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SR125 - A RESOLUTION recognizing and honoring Charlotte Whittaker, AARP Kentucky Volunteer State President, upon the occasion of her retirement.
Stephen L. Meredith
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Honor Charlotte Whittaker, AARP Kentucky Volunteer State President, upon her retirement.
STATUS
Passed
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
SB143 - AN ACT proposing to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to persons entitled to vote.
Jason G. Howell, Gary M. Boswell, Donald Douglas
Last updated 6 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Proposes to amend Sections 145 and 155 of the Constitution of Kentucky to prohibit persons who are not citizens of the United States from being allowed to vote in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and provides ballot language and submission to voters for their ratification or rejection.
STATUS
Passed
SB177 - AN ACT relating to funding health care services from increased penalties for speeding violations and making an appropriation therefor.
Stephen L. Meredith
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 189.010 to define "super speeder"; create a new section of KRS Chapter 189 to assess a fee of $200 to any person convicted as a super speeder; assess a fee of $50 and require the suspension of driving privileges for not making a timely payment of fee imposed; require that money from fees be deposited into the Kentucky trauma care system fund, the emergency medical services education grant fund, and the Bentley rural hospital preservation fund; require the Transportation Cabinet to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the fees; create a new section of KRS Chapter 311A to establish an emergency medical services education grant fund and program; allow the Kentucky Board of Emergency Medical Services to promulgate administrative regulations relating to the grant fund; amend KRS 211.496 to set forth disbursements from the trauma care system fund; amend KRS 154.20-190 to rename the rural hospital operations and facilities revolving loan fund the Bentley rural hospital preservation fund and require priority be given to providing loans to hospitals in counties that lack a rural hospital; amend KRS 186.440 and 189.394 to conform; APPROPRIATION.
STATUS
Introduced
SR129 - A RESOLUTION confirming the appointment of Jeff Raymer to the Fish and Wildlife Resources Commission.
Stephen L. Meredith
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Confirm the appointment of Jeff Raymer to the Fish and Wildlife Commission for a term expiring on December 31, 2026.
STATUS
Introduced
SB246 - AN ACT relating to materials, programs, or events alleged to be harmful to minors.
Lindsey Tichenor, Stephen L. Meredith
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 158.192 to require the local board of education to allow parents and guardians an opportunity to orally recite passages from materials, programs, or events subject to appeal; require immediate removal of the material, program, or event if the board denies a parent or guardian the opportunity to orally recite passages.
STATUS
Introduced
SB55 - AN ACT relating to fishing in privately-owned lakes and ponds.
Gary M. Boswell, Donald Douglas, Shelley Frommeyer
Last updated 9 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 150.170 to allow a bona fide resident landowner and other authorized persons to take fish from any lake or pond located on the owner's property without procuring a sport fishing license.
STATUS
Introduced
SB336 - AN ACT relating to sex-based classifications.
Lindsey Tichenor, Shelley Frommeyer, Stephen L. Meredith
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 61 to define "boy," "equal," "female," "girl," "male," "man," "sex," and "woman"; prohibit any state or local law, regulation, ordinance, or policy from treating males or females unfairly from similiarly situated members of the opposite sex, but permit separation of the sexes if in the interest of maintaining safety, privacy, and fairness; provide a non-exhaustive list of examples of areas in which public entities may distinguish between the sexes; require any public school, public school district, state agency, department, local government, special district or any political subdivision of those entities that collects vital statistics to identify each person as either male or female; provide that the Act may be cited as the Kentucky Women's Bill of Rights.
STATUS
Introduced
SB239 - AN ACT relating to the recruitment and retention of medical professionals and declaring an emergency.
Donald Douglas, Stephen L. Meredith, Lindsey Tichenor
Last updated 6 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Create new sections of KRS Chapter 344 to ensure federal law relating to emergency medical treatment and the collection of evidence is not overridden; define terms; prohibit discrimination against medical care providers who decline to perform procedures that violate their conscience; grant providers the right not to participate in or pay for services that violate their conscience; exempt providers from liability for exercising these rights; prohibit the State Board of Medical Licensure from reprimanding medical practitioners and require the board to provide complaints it has received to medical practitioners; establish a civil cause of action for persons injured by violations; provide that the Act may be cited as the Healthcare Heroes Recruitment and Retention Act; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB110 - AN ACT relating to child support.
Whitney H. Westerfield, Stephen L. Meredith
Last updated 7 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 403.211 to allow a child support action to be filed at any time following conception in the county where the mother resides.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Kentucky district SD-005
COMMITTEES
Kentucky Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Stephen L. Meredith is a Republican member of the Missouri State Senate, representing District 12. He was first elected to the chamber in 2020. Meredith earned his B.A. from the University of Missouri. His professional experience includes working as a City Administrator for the City of St. Charles, as an attorney, as an Assistant State Auditor.read less
OFFICES HELD
Kentucky Senate from Kentucky
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