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HB694 - AN ACT relating to one-time payments to school district employees and making an appropriation therefor.
Chris Fugate, Scott Lewis, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 7 months ago
53 Co-Sponsors
Direct local school districts to provide a one-time payment of $2,000 to certified employees, excluding superintendents, in each year of the 2024-2026 biennium, and a one-time payment of $1,000 to classified employees in each year of the 2024-2026 biennium; appropriate $153 million from the Budget Reserve Trust Fund in each year of the 2024-2026 biennium to the Department of Education to provide the payments; APPROPRIATION.
STATUS
Introduced
HB619 - AN ACT relating to terms of imprisonment.
Nicolas Wilson, Deanna L. Frazier Gordon, Scott L. Sharp
Last updated 6 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 532.110 to allow the aggregate of consecutive indeterminate terms to exceed the longest extended term authorized by KRS 532.080 where a person convicted of a felony is convicted of or enters a guilty plea to an additional felony committed while on parole, probation, shock probation, or conditional discharge, or where the person is convicted of or enters a guilty plea to an offense committed while awaiting trial for another offense.
STATUS
Passed
HB626 - AN ACT relating to interference with a legislative proceeding.
John C. Blanton, Daniel B. Elliott, Scott L. Sharp
Last updated 6 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 519 to define terms; create the crime of interference with a legislative proceeding in the first degree; create the crime of interference with a legislative proceeding in the second degree; amend KRS 431.015 to require a peace officer to make an arrest for a violation of interference with a legislative proceeding in the first or second degree.
STATUS
Engrossed
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
HB11 - AN ACT relating to nicotine products.
Rebecca Raymer, Michael Pollock, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 6 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 241.060 to allow the State Alcoholic Beverage Control Board to conduct hearings and appeals; amends KRS 438.305 to define terms, to require the Secretary of State to create and publish a list of certain tobacco product retailers, to require the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control to create and maintain a tobacco noncompliance database and reporting system, to require wholesalers to verify a retailer’s presence in the database prior to transactions, to establish and impose fines for wholesalers that unlawfully sell to a retailer that is in the noncompliance database, to make any retailer with unpaid fines that are more than 60 days overdue ineligible to sell Tobacco Control Act covered products until the fines are paid, to direct manufacturers of Tobacco Control Act covered products to provide safe harbor certification to wholesalers and retailers of their products, and to prohibit a retailer from selling Tobacco Control Act products to persons under 21 years of age; and amends KRS 438.340 to create new civil penalties and appeals process; effective January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
HB3 - AN ACT relating to human trafficking.
Suzanne Miles, David Meade, Matt Lockett
Last updated 6 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 15 to permit the Attorney General to establish a working group to study and discuss human trafficking in the Commonwealth; amends KRS 15.706 to include forced labor in reporting data on human trafficking from the Prosecutors Advisory Council; amends KRS 176.415 to require that the Department of Highways post signs or window clings containing contact information for assistance for victims of human trafficking; amends KRS 183.075 to require that airports post signs or window clings containing contact information for assistance for victims of human trafficking, to establish penalties for noncompliance, and to require that penalties be paid to the human trafficking victims fund; creates a new section of KRS Chapter 219 to require that hotels post signs or window clings containing contact information for assistance for victims of human trafficking, to establish penalties for noncompliance, and to require that penalties be paid to the human trafficking victims fund; amends KRS 281.767 to require that truck stops and bus stations post signs or window clings containing contact information for assistance for victims of human trafficking, to establish penalties for noncompliance, and to require that penalties be paid to the human trafficking victims fund; amends KRS 529.110 to expand the definition of promoting human trafficking; amends KRS 529.140 to conform; and amends KRS 620.029 to require that the Cabinet for Health and Family Services include additional information regarding human trafficking in its annual report to the Legislative Research Commission.
STATUS
Passed
HB253 - AN ACT relating to animal control officers.
Susan Tyler Witten, Kimberly Banta, Jennifer Henson Decker
Last updated 8 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS 258.095 to 258.500 to require animal control officers to receive training on recognizing child abuse; amend KRS 620.030 to add animal control officers to the list of people with a duty to report dependency, neglect, or abuse of a child; provide that the Act may be cited as Kyan's Law.
STATUS
Introduced
HJR95 - A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the PFC Ernie West Memorial Highway in Greenup County.
Danny R. Bentley, Scott L. Sharp, Patrick Flannery
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate a portion of Kentucky Route 503 in Greenup County as the PFC Ernie West Memorial Highway; direct signs denote PFC West was a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
STATUS
Introduced
HJR94 - A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Don Gullett Memorial Highway in Greenup County.
Danny R. Bentley, Scott L. Sharp, Patrick Flannery
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Direct the Transportation Cabinet to designate Kentucky Route 67 in Greenup County as the Don Gullett Memorial Highway.
STATUS
Introduced
HB45 - AN ACT relating to privacy protection.
John F. Hodgson, John C. Blanton, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 7 months ago
44 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to define terms related to automated license plate readers; establish limitations on use and sale of data captured by automated license plate readers; create a new section of KRS Chapter 183 to define terms and establish limitations on the use of an unmanned aircraft system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to establish a cause of action for the unauthorized use of an unmanned aircraft system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a statute of limitations for an action filed for the unauthorized use of an unmanned aircraft system; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define terms and establish limitations on "deep fakes"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a statute of limitations for an action filed for the unlawful dissemination of a deep fake; create a new section of KRS Chapter 411 to define terms and establish limitations on the introduction of identification devices on or within the human body; create a new section of KRS Chapter 413 to establish a statute of limitations for an action filed for introduction of an identification device; create a new section of KRS Chapter 519 to establish a criminal penalty for illegally disseminating a deep fake; amend KRS 508.152, relating to the unlawful use of tracking devices, to include the installation of a tracking device on the person or property of another without their consent and exempt parental tracking of minors from the prohibition.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Kentucky district HD-100
COMMITTEES
Kentucky House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Scott L. Sharp is from Cherry Valley, California. He received his BA and JD from Stanford University. Sharp was an attorney and business owner. In 2014, Sharp was elected to the California State Assembly to represent the 5th District. He served on the Appropriations, Banking and Finance, and Revenue and Taxation committees. Sharp focused on job creation, improving education, and government reform during his tenure.read less
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Kentucky House from Kentucky
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