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HB179 - AN ACT relating to insurance for loss of income and declaring an emergency.
Samara Rae Heavrin, Stephanie A. Dietz, Chad Aull
Last updated 6 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 304.3-110 to authorize life and health insurers to transact disability income and paid family leave insurance, and to make technical corrections; creates new sections of Subtitle 5 of KRS Chapter 304 to define “disability income insurance” and “paid family leave insurance” and to specify how each is to be classified and filed; amends KRS 304.9-030 to include paid family leave insurance in life and health lines of authority; establishes Subtitle 53 of KRS Chapter 304 and creates new sections thereof to regulate paid family leave insurance, to establish paid family leave insurance requirements, authorized scope of benefits, disclosure requirements, and authorized limitations, and to authorize the insurance commissioner to promulgate administrative regulations to enforce Subtitle 53 of KRS Chapter 304; creates short title; and amends KRS 304.17A-005, 304.18-010, and 304.36-030 to conform; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
HB160 - AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the possession of cannabis.
Nima Kulkarni, George A. Brown, Rachel Roberts
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Propose to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to guarantee the right of an individual 21 years of age or older to possess, use, buy, or sell one ounce or less of cannabis and to cultivate, harvest, and store up to five cannabis plants for personal use; and for the production, processing, and sale of cannabis and cannabis-derived products to be controlled by the General Assembly; specify the question to be printed on the ballot; direct the Secretary of State to publish the proposed amendment in a newspaper of general circulation; direct the Secretary of State to certify the proposed amendment to the county clerk of each county.
STATUS
Introduced
HB124 - AN ACT relating to employment.
Emily Callaway, Keturah Herron, Kevin D. Bratcher
Last updated 7 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 335B.010 to 335B.070 to require hiring and licensing authorities to establish an application process that gives persons convicted of a crime an opportunity to apply for a position of public employment or occupational license before pursuing training; amend KRS 335.020 to add criteria for hiring and licensing authorities to consider when determining if a conviction directly relates to the position of public employment or occupational license sought; amend KRS 335B.030 to require hiring or licensing authorities to request information and allow an applicant a hearing before making a determination of hiring for a position of public employment or granting an occupational license, and provide written findings of fact to the applicant upon determination.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB118 - AN ACT relating to unemployment insurance.
Nima Kulkarni, Samara Rae Heavrin, George A. Brown
Last updated 9 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 341.370 to prohibit disqualification from benefits for workers unemployed as a result of domestic violence and abuse, dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.530 to charge benefits to pooled account for workers displaced from employment through domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.125 to require the secretary to provide training to personnel who process claims related to domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking and to report to the Legislative Research Commission annually the number of claims paid involving domestic or dating violence and abuse, sexual assault, or stalking; amend KRS 341.360 to conform; amend KRS 341.550 to prevent benefit payments from pooled account from impacting an employer's experience rating; and create a new section of KRS Chapter 341 to direct the secretary of the Education and Labor Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations.
STATUS
Introduced
HB74 - AN ACT relating to urban youth agriculture education.
Nima Kulkarni, George A. Brown, Chad Aull
Last updated 9 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 247 to define terms; establish the Kentucky Urban Farming Youth Initiative to promote farming to youth in urban counties in at least one urban University of Kentucky Cooperative Extension Service office beginning August 1, 2024, and others by August 1, 2025; set each program term to one year in duration beginning in January; establish guidelines for participant eligibility.
STATUS
Introduced
HB76 - AN ACT relating to rights and obligations of landlords and tenants to a residential lease.
Nima Kulkarni, George A. Brown, Beverly Chester-Burton
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Repeal and reenact various sections of KRS Chapter 383 to update the Uniform Residential Landlord and Tenant Act; create new sections of KRS Chapter 383 to conform; amend KRS 383.715 to conform; repeal KRS 383.300, 303.302, 383.500, 383.505, 383.515, 383.525, 383.540, 383.580, 383.620, and 383.665.
STATUS
Introduced
HB323 - AN ACT relating to cancer detection in firefighters, and making an appropriation therefor.
Deanna L. Frazier Gordon, Nima Kulkarni, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 6 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 95A.262 to permit the Kentucky Fire Commission to establish a reimbursement program for cancer screenings for firefighters.
STATUS
Passed
HB72 - AN ACT relating to cannabis.
Nima Kulkarni, George A. Brown, Beverly Chester-Burton
Last updated 9 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 218A to make possession of a personal use quantity of cannabis exempt from civil or criminal penalty; amend KRS 218A.010 to define "cannabis," "personal use quantity of cannabis," and "cannabis accessory"; amend KRS 218A.1422 regarding cannabis possession to conform; amend KRS 218A.1423 regarding cannabis cultivation to conform; amend KRS 218A.500 regarding drug paraphernalia to exempt personal use cannabis accessories; amend KRS 218A.1421 regarding cannabis trafficking to exempt personal use quantities; amend KRS 138.872 to exclude personal use quantities from the cannabis stamp tax; amend KRS 218A.410 and 533.030 to conform; create a new section of KRS Chapter 431 to allow expungement of certain convictions relating to cannabis and to apply expungement retroactively; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Introduced
HB75 - AN ACT relating to abandoned property.
Nima Kulkarni, George A. Brown, Beverly Chester-Burton
Last updated 9 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 383.020 to specify duties of landlord with respect to abandoned personal property.
STATUS
Introduced
HB143 - AN ACT relating to retirement benefits for state and county employees in hazardous positions.
Rachel Roberts, Cherlynn Stevenson, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 9 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS 16.505 to 16.652 to change the retirement benefits for members participating in the State Police Retirement System (SPRS) or in a hazardous position in either the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) or County Employees Retirement System (CERS) who are hired after January 1, 2014, but before January 1, 2025, so that, in lieu of continued participation in the hybrid cash balance plan (Tier 3 benefits), these members receive the benefits provided to members in a hazardous position who began participating immediately prior to January 1, 2014 (Tier 2 benefits); for those eligible hazardous employees, create a presumption that service credit in a hazardous position earned after January 1, 2014, is service credit earned immediately prior to January 1, 2014; for eligible hazardous members transitioning to Tier 2, require that accumulated contributions in the hybrid cash balance plan remain in the member’s account, but any employer credit be transferred to the retirement allowance account; allow a member in a hazardous position subject to a change from Tier 3 to Tier 2 benefits to make a one-time election to opt out of the change of benefits within 30 days; establish exclusions; amend KRS 16.576, 16.577, 16.578, 16.582, 61.546, 51.552, 61.597, 61.615, 78.5512, 78.5514, 78.5524, 78.5528, and 78.616 to grant to members in a hazardous position who begin participating after January 1, 2025, or whose participation is presumed under Section 1 to begin immediately prior to January 1, 2014, the same benefits provided to members whose participation began immediately prior to January 1, 2014 (Tier 2 benefits), including death and disability benefits, benefit factors and service credit that includes service credit for unused sick leave, and eligibility for early retirement and service purchases; make technical corrections; amend KRS 16.583 and 78.5516 to limit the hybrid cash balance plan (Tier 3 benefits) only to members participating in SPRS or in hazardous positions in KERS or CERS who make an election to opt out of Tier 2 benefits under Section or who make an election, prior to the effective date of the Act, under KRS 61.5955; amend KRS 61.5955 to provide that only a member in a nonhazardous position who began participating in KERS or CERS as a Tier 2 member may elect to receive Tier 3 benefits in the hybrid cash balance plan in lieu of Tier 2 benefits; amend KRS 16.505, 61.510, and 78.510 to amend definitions of various terms to conform and make technical changes; amend KRS 16.560, 61.575, and 78.640 to allow interest credited on the accounts of members participating in SPRS or in a hazardous position in KERS or CERS to be adjusted to conform; amend KRS 61.592 and 78.5520 to exempt only hazardous members who opt out of receiving Tier 2 benefits from eligibility for an employer payment to convert nonhazardous service to hazardous service; amend KRS 61.680 to require that a member who is eligible under Section 1 and who has nonhazardous service credit as a Tier 3 member of either KERS or CERS to have his or her nonhazardous and hazardous service consolidated to determine eligibility and benefits; amend KRS 78.545 to add Section 1 as one of the provisions that shall be administered for the CERS in the same manner as for the KERS.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
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Representative from Kentucky district HD-040
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Kentucky House
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Nima Kulkarni was born in South Dakota and moved to Kentucky at a young age. She attended DuPont Manual High School in Louisville before earning a BA from the University of Louisville in 2007. In 2008, Kulkarni joined the Peace Corps and served in El Salvador for two years assisting with volunteer programs focused on youth development. When she returned to Kentucky, Kulkarni managed a youth leadership program with the Americana Community Center. She also earned a Masters in Social Work from the University of Louisville in 2013.read less
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