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SB75 - AN ACT relating to the control of vehicular traffic.
John Schickel, Steve West, Gary M. Boswell
Last updated 9 months ago
24 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 56.580 to prohibit closing portions of Capital Avenue in Frankfort; provide exceptions for emergency personnel.
STATUS
Introduced
SR118 - A RESOLUTION recognizing and commending the National Conference of State Legislatures on its 50th anniversary in 2025.
Whitney H. Westerfield
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Recognize and commend the National Conference of State Legislatures on its 50th anniversary in 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB155 - AN ACT relating to the Uniform Commercial Code.
Whitney H. Westerfield
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amends sections of Articles 1, 2, 2A, 3, 5, 7, 8, and 9 of KRS Chapter 355 to make definitional revisions and conforming amendments; amends sections of Articles 2, 2A, 4A, and 9 of KRS Chapter 355 to remove writing requirements; repeals and reenacts KRS 355.2-102 to establish transactions subject to provisions of article; amends KRS 355.2A-102 to establish when article applies to hybrid leases; amends definition of “negotiable instrument” in KRS 355.3-104; amends KRS 355.3-105 and 355.3-604 to accommodate electronic transactions; amends KRS 355.3-417 and 355.4-208 to specify that expenses include reasonable attorney’s fees; amends KRS 355.4A-201 to modify security procedure requirements relating to funds transfers; amends KRS 355.5-116 to establish governing law standards for letters of credit; amends KRS 355.7-106 and 355.8-106, repeals and reenacts KRS 355.9-105, and creates new sections of Article 9 of KRS Chapter 355, to establish control requirements for electronic documents of title, security entitlements, records evidencing chattel paper, electronic money, controllable electronic records, controllable accounts, and controllable payment intangibles; amends governing law standards for certain securities transactions in KRS 355.8-110; creates new sections of Article 9 of KRS Chapter 355 to establish certain perfection and priority jurisdictional rules for chattel paper, controllable electronic records, controllable accounts, and controllable payment intangibles; amends KRS 355.9-104 to expand when a secured party has control of a deposit account; amends KRS 355.9-203, 355.9-207, 355.9-208, 355.9-209, 355.9-310, 355.9-312, 355.9-314, 355.9-316, 355.9-317, 355.9-330, 355.9-331, 355.9-332, 355.9-406, 355.9-408, 355.9-605, and 355.9-628, and creates new sections of Article 9 of KRS Chapter 355, to govern security interests in controllable electronic records, electronic money, controllable accounts, controllable payment intangibles, electronic documents, and chattel paper; amends KRS 355.9-204 to establish exception to after-acquired property clause limitation; amends governing law standards for banks and securities and commodity entities in KRS 355.9-304 and 355.9-305; amends KRS 355.9-323 to remove exception for buyers and lessees in the ordinary course of business relating to certain future advances clauses; amends notification of disposition of collateral requirements in KRS 355.9-613 and 355.9-614; creates new sections of Article 11 of KRS Chapter 355, titled “Transitional Provisions for Uniform Commercial Code Amendments (2022),” which establishes definitions and transitional provisions for transactions, liens, and interests entered, created, or acquired before the effective date of this Act; establishes a new Article 12 of KRS Chapter 355, titled “Controllable Electronic Records,” which establishes definitions, scope, purchaser rights, control requirements, debtor discharge obligations, and jurisdictional rules relating to controllable electronic records, controllable accounts, and controllable payment intangibles; amends KRS 367.976 and 369.116 to conform; makes technical corrections; and provides a construction clause relating to a national digital currency; EFFECTIVE January 1, 2025.
STATUS
Passed
SB154 - AN ACT relating to medical imaging.
Whitney H. Westerfield
Last updated 8 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Amend KRS 311B.050 to require the Kentucky Board for Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy to create and enforce policies and procedures that ensure a patient's right to record any procedure performed by an individual who is licensed by the board; amend KRS 311B.110 to require practitioners licensed as an advanced imaging professional, a medical imaging technologist, a radiographer, a radiation therapist, a nuclear medicine technologist, or a limited X-ray machine operator to allow a patient to record any procedure performed upon the patient.
STATUS
Introduced
SR57 - A RESOLUTION honoring Lana Hogan for her service to the Legislative Research Commission.
Whitney H. Westerfield, Steve West, George Maxwell Wise
Last updated 5 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
Honor Lana Hogan for her service to the Legislative Research Commission.
STATUS
Passed
SB7 - AN ACT relating to KEES scholarships for students attending noncertified schools.
Mike Wilson, Damon Thayer, Gary M. Boswell
Last updated 8 months ago
23 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 164.7874 to include an equivalent score on the Classic Learning Test as a KEES supplemental amount; define "eligible noncertified school graduate"; amend definitions of "KEES award," "KEES award maximum," and " KEES base amount" for an eligible noncertified school graduate; amend KRS 164.7879 to establish an equivalent grade point average for eligible noncertified school graduates based on the graduate's ACT score; amend KRS 164.7884 to conform.
STATUS
Engrossed
SB97 - AN ACT relating to a sales and use tax exemption for diapers.
Casey Chambers Armstrong, Julie Adams, Karen Berg
Last updated 9 months ago
14 Co-Sponsors
Amend KRS 139.010 to define "clothing" and "diaper"; amend KRS 139.480 to exempt all diapers from the sales and use tax.
STATUS
Introduced
SR79 - A RESOLUTION commending Taiwan for its relations with the United States and the Commonwealth of Kentucky.
Whitney H. Westerfield
Last updated 6 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Commend Taiwan for its relations with the United States and the Commonwealth of Kentucky; encourage the establishment of a trade office in Taiwan; express support for the U.S.-Taiwan Initiative on 21st-Century Trade.
STATUS
Passed
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
SR23 - A RESOLUTION adjourning the Senate in honor and loving memory of Grace Pool Rucker.
Whitney H. Westerfield
Last updated 7 months ago
1 Co-Sponsor
Adjourn in honor and loving memory of Grace Pool Rucker.
STATUS
Passed
BIOGRAPHY
INCUMBENT
Senator from Kentucky district SD-003
COMMITTEES
Kentucky Senate
BIRTH
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ABOUT
Whitney H. Westerfield is a Republican member of the Kentucky State Senate, representing District 3. He was first elected to the chamber in 2014. Westerfield sits on the Senate Committees on Appropriations & Revenue, Economic Development, Tourism & Labor, Judiciary, and State & Local Government. He also serves as Majority Caucus Chair. Prior to his election, Westerfield was an attorney in private practice. He earned his B.A. from Western Kentucky University in 1998 and his J.D. from Salmon P. Chase College of Law in 2001.read less
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