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HB38 - AN ACT relating to the abolition of the death penalty.
James A. Tipton, Tina Bojanowski, George A. Brown
Last updated 9 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 532 to abolish the death penalty and replace it with life imprisonment without parole for inmates presently sentenced to death; amend KRS 532.030, relating to authorized dispositions for felony offenses, to remove the death penalty; amend KRS 533.010, relating to probation, to prohibit probation for a person sentenced to life without parole or life without parole for 25 years; amend KRS 640.010 to define terms; amend KRS 640.040, relating to penalties for juveniles convicted of felony offenses, to prohibit life imprisonment without benefit of parole for a capital offense; amend KRS 422.285, 532.050, and 532.100 to conform; repeal KRS 431.213, 431.2135, 431.218, 431.220, 431.223, 431.224, 431.240, 431.250, 431.260, 431.270, 507A.060, 532.025, 532.075, 532.130, 532.135, 532.140, 532.300, 532.305, and 532.309.
STATUS
Introduced
HB64 - AN ACT relating to menstrual discharge collection devices.
Kimberly Banta, Tina Bojanowski, Stephanie A. Dietz
Last updated 9 months ago
11 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "menstrual discharge collection devices"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt from sales and use tax the sale or purchase of menstrual discharge collection devices; EFFECTIVE August 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB788 - AN ACT relating to public health.
Samara Rae Heavrin
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 212.190 to add gender-neutral language.
STATUS
Introduced
HB791 - AN ACT relating to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
Samara Rae Heavrin
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 211.575 to change the required statewide system for stroke response and treatment annual report date to September 1 of each year; amend KRS 211.689 to change the definition of "home visitation" and "home visitation program" and make technical changes; amend KRS 211.690 to allow for an electronic agreement to be submitted for the HANDS program; amend KRS 213.046 to change the reference from local registrar to state registrar and a timeline for submission from 10 days to five days related to birth certificates; amend KRS 387.540 related to individuals that compile an interdisciplinary report, to add an employee of the Cabinet and Family Services with relevant expertise; make technical changes.
STATUS
Introduced
HB786 - AN ACT relating to the Cabinet for Health and Family Services.
Samara Rae Heavrin
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 407.440 to add gender-neutral language and make technical change.
STATUS
Introduced
HCR117 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION establishing the Kentucky Kinship Task Force.
Samara Rae Heavrin
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Establish the Kentucky Kinship Task Force to study, review, and make recommendations regarding the current and future policy needs of the state to address access and availability of kinship care to the citizens of the Kentucky; outline task force membership; require the task force to meet monthly during the 2024 Interim; require the task force to submit findings and recommendations to the Legislative Research Commission by December 1, 2024.
STATUS
Introduced
HB789 - AN ACT relating to mental health programs.
Samara Rae Heavrin
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 210.450 to add gender-neutral language.
STATUS
Introduced
HJR116 - A JOINT RESOLUTION directing the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to evaluate and report on services offered to children in out-of-home care settings.
Samara Rae Heavrin
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Direct the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to evaluate and report on services offered to children in out-of-home care settings.
STATUS
Introduced
HB790 - AN ACT relating to children.
Samara Rae Heavrin
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 405.020 to add gender-neutral language.
STATUS
Introduced
HB553 - AN ACT relating to the Kentucky rural veterinary student loan repayment program and making an appropriation therefor.
Matthew R. Koch, Chad Aull, Steve Bratcher
Last updated 6 months ago
18 Co-Sponsors
Establishes the Kentucky Rural Veterinary Medicine Student Loan Repayment Program for an eligible livestock practitioner who engages in veterinary medicine in an underserved rural area or veterinary shortage area for five consecutive years; allows a livestock practitioner in an underserved rural area to practice mixed animal medicine with a minimum of 30 percent work dedicated to livestock; defines “underserved rural area” as a city having a population of less than 25,000 and lying more than 20 miles from a city having a population of more than 50,000; authorizes the Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority to promulgate administrative regulations; sets forth program eligibility requirements; authorizes the authority to award loan repayment benefits to applicants selected by the Veterinary Student Loan Repayment Selection Committee; establishes compliance requirements; creates the rural veterinary care trust fund; establishes purposes of the fund; and requires a report to the Legislative Research Commission, Interim Joint Committee on Appropriations and Revenue, and Interim Joint Committee on Agriculture; APPROPRIATION.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Kentucky district HD-018
COMMITTEES
Kentucky House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Samara Rae Heavrin is running as a Republican candidate for Kentucky State House of Representatives District 58. She earned her B.A. in Political Science and History from Murray State University in 2013. Heavrin has experience working in state government and also co-owns a small business. She serves on the board of the local chamber of commerce. If elected, Heavrin says she will focus on fiscal responsibility, supporting small businesses and entrepreneurs, and improving infrastructure and internet access.read less
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