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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
HB14 - AN ACT proposing an amendment to Section 181 of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to the General Assembly's authority over local revenue options.
Jonathan Dixon, David W. Osborne, Steven Jack Rudy
Last updated 7 months ago
4 Co-Sponsors
Propose to amend Section 181 of the Constitution of Kentucky to permit the General Assembly to authorize a county, city, town, or municipal corporation to assess and collect local taxes and fees that are not otherwise in conflict with the Constitution; provide ballot question with proposed amendment; submit to voters for ratification or rejection.
STATUS
Introduced
HB335 - AN ACT relating to animals.
Candy D. Massaroni, Steven Jack Rudy
Last updated 6 months ago
2 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 258.335 to make unlawful the misrepresentation of a dog as an assistance dog to obtain public accommodation; amends KRS 258.500 to define “person” as a person who has an ongoing therapeutic relationship with a health care provider and to stipulate who can be a health care provider under the definition, to define additional terms, to exclude from therapeutic relationship fee-based transactions for disability documentation absent a face-to-face consultation with a health care provider, to establish requirements for an assistance dog to be granted public accommodation, to provide that emotional support animals are not required to be admitted where assistance dog are not allowed, to provide that the rights, privileges, and exemptions afforded to assistance dogs do not extend to emotional support animals, to affirm certain rights and privileges of public establishments as nondiscriminatory, and to allow additional rights for those providing accommodation in situations of tenancy; amends KRS 258.991 to set the penalty for interference with use of an assistance dog at $500 to $1,000 and to delete jail time, to make the misrepresentation of a dog as an assistance dog to obtain public accommodations unlawful, and to provide for a fine of up to $1,000; and amends KRS 525.010 to redefine “assistance dog.”
STATUS
Passed
HJR82 - A JOINT RESOLUTION designating the Morris Crain Memorial Bridge in Ballard County.
Steven Jack Rudy
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Designate a bridge on Kentucky Route 358 in Ballard County as the Morris Crain Memorial Bridge.
STATUS
Introduced
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
HB581 - AN ACT relating to retail filling stations.
Ken Upchurch, Jim Gooch, Danny R. Bentley
Last updated 5 months ago
22 Co-Sponsors
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 100 to define “retail filling station” and “electric vehicle charging station”; prohibits local governments from using the zoning process or adopting any measure to prohibit or restrict the ability of a retail filling station from locating in areas in which similar businesses may locate, to discriminate against the use or location of a retail filling station, or to treat retail filling stations differently from electric vehicle charging stations; and allows restrictions on retail filling stations, provided they are similar to those for other businesses, do not prohibit their operation, and are not in conflict with state or federal law.
STATUS
Passed
HB499 - AN ACT relating to career and technical education funding, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring an emergency.
Bobby Wayne McCool, David W. Osborne, Steven Jack Rudy
Last updated 5 months ago
6 Co-Sponsors
Repeals and reenacts KRS 157.069 to define terms, to require the Office of Career and Technical Education (CTE) within the Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) to identify CTE programs or pathways as high cost or general cost, to provide for a funding calculation from general fund appropriations for CTE based 60 percent upon weighted full-time equivalent enrollment and 40 percent upon specified incentives, to provide that state-operated area technology center operating costs be funded by the general fund appropriation to KDE, to allows funds to be used for CTE programming for students in grades 5-8, to disburse 75 percent of administrative operating funds previously designated to state-operated facility administrative costs that were converted to locally operated facilities to the locally operated facility and 25 percent to the CTE innovation and support fund for innovation and support of CTE programs, to create the CTE support fund, to require the office to provide oversight of fund usage by recipients, to require promulgation of necessary administrative regulations by Kentucky Board of Education, to require that program qualification and funding distribution be posted on KDE’s website, to require that local boards of education provide a one-time award to qualifying employees of a converted CTE center based on raises provided for executive branch employees, to require that KDE calculate the amounts of one-time awards, to allow districts to request reimbursement for payment of one-time awards, and to appropriate funds in the amount of $170,000 to the Learning and Results Services budget unit to administer the awards; EFFECTIVE July 1, 2024; APPROPRIATION; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
HB622 - AN ACT relating to elections and declaring an emergency.
Steven Jack Rudy, Kevin D. Bratcher, Daniel B. Elliott
Last updated 5 months ago
7 Co-Sponsors
Repeals KRS 63.200, which requires the Governor to fill vacancies in the office of United States Senator; amends KRS 118.720 to require that the Governor sign a proclamation for an election to fill a vacancy in the office of United States Senator and to extend the term of the candidate who wins special election to the remainder of the term; and amends KRS 118.740 and 118.770 to conform; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Passed
HCR147 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION adjourning the General Assembly until April 12, 2024.
Steven Jack Rudy
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Adjourn the General Assembly until April 12, 2024.
STATUS
Passed
HB630 - AN ACT relating to research doctoral programs at Western Kentucky University.
Michael Lee Meredith, Kevin Jackson, Robert B. Duvall
Last updated 7 months ago
12 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Western Kentucky University to offer up to five research doctoral degree programs.
STATUS
Engrossed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Representative from Kentucky district HD-001
COMMITTEES
Kentucky House
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Steven Jack Rudy is from Long Beach, California. He received his B.S. from California State University, Long Beach in 2005 and is currently seeking his Juris Doctorate from Western State University College of Law. Rudy has had a career in the insurance industry. He is licensed in property, casualty, life and health insurance and is the owner of an Allstate Insurance Agency. He also works as an adjunct professor of business law at two local colleges.read less
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