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SR112 - A RESOLUTION honoring the work of the Kentucky Main Street Program and its participating communities.
Robin L. Webb, Steve West, Jared K. Carpenter
Last updated 8 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Honor the work of the Kentucky Main Street Program and its participating communities.
STATUS
Passed
SB101 - AN ACT relating to agritourism.
Robin L. Webb, Jason G. Howell, Matthew D. Deneen
Last updated 6 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 247.801 to amend the definition of "agritourism activity"; define "working animal"; create a new section of KRS 247.800 to 247.810 to prohibit a city, town, county, or other political subdivision of the Commonwealth from restricting a person from engaging in an agritourism activity.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB22 - AN ACT relating to compensation of jurors.
Whitney H. Westerfield, Brandon Jackson Storm, Reginald Thomas
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 29A.170 to increase juror pay to $125 per day and remove payment specified for reimbursement of expenses; amend KRS 32.011 to conform; repeal KRS 32.070, which provides for reimbursement of expenses to jurors.
STATUS
Introduced
SR94 - A RESOLUTION honoring the 20th Black History Celebration and recognizing that Black history is American history.
Gerald A. Neal, Julie Adams, Casey Chambers Armstrong
Last updated 8 months ago
38 Co-Sponsors
Honor the 20th Black History Celebration and recognize that Black history is American history.
STATUS
Introduced
SR78 - A RESOLUTION commemorating and honoring the life and accomplishments of Dr. J. W. Patterson.
Reginald Thomas, Robin L. Webb
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Commemorate and honor the life and accomplishments of Dr. J. W. Patterson.
STATUS
Passed
SB175 - AN ACT relating to designating a special needs trust to receive state-administered retirement benefits.
Robin L. Webb, Danny Carroll
Last updated 8 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 16.505, 61.510, and 78.510 to define "special needs trust" (SNT) for purposes of the State Police Retirement System, Kentucky Employees Retirement System, and County Employees Retirement System; amend the definition of "person" to include a SNT, and amend the definition of "beneficiary" to exclude sole beneficiary of a SNT; amend KRS 16.578 to allow a SNT to receive a lifetime retirement benefit; amend KRS 61.623 to allow a trustee to receive checks on behalf of a SNT; amend KRS 61.635 to allow a person who is the beneficiary of a SNT to be designated as the beneficiary of a lifetime retirement benefit; require the trustee of a SNT to notify the Kentucky Public Pensions Authority (KPPA) upon the death of the beneficiary of a SNT and repay any payment not properly payable to the SNT; allow KPPA to promulgate administrative regulations to administer the SNT provisions; amend KRS 61.640 to allow a SNT to receive a lifetime retirement payment if a member dies before retirement; amend KRS 78.5532 to allow a SNT to receive a lifetime retirement benefit if a member dies before retirement; amend KRS 161.525, relating to the Teachers' Retirement System (TRS) to allow a SNT to receive a lifetime annuity if a member dies before retirement; amend KRS 161.640 to allow checks to be sent by mail to the trustee of a SNT; require the trustee to notify the TRS upon the death of the beneficiary; require any payments not properly payable to the SNT to be repaid to TRS; allow TRS to promulgate administrative regulations to administer the SNT provisions; amend KRS 161.700 to require TRS to assign annuity payments to a SNT, issue payments to the trustee, and prevent annuity payments from being used to reimburse any state for any Medicaid benefits paid on behalf of the beneficiary of a SNT; amend KRS 21.420 , relating to the Judicial Retirement Plan, to allow for a SNT to be selected as a beneficiary, and define "special needs trust"; amend KRS 21.425 to allow a member to designate a SNT to receive lifetime survivorship benefits on behalf of a surviving spouse, dependent child, or disabled child.
STATUS
Introduced
SB130 - AN ACT relating to discriminatory practices by state agencies.
Adrienne E. Southworth, Casey Chambers Armstrong, Karen Berg
Last updated 7 months ago
27 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 344 to make it unlawful for a state agency to discriminate against a person based on his or her access to electronic means to obtain benefits or gain access to public buildings; provide that the Act may be cited as the Digital Identification Act.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB185 - AN ACT relating to prevailing wage.
Casey Chambers Armstrong, David Yates, Karen Berg
Last updated 8 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Establish new sections of KRS Chapter 337 to create a prevailing wage law for all public works projects; amend KRS 12.020, 99.480, 227.487, 151B.015, 337.010, and 337.990 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
SB184 - AN ACT relating to employment.
Casey Chambers Armstrong, David Yates, Karen Berg
Last updated 8 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 336.130 to delete references restricting rights of public employees to organize, associate collectively, or strike; amend KRS 336.180 to redefine "labor organization" and delete definitions of "candidate," "committee," "contributing organization," "contribution," "election," "electioneering communications," "employer," "fundraiser," "independent expenditure," "political activities," "public employee," "slate of candidates," and "testimonial affair"; amend KRS 336.990 to conform; amend KRS 67A.6904 to allow urban-county governments to make an agreement with a labor organization to require membership in the organization as a condition of employment; amend KRS 67C.406 to allow consolidated local governments to make an agreement with a labor organization to require membership in the organization as a condition of employment; amend KRS 70.262, 78.470, and 78.480 to remove exceptions; amend KRS 345.050 to allow public employers to make an agreement with a labor organization to require membership in the organization as a condition of employment; amend KRS 336.1341 and 336.135 to conform; repeal KRS 65.016, 336.132, and 336.134.
STATUS
Introduced
SB127 - AN ACT relating to aerospace infrastructure, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Brandon Jackson Storm, Danny Carroll, Amanda Mays Bledsoe
Last updated 6 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to define terms; establishes the Kentucky Aerospace, Aviation, and Defense Investment Fund Advisory Committee; establishes the membership of the committee; establishes the Kentucky aerospace, aviation, and defense investment fund to be administered by the Council for Postsecondary Education for the purpose of funding public and private partnerships to provide aviation training scholarships and aviation and aerospace equipment grants; requires that the portion of the fund expended toward the council’s administrative costs shall not exceed 0.5 percent of all gross moneys in the fund or $75,000 annually, whichever is less; directs the council to promulgate administrative regulations to carry out this Act; requires those administrative regulations to be submitted to the Legislative Research Commission for comment prior to filing; requires advisory committee members to abstain from voting on a matter involving a conflict of interest; requires that the council shall reserve at least 65 percent of all net moneys in the fund for partnership proposals between aviation and aerospace programs and aviation and aerospace industry partners to provide aviation training scholarships to Kentucky residents enrolled in aviation and aerospace programs; directs the council to prioritize accepting partnerships to proposals targeted to reduce the workforce demand of a specific eligible aviation or aerospace credential the council determines to be among the highest in demand in the Commonwealth; directs that a partnership shall require a written partnership contract and establishes the minimum contract requirements; directs that disbursements of moneys from the fund to support aviation training scholarships be made directly to an aviation program pursuant to the terms of the partnership contract; requires that an aviation program that enters a partnership contract solicit, accept, and review aviation training scholarship applications submitted by students enrolled in the aviation program; directs that an aviation training scholarship issued by an aviation program pursuant to a partnership contract be made directly to a recipient pursuant to a written scholarship contract between the recipient and the aviation program, and sets minimum contract requirements; directs that a grantor may place restrictions upon a contribution to the fund requiring specific criteria for an aviation training scholarship or scholarships funded by the grantor’s dedicated funds; directs that the aviation training scholarship contract grant the aviation program, the Commonwealth, or the aviation industry partner the authority to initiate recoupment proceedings for the recovery of the total amount of all aviation training scholarships awarded to an individual who fails to complete the terms of a scholarship contract; directs that the council reserve up to 35 percent of all net moneys in the fund for aviation equipment partnership contracts between public aviation training programs and aviation industry partners to provide aviation and aviation equipment grants; requires that an aviation equipment partnership require a written partnership contract between a public aviation program, aviation industry partner, and the council, and establishes minimum contract requirements; directs the council to collaborate with the advisory committee to select proposals for partnership contracts; directs that the council may prioritize designated contracts; provides that the council shall require the public aviation program to submit proof that the entire amount of the aviation equipment grant is invested in the maintenance, acquisition, or lease of aviation or aviation training equipment used by students enrolled in a public aviation training program; requires the council to submit a report to the Legislative Research Commission, and establishes minimum report requirements; sunsets the bill on June 30, 2030; and provides that this Act may be cited as the Aerospace Education Reinvestment Opportunity (AERO) Act; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Kentucky district SD-018
COMMITTEES
Kentucky Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Robin L. Webb graduated from University of Louisville with a Bachelor's degree in 1982. She earned her J.D. from University of Louisville Brandeis School of Law in 1985. Webb served in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1995 to 2000. She was elected to the Kentucky State Senate in 2000, where she has served since. Webb has served as Chair of the Economic Development, Tourism and Labor Committee since 2009.read less
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