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HB410 - AN ACT relating to Women Veterans Appreciation Day and declaring an emergency.
Pamela D. Stevenson, Chad Aull, Beverly Chester-Burton
Last updated 8 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 2 to designate June 12 of each year as Women Veterans Appreciation Day in the Commonwealth; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Introduced
HB512 - AN ACT relating to personal service contracts.
Matthew R. Koch, Cherlynn Stevenson, Chad Aull
Last updated 6 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 45A.690, relating to the Government Contract Review Committee, to exclude agreements between the Kentucky Horse Park and judges, officials, and entertainers contracted for events promoted by the Kentucky Horse Park from the definition of “personal service contract.”
STATUS
Passed
HB212 - AN ACT relating to the mental health of first responders.
Billy Wesley, Kimberly Banta, Jared A. Bauman
Last updated 7 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 95A.292 to allow rescue squad members to participate in the Alan "Chip" Terry Professional Development and Wellness Program; and create a new section of KRS Chapter 39F to direct the Division of Emergency Management and the Kentucky Fire Commission to enter into an agreement to ensure that rescue squad members have access to the program.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB461 - AN ACT relating to school bus safety.
David Hale, Chad Aull, Ruth Ann Palumbo
Last updated 6 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 67 to define terms; require the use of camera monitoring systems on all school buses by all school districts, and require the enforcement of a civil penalty for stop arm camera violations recorded by a camera monitoring system; set the amount of the civil penalty; provide that the revenue generated from a civil penalty shall be retained by the county; require specific notice for a stop arm camera violation; require a form for a stop arm camera violation notice; establish defenses to a violation; establish procedures for a contest to a violation; require a recipient of a violation to pay or contest the violation within 60 days; allow for suspension of registration for failure to pay a fine; require a county to notify the Transportation Cabinet of the need to release a suspension within one business day of payment; amend KRS 189.990 to increase the maximum fines for failing to stop for a school bus or church bus that is receiving or discharging passengers; amend KRS 189.370 to require traffic in the opposite direction of a school bus to stop for a school bus on highways that are not divided by a raised barrier or unpaved median; amend KRS 64.090 to provide that a sheriff may retain charge and collect a fee pf $50 from every collected civil penalty for a stop arm camera violation enforced by the sheriff's office; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB319 - AN ACT relating to the KentuckyCYBER Program and making an appropriation therefor.
Mary Beth Imes, Myron B. Dossett, Kim King
Last updated 7 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 164 to establish the Kentucky Cybersecurity (KentuckyCYBER) Program and governing board within the Council on Postsecondary Education; establish the purpose and duties of KentuckyCYBER Governing Board; create the KentuckyCYBER fund; APPROPRIATION.
STATUS
Engrossed
HR86 - A RESOLUTION honoring the 100th anniversary of Kentucky State Parks.
Ruth Ann Palumbo, Steven Jack Rudy, Kim King
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Honor the 100th anniversary of Kentucky State Parks.
STATUS
Passed
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
HB240 - AN ACT relating to firearms.
Lindsey Burke, Keturah Herron, Chad Aull
Last updated 9 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 237 to require an owner or custodian of a firearm to store the firearm in a safe storage depository or to render the firearm incapable of being fired using a gun-locking device; require an owner or other person lawfully in possession of a firearm or any person who sells ammunition to report the loss or theft of the firearm or ammunition to a law enforcement agency.
STATUS
Introduced
HB443 - AN ACT relating to land use.
Steven Jack Rudy, Danny R. Bentley, Chad Aull
Last updated 6 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to require that local laws dealing with subdivision plats and development plans be set out by objective standards and applied ministerially, and to set out conditions for application of discretion; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB56 - AN ACT relating to licensed professionals.
Ken Fleming, Lisa Willner, Tina Bojanowski
Last updated 6 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 335.010 to 335.170 to declare the purpose of the Social Work Licensure Compact, to define terms, to set requirements for member states, to establish provisions for active duty military personnel or their spouses, to recognize a multistate licensure privilege to practice for regulated social workers in any member state, including practice via telehealth, to designate procedures for adverse actions against a social worker, to creates the Social Work Licensure Compact Commission, to establish and elect an executive committee, to provide immunity for party states, officers, employees, or representatives of the commission acting within the compact, to require the commission to create, maintain, operate, and use a coordinated database and reporting system containing licensure, adverse actions, and investigative information on all member state licensees, to establish rulemaking procedures, to authorize the commission to attempt to resolve compact disputes that arise among member states and between member and nonmember states, to create member state compact withdrawal procedures, to include severability for any unconstitutional or misapplied compact provision, and to describe Kentucky state procedures that affect the applicability of the compact; amends KRS 319.050 and 319.064 to extend the grace period from 60 days to 180 days, allowing temporary licensure while applications are pending, and to remove outdated language; and amends KRS 319.053 to reduce the five-year supervision requirement to two years for a licensed psychological associate to qualify as a licensed psychological practitioner.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Kentucky district HD-076
COMMITTEES
Kentucky House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Ruth Ann Palumbo is currently serving in the Kentucky House of Representatives, representing District 76. She was a marketing consultant for 25 years. She earned her BA from Northern Kentucky University in 1979. Palumbo served on the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government from 1991 to 1999. She was elected to the Kentucky House in 1991, she is currently serving her 13th term.read less
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