Rep Rachel Roarx (HD-038)
Kentucky Housesince 8 months
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HB216 - AN ACT relating to a supplemental payment for recipients of a monthly retirement allowance from the systems administered by the Kentucky Retirement Systems, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Derrick W. Graham, Cherlynn Stevenson, Chad Aull
Last updated 9 months ago
16 Co-Sponsors
Appropriate $95 million from the budget reserve trust fund in fiscal year 2023-2024 to fund one-time supplemental payments on July 1, 2024, to recipients of a retirement allowance from the Kentucky Employees Retirement System (KERS) and the State Police Retirement System (SPRS); specify that the one-time supplemental payment shall be equal to the monthly payment received by the recipient in the month of June 2024; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Introduced
HB155 - AN ACT relating to disposition of property and declaring an emergency.
Stephanie A. Dietz, Jason Michael Nemes, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 403.190 to state that criminal misconduct against the other spouse may be considered in the disposition of marital property; provide that a spouse who is convicted of committing a felony against the other spouse shall not be entitled to claim retirement or life insurance as marital property; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Engrossed
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
HB351 - AN ACT relating to workers' compensation.
Alan Gentry, Tina Bojanowski, Adrielle Camuel
Last updated 8 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 342.610 to exclude certain levels of delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol in the blood from the presumption that an injury was caused by the introduction of certain substances into the employee's body.
STATUS
Introduced
HB88 - AN ACT relating to unlawful trade practices and declaring an emergency.
Michael Lee Meredith, Michael Pollock, Adam Bowling
Last updated 6 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Repeals, reenacts, and amends KRS 286.2-685 as a new section of Subtitle 3 of KRS Chapter 286 to make technical amendments, to remove prohibition against use of financial institution names in certain marketing and solicitations, and to establish a civil penalty for violation; amends KRS 324.160 to establish that violation of section regulating real estate service agreements by real estate licensees is improper conduct; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to prohibit the use of financial institution names in the marketing and solicitations of persons who are not financial institutions in certain circumstances, to authorize enforcement by the Attorney General and any trade organization representing one or more financial institution industries, and to establish remedies for violation; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 367 to regulate certain real estate service agreements, to make recording of certain real estate service agreements a crime, to provide penalties for violation of recording prohibition, to authorize enforcement of the section by the Attorney General, and to authorize the Attorney General to promulgate administrative regulations; makes certain violations unfair, false, misleading, or deceptive trade practices in violation of KRS 367.170; provides that the provisions of the Act are severable; RETROACTIVE, in part; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
HB180 - AN ACT relating to public utilities.
Lisa Willner, Jason Michael Nemes, Kevin D. Bratcher
Last updated 9 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 278 to create winter and summer temperature standards for disconnection of service by retail electric and gas utilities; allow resumption of disconnection only after a 72-hour period during which the temperature standard is exceeded; establish a certificate of need for persons who are at risk if utility service is disconnected that can be provided by a physician, physician assistant, community-based service organization, or faith-based service organization; prohibit disconnection of service on holidays and weekends and before 8 a.m. and after 5 p.m. on weekdays; allow for reconnection of service for partial payment with a payment plan; require waiver of termination fees, reconnection fees, and late fees for customers having obtained a certificate of need; require utility to make reasonable effort towards reestablishing service for a customer terminated after having obtained a certificate of need but no more than 24 hours after repayment is commenced; require separate, written notice 14 days prior to a disconnection to residential household; require that notice be distinguishable from the regular billing notices; establish font size and typeset for material to be printed on the notice; require a hardship reconnection order for persons at risk who have had service terminated by the utility after meeting specific repayment requirements; require the Public Service Commission to issue an order setting forth any applicable rules and procedures.
STATUS
Introduced
HB258 - AN ACT relating to the torture of a dog or cat.
Susan Tyler Witten, Ryan Dotson, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 6 months ago
26 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 525.135 to define “serious physical injury or infirmity” and to redefine “torture,” to provide that torture of a dog or cat is a Class D felony in every instance and that each act may constitute a separate offense, and to provide what does not constitute torture of a dog or cat.
STATUS
Passed
HB237 - AN ACT relating to employment schedules.
Lindsey Burke, Chad Aull, George A. Brown
Last updated 9 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 337 requiring employers to give employees a good-faith schedule of hours to be worked, to have a voluntary standby list of employees who wish to work additional hours, to post weekly schedules at least seven days in advance, and to provide certain rest periods for employees from being scheduled; allow employees to identify time limitations for scheduling work hours; require compensation for employer changes to the schedule; set forth unlawful practices; amend KRS 337.990 to establish a penalty for violations.
STATUS
Introduced
HB192 - AN ACT relating to highway work zones and making an appropriation therefor.
John C. Blanton, David Hale, Ruth Ann Palumbo
Last updated 9 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 189 to define "automated speed enforcement device," "owner," "program," and "recorded images"; direct the Transportation Cabinet to establish a pilot program for automated speed enforcement in highway work zones and issue a civil citation to an operator of a motor vehicle traveling more than 10 miles per hour over the posted speed limit when a bona fide worker is present; establish procedures for citation issuance; direct the Transportation Cabinet to install signage and to promulgate administrative regulations to implement the program; establish civil fines for violations issued under the program; specify that all fines and penalties assessed be deposited into the automated speed enforcement fund; require the Transportation Cabinet to annually report to the Legislative Research Commission the status of the program; establish the automated speed enforcement fund; specify that moneys collected be used to defray the costs of administering the program; specify that any moneys collected in excess of program costs be deposited into the highway work zone safety fund and used for the purposes of that fund; provide that the provisions be repealed effective July 1, 2028; provide that the Act may be cited as the Jared Lee Helton Act of 2024; APPROPRIATION.
STATUS
Introduced
HB391 - AN ACT relating to civil rights.
Keturah Herron, Lisa Willner, Chad Aull
Last updated 8 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Repeal and reenact KRS 344.010 to define various terms; amend KRS 344.020, relating to the purpose of the Kentucky's civil rights chapter, to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.025, 344.040, 344.050, 344.060, 344.070, and 344.080, relating to prohibited discrimination in various labor and employment practices, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.100 and 344.110 to conform; amend KRS 344.120 and 342.140, relating to prohibited discrimination in places of public accommodation and advertisements therefor, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.170, 344.180, 344.190, 344.300, and 344.310, relating to the state and local human rights commissions, to include prohibition of discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity in the scope of their powers and duties; amend KRS 344.360, 344.370, 344.380, and 344.680, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain housing, real estate, and other financial transactions, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.367, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain insurance sales, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; amend KRS 344.400, relating to prohibited discrimination in certain credit transactions, to include discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity; make various technical amendments; amend KRS 18A.095 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
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Representative from Kentucky district HD-038
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Kentucky House
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Unfortunately I do not have access to the biography content from that link. However, here is an attempt to generate a 500 character biography with line breaks between paragraphs: Rachel was born in 1980 in New York City. She grew up with her parents and two sisters. After graduating high school, Rachel attended Brown University and majored in political science. She was an active member of the student government. In 2004, Rachel ran for city council in her hometown. Although unsuccessful in her first bid for office, she continued her involvement with local political groups. In 2012, Rachel launched a nonprofit organization focused on increasing youth voter turnout. The organization was active on over 50 college campuses. Over the years, Rachel has been involved with several political campaigns and grassroots activism efforts. She believes in the power of civic participation to create change.read less
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