduciary associated with the government of any proscribed country referenced in 22 C.F.R. sec. 126.1 from the purchase, lease, or acquisition of agricultural land in Kentucky or participation in programs administered by the Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Development Board, and Kentucky Agricultural Finance Corporation; allow an existing foreign-owned business to purchase adjacent agricultural land to expand the operations of the business; exempt foreign ownership or leasing of up to 350 acres for research purposes; establish the Kentucky Foreign Investment Review Board to review applications for appeal for those on the prohibited countries list wishing to purchase, lease, or acquire agricultural land, set forth requirements of the board to approve or deny an application for appeal, establish a process for an application for appeal, authorize the board to promulgate administrative regulations; allow an applicant who is denied an appeal to purchase agricultural land to appeal the final decision in Circuit Court; require a county clerk to record an affidavit on any deed that conveys agricultural land and report the affidavit recordings monthly to the Kentucky Foreign Investment Review Board, require the Kentucky Foreign Investment Review Board to report to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States each month; set forth requirements to divest land that has been purchased, leased, or denied without approval of the Kentucky Foreign Investment Review Board, and direct the distribution of sale proceeds.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB304 - AN ACT relating to education and declaring an emergency.
Shane Baker, James A. Tipton, Josh Calloway
Last updated 10 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 158.191 to ensure parental rights and involvement by requiring notification within two business days of specific events; require a district to adopt procedures that both encourage students to speak with parents and require facilitation of the discussion with parents; forbid a district or school from adopting policies that keep any student information confidential from parents or refuse information requested by a parent with specific exceptions; forbid a district from requiring school personnel or students to use nonconforming pronouns for any individual instead of just students, establish the type of mental health services that the section does not prohibit a district from seeking for students; amend KRS 158.1415 to prohibit a child in any grade level from receiving instruction on a specific topic a parent has provided written notice to the school asserting an objection due to religious or moral beliefs; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to establish a cause of action for violations; create a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to prohibit a disciplinary action or adverse employment action for an employee informing a parent of specific information about a student or declining to use a pronoun or title inconsistent with the individual's biological sex; amend KRS 158.193 to establish that a school employee may participate in voluntary, student-initiated, student-led prayer when invited to do so; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Introduced
HB252 - AN ACT relating to informed consent for medical examinations.
Sarah Stalker, Kimberly Poore Moser, Chad Aull
Last updated 10 months ago
29 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 216 to prohibit a health care provider from performing a pelvic, rectal, or prostate examination without the informed consent of the patient or the person authorized to make health care decisions for the patient; provide for certain exceptions including a court order; require violators to be subject to discipline by the appropriate professional licensing board or accrediting agency.
STATUS
Introduced
HB715 - AN ACT relating to the Kentucky National Guard and declaring an emergency.
Stephanie A. Dietz, David Meade, Kevin D. Bratcher
Last updated 8 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 36.474 removing the post-deployment provision relating to eligibility for the military family assistance trust fund, and to make a technical correction; and amends KRS 36.477 expanding the Kentucky National Guard Adoption Assistance Program to include former members of the Kentucky National Guard, and to allow adoption of stepchildren to qualify; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
HB380 - AN ACT relating to supports for pregnant women and children and making an appropriation therefor.
Nancy J. Tate, Kimberly Poore Moser
Last updated 10 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers and any exchange to provide a special enrollment period for pregnant individuals; specify requirements for the coverage; require group plan insurers to provide notice of special enrollment rights; amend KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health plan and self-insured state postsecondary education institution group health plans to comply with the special enrollment requirements; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require Medicaid to cover lactation support services and breastfeeding supplies; amend KRS 199.894 to define terms related to the Child Care Assistance Program; create a new section of KRS Chapter 199.892 to 199.896 to establish the Child Care Assistance Program; amend KRS 139.010 and 139.480 to exempt certain postnatal supplies from the sales and use tax; amend KRS 141.067 to make the existing child and dependent care tax credit refundable for tax years 2025 to 2028; create new sections of KRS Chapter 141 to establish a refundable adoption services tax credit for tax years 2025 to 2028 and establish a nonrefundable qualified contribution tax credit for tax years 2025 to 2028; amend KRS 141.019 and 141.039 to disallow the charitable contribution deduction if the qualified contribution tax credit is take for the same contribution; amend KRS 141.0205 for ordering of tax credits; amend KRS 131.190 to allow the Department of Revenue to report on newly created tax credits; appropriate to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services in the 2024-2026 biennium: $200,000 for expansion of the Women, Infants, and Children Farmers Market Nutrition Assistance Program to include Jefferson County; APPROPRIATION; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025, and August 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
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Representative from Kentucky district HD-027
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Kentucky House
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