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HB224 - AN ACT relating to constitutional freedoms at public postsecondary education institutions.
Savannah Maddox, Candy D. Massaroni, Felicia Rabourn
Last updated 9 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 164.348 to define "institution," "public," and "staff"; require an institution to adopt a policy to not restrict off-campus speech; extend free speech protections to the public; provide that student religious and political organizations shall be afforded equal access to facilities; provide that authority vested with a student organization to distribute student organization funding shall be contingent on viewpoint-neutral distribution of those funds; reduce institution's authority to establish permit requirements; specify how an institution defines student-on-student harassment; waive immunity for claims brought under the Act; permit disciplinary action against a faculty member or administrator that knowingly and intentionally restricts the protected speech of another; suspend the distribution authority of a student organization that does not distribute student organization funding in accordance with the Act; prohibit retaliation against campus community members; require Council on Postsecondary Education to develop free speech instructional materials and model trainings for institutions; require institutions to present free speech instructional materials and trainings to designated individuals; require institutions to publish semiannual student organization funding reports; designate the required contents of the semiannual student organization funding report; create a new section of KRS Chapter 164 to limit the jurisdiction of an institution over associations, groups, or organizations not affiliated with the institutions.
STATUS
Introduced
HR63 - A RESOLUTION urging President Joe Biden to repel the invasion at the United States' southern border.
Savannah Maddox, Felicia Rabourn, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 8 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Urge President Joe Biden to defend the southern border of the United States.
STATUS
Introduced
HB231 - AN ACT relating to public postsecondary education institutions.
William Lee Lawrence, Kimberly Banta, Kevin D. Bratcher
Last updated 9 months ago
17 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 164.020 to prohibit the Council on Postsecondary Education from raising tuition for a postsecondary education institution more than 5% a year for resident students and 7% a year for nonresident students; provide a four-year tuition freeze for an enrolled resident student; require an institution to notify a student before expiration of a tuition freeze; require any increase in tuition or fees to be approved before March 1; amend KRS 164.131 to add two additional full-time student members to the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, including one graduate student; remove language regarding initial appointments; amend KRS 164.821 to add two additional full-time student members to the University of Louisville Board of Trustees, including one graduate student; remove language regarding initial appointments; amend KRS 164.321 to add two additional full-time student members to the boards of regents, including one full-time graduate student; remove language regarding initial appointments; amend KRS 164.7874 to require a private postsecondary institution to have a voting student member on its governing board in order to be a participating institution for purposes of KEES eligibility; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Student Tuition Protection and Accountability Act; EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2028.
STATUS
Introduced
HB47 - AN ACT relating to restoring religious liberty.
Steve Rawlings, Shane Baker, Josh Calloway
Last updated 9 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 446.350 to define "government" and "substantially burden"; outline relief that may be sought if statute is violated; apply to laws adopted before or after enaction of this statute; include severability clause; waive sovereign, governmental, and qualified immunity.
STATUS
Introduced
HB106 - AN ACT relating to hunting and fishing licenses.
Savannah Maddox, Felicia Rabourn, Josh Calloway
Last updated 9 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 150.170 to remove the requirement that resident landowners must own five or more acres of farmland in order to be exempt from sport hunting license requirements when hunting on their own lands; remove the farmland owner sport fishing license exemption; allow any person fishing on private property with the permission of the landowner to do so without procuring a sport fishing license.
STATUS
Introduced
HB141 - AN ACT relating to water fluoridation programs.
Mark Hart, William Lee Lawrence, John C. Blanton
Last updated 9 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 211.190 to make water fluoridation programs optional; allow the governing bodies of water systems subject to regulation by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to decide whether they participate in water fluoridation programs; provide that a water fluoridation program in place on the effective date of the Act continues until action is taken by its governing body to end its participation; provide that any decision regarding participation in a water fluoridation program made by the governing body of a water system shall be binding on all water systems it supplies.
STATUS
Introduced
HB208 - AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 183 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to education funding.
Josh Calloway, Shane Baker, Jared A. Bauman
Last updated 9 months ago
30 Co-Sponsors
Propose to amend Section 183 of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to provide for a portion of the educational costs of students outside of the public school system with parents of limited financial means; provide ballot language; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
STATUS
Introduced
HB204 - AN ACT relating to certificate of need.
Marianne Proctor, Steve Rawlings, Josh Calloway
Last updated 9 months ago
9 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 216B.040 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family conduct public hearings on certificate of need applications as requested by applicants for, or holders of, certificates of need and licenses; amend KRS 216B.062 to require that notice be given on the right of only applicants to request a hearing; amend KRS 216B.085 to require that only the applicant may request a public hearing within 15 days of a cabinet decision regarding an application; require that notice of the public hearing be given only to the applicant; require that only the applicant have the right to be represented by counsel at the public hearing; require that the cabinet notify only the applicant of the decision and that the decision is final unless a request for reconsideration is filed by only the applicant; amend KRS 216B.090 to permit only the applicant to request a hearing for purposes of reconsideration of the cabinet; amend KRS 216B.095 to delete notice of a cabinet decision regarding a request for a nonsubstantive review to any affected party; amend KRS 216B.115 to permit an appeal to the Franklin Circuit Court by the applicant of any final decision of the cabinet regarding an application to be made .
STATUS
Introduced
HR45 - A RESOLUTION expressing support for the State of Israel and the Israeli people and condemning the violent events on October 7, 2023.
Daniel Grossberg, Chad Aull, Shane Baker
Last updated 8 months ago
81 Co-Sponsors
Affirm Kentucky's support for the State of Israel and the Israeli people and condemn the October 7, 2023, attack by Hamas.
STATUS
Passed
HB288 - AN ACT relating to concealed deadly weapons.
Savannah Maddox, Felicia Rabourn, Josh Calloway
Last updated 8 months ago
5 Co-Sponsors
Repeal KRS 237.115, which interprets the application of the license to carry concealed deadly weapon statute as permitting postsecondary facilities, local governments, and units of state government to limit concealed carry in governmental buildings; amend KRS 150.172, 237.110, and 527.020 to conform; amend KRS 237.110 to no longer prohibit the carrying of concealed deadly weapons in schools and specify that the prohibition of carrying concealed deadly weapons in airports is limited to areas controlled by the Transportation Security Administration and make technical corrections; amend KRS 527.070 to add persons with valid licenses to carry concealed deadly weapons to the list of those permitted to possess weapons in schools.
STATUS
Introduced
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Kentucky district HD-061
COMMITTEES
Kentucky House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Savannah Maddox is a member of the Republican party in Kentucky. She represents District 61, which covers parts of Grant and Gallatin Counties, as well as parts of Kenton and Owen Counties. Maddox graduated from Williamstown High School. She went on to get her bachelor's degree in political science from Northern Kentucky University.read less
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