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HB123 - AN ACT relating to income taxation of military pensions.
Walker Wood Thomas, Myron B. Dossett, David Hale
Last updated 11 months ago
10 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 141.019 to exclude all distributions from military pension plans received by retired members of the United States military and their surviving spouses or former spouse under a survivor benefit plan from income taxation for taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2025, but before January 1, 2029; require reporting by the Department of Revenue; amend KRS 131.190 to conform.
STATUS
Introduced
HCR31 - A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging local governments to facilitate the creation of long-term recovery groups prior to the occurrence of disasters.
Myron B. Dossett, Walker Wood Thomas, John C. Blanton
Last updated 11 months ago
13 Co-Sponsors
Urge local governments to facilitate the creation of long-term recovery groups prior to the occurance of disasters.
STATUS
Introduced
HJR40 - A JOINT RESOLUTION applying for an Article V convention to propose amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraints on the federal government, limit the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for federal government officials and members of Congress.
Bobby Wayne McCool, Shane Baker, Kevin D. Bratcher
Last updated 10 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Apply to Congress under the provisions of Article V of the Constitution of the United States for the calling of a convention of the states limited to proposing amendments to the Constitution of the United States that impose fiscal restraint on the federal government, limit the powers and jurisdiction of the federal government, and limit the terms of office for its officials and members of Congress; direct the Secretary of State to send copies of the joint resolution to certain federal and state officials; state that the application should be continuing until the legislatures of at least two-thirds of the states have made applications on the subject.
STATUS
Introduced
HB407 - AN ACT relating to comprehensive universities.
David Meade, Deanna L. Frazier Gordon, Shane Baker
Last updated 9 months ago
34 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Eastern Kentucky University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in osteopathic medicine.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB400 - AN ACT relating to veterinary medicine programs at comprehensive universities.
Richard Heath, Steven Jack Rudy, Shane Baker
Last updated 9 months ago
55 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 164.295 to permit Murray State University to offer doctor's degrees required for professional practice and licensure in veterinary medicine.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB2 - AN ACT proposing to create a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky relating to education funding.
Suzanne Miles, James A. Tipton, Shane Baker
Last updated 8 months ago
15 Co-Sponsors
Proposes a new section of the Constitution of Kentucky to authorize the General Assembly to provide for financial support for the education of students outside of the public school system; provides ballot language; and provides for submittal to voters for ratification or rejection.
STATUS
Passed
HB11 - AN ACT relating to nicotine products.
Rebecca Raymer, Michael Pollock, Kimberly Banta
Last updated 7 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
HB471 - AN ACT relating to school pre-enrollment for military-connected students.
Chris Freeland, Walker Wood Thomas, Jim Gooch
Last updated 7 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Amends KRS 159.075 to allow the use of military orders as proof of residency for enrollment or course registration in a school and to prohibit in-person enrollment or course registration when the child's parent or guardian is transferred or returning to the state.
STATUS
Passed
HB777 - AN ACT relating to government contracts and declaring an emergency.
Shawn McPherson, Kimberly Banta, Chad Aull
Last updated 8 months ago
21 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 45A.030 to expand the definition of "contract"; amend KRS 45A.035 to require promulgation of administrative regulations to establish policies regarding timely payments under contracts; create a new section of KRS Chapter 45A to establish timely payment penalty and procedures; EMERGENCY.
STATUS
Engrossed
HB10 - AN ACT relating to maternal and child health.
Kimberly Poore Moser, Nancy J. Tate, Danny R. Bentley
Last updated 8 months ago
35 Co-Sponsors
Create a new section of KRS Chapter 211 to establish the Kentucky maternal psychiatry access program, also known as the Kentucky Lifeline for Moms; establish duties and responsibilities of the program; direct that the program shall be operated by the Department for Public Health, Division of Maternal and Child Health; amend KRS 211.122 to establish that the collaborative panel related to maternal and infant health shall be renamed the Kentucky maternal and infant health collaborative; establish formal membership of the collaborative; require that the collaborative annually review the operations of the new Kentucky maternal psychiatry access program; amend KRS 211.690, related to the Health Access Nurturing Development Services program to require the HANDS program provide information related to lactation consultation, breastfeeding, and safe sleep for babies; establish that the program participants shall participate in the home visitation program through in-person face-to-face methods or through tele-service delivery methods; create a new section of Subtitle 17A of KRS Chapter 304 to require insurers and any exchange to provide a special enrollment period for pregnant individuals; specify requirements for the coverage; require group plan insurers to provide notice of special enrollment rights; amend KRS 304.17A-145 to require health benefit plans that provide coverage for dependents to provide coverage for maternity care; amend KRS 304.17A-220 and 194A.099 to conform with the special enrollment requirement; amend KRS 18A.225 and 164.2871 to require the state employee health plan and self-insured state postsecondary education institution group health plans to comply with the special enrollment and maternity coverage requirements; amend KRS 205.522 to require Medicaid coverage of maternity services; amend KRS 205.592 to allow Medicaid income limit for certain women and children to be increased under certain circumstances; amend KRS 205.6485 to require Kentucky Children’s Health Insurance Program to provide maternity coverage; create a new section of KRS Chapter 205 to require the Department for Medicaid Services and any managed care organization with whom the department contracts for the delivery of Medicaid services to provide coverage for lactation consultation and breastfeeding equipment; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to apply for a Medicaid waiver if potential cost defrayment or loss of federal funds is identified; require the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to study doula certification programs nationally; EFFECTIVE, in part, January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Engrossed
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Representative from Kentucky district HD-008
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